Days are numbered from Saturday (shabati): orshabati = Monday ('2nd after sabbath').
I can name the days of the week and say on which day I do things.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ორშაბათს ვმუშაობ.
On Monday I work.
შაბათს ბაზარში მივდივარ.
On Saturday I go to the market.
კვირას ოჯახთან ერთად ვისვენებ.
On Sunday I rest with my family.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Georgian day names are built on შაბათი (Saturday, from 'sabbath'): ორშაბათი (Monday = '2nd day after'), სამშაბათი (Tuesday = '3rd'), ოთხშაბათი (Wednesday = '4th'), ხუთშაბათი (Thursday = '5th'), პარასკევი (Friday), კვირა (Sunday - also means 'week').
To say 'on Monday', put the day into the dative: ორშაბათს ვმუშაობ (I work on Monday).
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesConfusing კვირა (Sunday) and კვირა (week) - context decides. Saying days in the nominative for 'on X-day' - use the dative: ორშაბათს. Mapping ორშაბათი to Tuesday because ორი = two - the count starts after Saturday, so it is Monday.
Nominative instead of dative for 'on day X'
Drill day + -s with weekly-routine sentences.
ორშაბათს ვმუშაობ.
On Monday I work.
Day + dative -ს = 'on that day'.
შაბათს ბაზარში მივდივარ.
On Saturday I go to the market.
შაბათს = on Saturday; ბაზარში = to/in the market.
კვირას ოჯახთან ერთად ვისვენებ.
On Sunday I rest with my family.
კვირას = on Sunday; ოჯახთან = with the family (-tan).
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises