ვიღაც/რაღაც

Someone and Something

Level 2Sounds Like vighats/raghats

ვიღაც means someone and რაღაც means something you cannot or do not name.

How It Works

Georgian makes these words from question words with -ღაც at the end:

QuestionSome-word
ვინ? (who?)ვიღაც (someone)
რა? (what?)რაღაც (something)
სად? (where?)სადღაც (somewhere)

Use them for a real person or thing that you cannot name. When you hear a knock and do not know who it is, say ვიღაც კარზე აკაკუნებს (someone is knocking at the door).

They take case endings like nouns. As the object of a doing verb in the present, they take the dative -ას: გიორგი რაღაცას წერს (Giorgi is writing something). With მინდა, the word stays as it is: რაღაც მინდა.

რაღაც can also go before a describing word: რაღაც ტკბილი (something sweet).

In questions and if-clauses, Georgian uses another set of words, ვინმე (anyone) and რამე (anything). You will meet them later.

Examples (5)

  1. ვიღაც მოდის.

    Someone is coming.

    ვიღაც: a person you do not know.

  2. რაღაც ტკბილი მინდა.

    I want something sweet.

    რაღაც before a describing word.

  3. ვიღაც კარზე აკაკუნებს.

    Someone is knocking at the door.

    You do not know who it is, so ვიღაც.

  4. გიორგი რაღაცას წერს.

    Giorgi is writing something.

    Object of a doing verb in the present: რაღაცას.

  5. ჩემი გასაღები სადღაც აქ არის.

    My key is somewhere around here.

    სადღაც: somewhere.

Common Mistakes

  • Using ვინმე in a statement about a real person.

    ვინმე კარზე აკაკუნებს.
    ვიღაც კარზე აკაკუნებს.

    Someone who is really knocking is ვიღაც; ვინმე means anyone, for questions and if-clauses.

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ვიღაც/რაღაცLevel 2Someone and Something

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Words in This Pattern

ვიღაცრაღაცსადღაც-ღაც