Future Tense: Preverbs Make the Future
The future of most verbs = present form + a preverb (ga-, da-, mo-, c'a-): vak'eteb -> gavak'eteb.
I can talk about plans and what will happen using future forms.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ხვალ ხინკალს გავაკეთებ.
Tomorrow I will make khinkali.
ზაფხულში სვანეთში წავალ.
In summer I will go to Svaneti.
შენ როდის დაწერ წერილს?
When will you write the letter?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Future tense
Most Georgian verbs form the future by adding a preverb to the present form: ვაკეთებ (I do) → გავაკეთებ (I will do), ვწერ → დავწერ. Each verb has its own preverb - learn verb + preverb as one unit. Irregular: ვარ (I am) → ვიქნები (I will be), მივდივარ (I go) → წავალ (I will go).
Picking a random preverb (each verb has a fixed one: *მოვაკეთებ is wrong, it is გავაკეთებ) and using the present as future (RU/UK speakers transfer 'завтра делаю': tomorrow needs the preverb form).
Common Error Patterns
Wrong or missing preverb in future forms
Learn verb+preverb pairs as units; drill present->future transformations.
ხვალ ხინკალს გავაკეთებ.
Tomorrow I will make khinkali.
Preverb გა- turns ვაკეთებ into the future.
ზაფხულში სვანეთში წავალ.
In summer I will go to Svaneti.
Irregular future of 'go': წავალ.
შენ როდის დაწერ წერილს?
When will you write the letter?
Question with the future form დაწერ (preverb და-).
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A2 course exercises