Არსებითი სახელებიB1
Cases in the Plural: -ebs, -ebma, -ebis
The fully regular plural declension: stem + -eb- + case marker across all five cases.
Learning Goal
I can decline plural nouns through all cases with the -eb- plug.
Exam Skills:NAEC Georgian B1: ReadingNAEC Georgian B1: Writing
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
მეგობრებს საჩუქრები ვუყიდე.
I bought presents for my friends.
სტუდენტებმა გამოცდა კარგად ჩააბარეს.
The students passed the exam well.
ამ ქუჩების სახელები ძველი პოეტებისაა.
The names of these streets belong to old poets.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
One plug, all cases
Georgian plural case forms are beautifully regular: insert -ებ- between stem and case marker - მეგობრებს (to friends), მეგობრებმა (friends-ERG), მეგობრების (of friends). One rule covers every noun; no genitive-plural surprises.
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises
Practice Exercises
Putting the case before the plural (*megobars-eb) and reviving the singular-after-numeral trap (numerals still take the singular!).
Common Error Patterns
Case marker attached before -eb- or doubled plural marking
Build-a-form drills: stem + -eb- + case, with immediate feedback.
მეგობრებს საჩუქრები ვუყიდე.
I bought presents for my friends.
Plural dative: megobr-eb-s - the -eb- plug sits before the case marker.
სტუდენტებმა გამოცდა კარგად ჩააბარეს.
The students passed the exam well.
Plural ergative -ebma pairs with the 3rd-plural aorist -es.
ამ ქუჩების სახელები ძველი პოეტებისაა.
The names of these streets belong to old poets.
Two plural genitives: kuchebis, p'oet'ebis - same -eb- + -is everywhere.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises