ᲜაწილაკებიB2

No Longer: aghar, veghar, nughar

The no-longer negation family: aghar (no longer does), veghar (can no longer), nughar (stop ...-ing).

Learning Goal

I can express changed states - quit habits, lost abilities, and closed worries.

Exam Skills:NAEC Georgian B2: ListeningNAEC Georgian B2: Speaking

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

მამაჩემი ხუთი წელია აღარ ეწევა.

My father hasn't smoked for five years now.

ამდენი ხინკლის მერე ფეხზე ვეღარ ვდგები.

After so many khinkali I can no longer stand up.

ნუღარ დარდობ, ყველაფერი მოგვარდება.

Stop worrying now, everything will work out.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

The -ghar upgrade

Insert -ღარ and any negation gains 'no longer': არ → აღარ (doesn't anymore), ვერ → ვეღარ (can no longer), ნუ → ნუღარ (stop ...-ing). The A1 ar/ver split survives intact: აღარ = chooses not to anymore, ვეღარ = is no longer able.

Periphrastic 'ukve ar' calques where aghar is the idiom, and aghar/veghar swaps that flip choice into inability.

Common Error Patterns

Plain ar/ver/nu where the no-longer -ghar forms are meant

Then-vs-now drills: smoked/no-longer-smokes transformations.

მამაჩემი ხუთი წელია აღარ ეწევა.

My father hasn't smoked for five years now.

aghar = 'no longer': the state changed and stays changed.

ამდენი ხინკლის მერე ფეხზე ვეღარ ვდგები.

After so many khinkali I can no longer stand up.

veghar = 'can no longer': ability lost - the classic supra confession.

ნუღარ დარდობ, ყველაფერი მოგვარდება.

Stop worrying now, everything will work out.

nughar = 'stop ...-ing': the gentle Georgian way to close a worry.

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in B2 course exercises

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