უყვართ (They Love)
When They Feel
When the people who feel or have are they, the verb adds -თ: უყვართ, აქვთ.
How It Works
| One person | More people |
|---|---|
| უყვარს (he, she loves) | უყვართ (they love) |
| აქვს (he, she has) | აქვთ (they have) |
| უნდა (he, she wants) | უნდათ (they want) |
| გიყვარს (you love) | გიყვართ (you all love) |
| გინდა (you want) | გინდათ (you all want, polite) |
The people who feel are in the dative plural: ბავშვებს, სტუმრებს, მათ. The verb then ends in -თ.
We is different. It uses გვ- at the front and no -თ: გვიყვარს (we love).
The -თ looks at the people who feel, not at the thing. If one person loves many things, there is no -თ: მიყვარს ყვავილები (I love flowers).
This is also why polite questions end in -თ: რა გინდათ? and რა გჭირდებათ?
Examples (5)
- ბავშვებს უყვართ ნაყინი.
Children love ice cream.
They love: უყვართ.
- მათ ბევრი წიგნი აქვთ.
They have a lot of books.
They have: აქვთ.
- ჩემს მშობლებს ზღვა უყვართ.
My parents love the sea.
ჩემს მშობლებს: my parents, in the dative.
- სტუმრებს ჩაი უნდათ.
The guests want tea.
They want: უნდათ.
- რა გინდათ, ქალბატონო ნინო?
What would you like, Ms. Nino?
Polite you takes -თ.
Common Mistakes
Leaving off -თ when they feel.
ბავშვებს უყვარს ნაყინი.ბავშვებს უყვართ ნაყინი.In standard Georgian, when the people who feel are plural, the verb adds -თ.
How It Connects
Learn This First
They as feelers add -თ to a feeling verb.
Related Patterns
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