The three-way demonstrative system es/eg/is and its derivative families (ak/mand/ik, ase/egre/ise, amisi/magisi/imisi).
I can point across all three zones - mine, yours, and beyond.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ეგ წიგნი რომ გიჭირავს, ჩემია!
That book you're holding is mine!
მაგას ნუ ჭამ - ეს გემრიელია, ეს გასინჯე!
Don't eat that one (by you) - this one is delicious, try this!
ეგრე ნუ ამბობ - ასე თქვი, უფრო თბილად.
Don't say it that way (your way) - say it like this, more warmly.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Georgian splits space three ways: ეს (near me), ეგ (near YOU), ის (far from both). The whole families follow: აქ/მანდ/იქ (here/there-by-you/yonder), ასე/ეგრე/ისე, ამისი/მაგისი/იმისი. Two-way languages collapse eg into 'that' - reclaiming it is a true C1 milestone.
Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesCollapsing eg into is (two-way transfer) and missing that mand means 'there where you are'.
Two-way deixis transfer: using es/is where eg (addressee zone) is required
Three-zone drills: my-table, your-table, far-table object naming.
ეგ წიგნი რომ გიჭირავს, ჩემია!
That book you're holding is mine!
eg = near YOU: the addressee's sphere, a category English and Slavic both lack.
მაგას ნუ ჭამ - ეს გემრიელია, ეს გასინჯე!
Don't eat that one (by you) - this one is delicious, try this!
magas (eg-DAT) vs es: the supra host steering your plate across the three zones.
ეგრე ნუ ამბობ - ასე თქვი, უფრო თბილად.
Don't say it that way (your way) - say it like this, more warmly.
egre (your way) vs ase (my way): even manner adverbs keep the three-way split.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises