Indirect-subject modals: minda (want), shemidzlia (can), unda (must) with masdar or da-clause.
I can say what I want, can, and must do.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
แฅแแ แแฃแแ แฆแแแแแก แแแกแแแฏแแ แแแแแ.
I want to taste Georgian wine.
แจแแแแซแแแ แฅแแ แแฃแแแ แแแแแ แแแ?
Can you speak Georgian?
แฎแแแ แแแ แ แฃแแแ แแแแแ.
Tomorrow I must get up early.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
These verbs mark their subject with object-style prefixes: แแแแแ (I want), แแแแแ (you want), แฃแแแ (he/she wants); แจแแแแซแแแ / แจแแแแซแแแ / แจแแฃแซแแแ (I/you/he can).
They combine with a verbal noun: แชแฃแ แแ แแแแแ (I want to swim), or with a clause: แแแแแ, แ แแ แฌแแแแแ. Note: แฃแแแ also means 'must': แฃแแแ แแแกแฌแแแแ (I must study).
Apply this grammar in A2 course exercises
Practice ExercisesConjugating these like regular verbs (*แแแแแแ does not exist - the m- IS the subject marker) and confusing แฃแแแ 'wants' with แฃแแแ 'must' (context decides: แแแก แฃแแแ แฌแแแแ = he wants a book; แฃแแแ แฌแแแแแ = I must go).
Treating indirect-subject modals as regular v- verbs
Paradigm drills on แแแแแ/แแแแแ/แฃแแแ and แจแแแแซแแแ/แจแแแแซแแแ/แจแแฃแซแแแ with person-swap exercises.
แฅแแ แแฃแแ แฆแแแแแก แแแกแแแฏแแ แแแแแ.
I want to taste Georgian wine.
แแแแแ + verbal noun แแแกแแแฏแแ.
แจแแแแซแแแ แฅแแ แแฃแแแ แแแแแ แแแ?
Can you speak Georgian?
2nd person แจแแแแซแแแ (the แ- marks 'you').
แฎแแแ แแแ แ แฃแแแ แแแแแ.
Tomorrow I must get up early.
แฃแแแ 'must' + subjunctive แแแแแ.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A2 course exercises