Days of the Week and Time
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?
Days of the Week and Time
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).
Confusing 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.
Common Error Patterns
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