Cause connectors imitom rom and radgan vs the result connector amitom, with register and position notes.
I can explain reasons and draw conclusions with the right connector in the right position.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ქართულს ვსწავლობ, იმიტომ რომ საქართველოში ვცხოვრობ.
I am learning Georgian because I live in Georgia.
რადგან გვიანია, ტაქსით წავალთ.
Since it is late, we'll take a taxi.
ძალიან ცხელა, ამიტომ ზღვაზე მივდივართ.
It is very hot, so we are going to the sea.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Three tools: იმიტომ რომ (because - colloquial, follows the main clause), რადგან (since - neutral, can open the sentence), and ამიტომ (therefore - introduces the RESULT). The pair to keep apart: იმიტომ looks like ამიტომ but they point in opposite directions.
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesUsing amitom for 'because' (*davrchi amitom ts'vims) and doubling connectors (*radgan... amitom in one sentence is heavy style).
Swapping amitom (therefore) with imitom rom (because)
Cause-vs-result sorting drills with the same two clauses.
ქართულს ვსწავლობ, იმიტომ რომ საქართველოში ვცხოვრობ.
I am learning Georgian because I live in Georgia.
imitom rom is the spoken-register 'because' - cause after effect.
რადგან გვიანია, ტაქსით წავალთ.
Since it is late, we'll take a taxi.
radgan can open the sentence - cause first, like English 'since'.
ძალიან ცხელა, ამიტომ ზღვაზე მივდივართ.
It is very hot, so we are going to the sea.
amitom flips the logic: it introduces the RESULT, not the cause.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises