თუ (Or in Questions)

Or in Questions

Level 2Sounds Like tu

In a question, თუ means or: ჩაი გინდა თუ ყავა?

How It Works

Georgian has two words for or.

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თუa question with a choiceჩაი გინდა თუ ყავა?
ანa statementჩაი ან ყავა მინდა.

Use თუ when you ask someone to pick one of two things. The first choice often comes with the verb, and the second follows თუ: ჩაი გინდა თუ ყავა? (Do you want tea or coffee?)

The second choice takes the same ending as the first: ავტობუსით მიდიხარ თუ მეტროთი? (Are you going by bus or by metro?)

თუ has another job too. It also means if, which you will learn at the next level. In a question with two choices, it means or.

Examples (5)

  1. ჩაი გინდა თუ ყავა?

    Do you want tea or coffee?

    თუ offers a choice.

  2. თბილისში ცხოვრობ თუ ქუთაისში?

    Do you live in Tbilisi or Kutaisi?

    Both places take -ში.

  3. ხვალ მოხვალ თუ ზეგ?

    Will you come tomorrow or the day after?

    A choice of two days.

  4. წითელი გინდა თუ შავი?

    Do you want the red one or the black one?

    A choice in a shop.

  5. ავტობუსით მიდიხარ თუ მეტროთი?

    Are you going by bus or by metro?

    Both choices take -ით.

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თუ asks or in a question.

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