წავალ/მოვალ

Will Go and Will Come

Level 2Sounds Like tsʼaval/moval

The future of going is წავალ (I will go) and of coming მოვალ (I will come).

How It Works

Going and coming do not follow the usual future pattern. Their future has a new stem:

PersonWill goWill come
Iწავალმოვალ
youწახვალმოხვალ
he, sheწავამოვა
weწავალთმოვალთ
you allწახვალთმოხვალთ
theyწავლენმოვლენ

წა- means away from here, and მო- means toward here. So წავალ is I will go, and მოვალ is I will come.

Watch the you forms: they have ხ in the middle (წახვალ, მოხვალ). The I forms have ვ (წავალ, მოვალ).

The present is different again: მივდივარ (I am going), მოვდივარ (I am coming).

Examples (5)

  1. ხვალ მოხვალ?

    Will you come tomorrow?

    You will come: მოხვალ.

  2. შაბათს მცხეთაში წავალთ.

    We'll go to Mtskheta on Saturday.

    We will go: წავალთ.

  3. ნინო რვა საათზე მოვა.

    Nino will come at eight.

    She will come: მოვა.

  4. სტუმრები საღამოს მოვლენ.

    The guests will come in the evening.

    They will come: მოვლენ.

  5. ზაფხულში ზღვაზე წავალ.

    In summer I'll go to the sea.

    I will go: წავალ.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the I form for you.

    შენ ხვალ წავალ?
    შენ ხვალ წახვალ?

    The you form has ხ: წახვალ.

How It Connects

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წავალ/მოვალLevel 2Will Go and Will Come

Learn This First

Will go and will come are the future of going and coming.

Words in This Pattern

წავალმიდისწავამოდის