One plural ending for everything: -ebi. Drop a final -i, add -ebi.
I can form plurals with -ebi and keep nouns singular after numerals.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
แฌแแแแแแ แแแแแแแแแ.
The books are on the table.
แแแแจแแแแ แแแแจแ แแแแแจแแแแ.
The children are playing in the yard.
แแ แ แแแขแ แแงแแแก.
I have two cats.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Georgian has just one plural ending: -แแแ. If the noun ends in -แ, drop it first: แฌแแแแ โ แฌแแแแแแ (books), แแแแจแแ โ แแแแจแแแแ (children). Vowel-final nouns just add it: แแฆแ โ แแฆแแแแ (days). Some nouns shorten slightly: แแแแแแแ แ โ แแแแแแ แแแ (friends).
One surprise: after a numeral the noun stays singular - แกแแแ แฌแแแแ (three book), never *แกแแแ แฌแแแแแแ.
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesUsing the plural after numerals (*แแ แ แแแขแแแ) - Georgian keeps the singular: แแ แ แแแขแ. Keeping the final -แ before -แแแ (*แฌแแแแแแแ). Expecting different plural endings for different noun classes - there is only -แแแ.
Wrong plural formation or plural after numerals
Drill -i drop + -ebi; remember 'numeral + singular'.
แฌแแแแแแ แแแแแแแแแ.
The books are on the table.
แฌแแแแ + -แแแ = books; -แแ = on; -แ = is/are.
แแแแจแแแแ แแแแจแ แแแแแจแแแแ.
The children are playing in the yard.
แแแแจแแแแ = children; แแแแจแ = in the yard; -แแ = they (verb ending).
แแ แ แแแขแ แแงแแแก.
I have two cats.
After a numeral the noun stays singular: แแ แ แแแขแ, not *แแ แ แแแขแแแ.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises