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Phraseology: Which Verb Does This Noun Marry?

High-frequency verb-noun collocations and near-synonym pairs that select different verbs - the C2 polish layer.

Learning Goal

I can pair nouns with their fixed verbs so my Georgian stops sounding translated.

Exam Skills:NAEC Georgian C2: SpeakingNAEC Georgian C2: Writing

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

ამ საკითხზე გადაწყვეტილება ჯერ არ მიგვიღია.

We have not yet taken a decision on this question.

ამ დეტალს დიდი მნიშვნელობა ენიჭება.

Great importance is attached to this detail.

პირობას ვდებ, სიტყვას კი ვაძლევ - ორივე მტკიცეა, მაგრამ ზმნები სხვაა.

A promise is 'laid' (pirobas vdeb), one's word is 'given' (sit'qvas vadzlev) - both firm, but the verbs differ.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

Fixed marriages

C2 polish lives in collocations: decisions are taken (გადაწყვეტილებას იღებენ), attention is turned (ყურადღებას აქცევენ), importance is granted (მნიშვნელობა ენიჭება), promises are laid (პირობას დებენ), one's word is given (სიტყვას აძლევენ). The nouns are easy; the verbs they marry must be learned pair by pair.

Calques like *gadats'qvet'ilebas ak'eteben (doing a decision) - grammatical, unmistakably foreign.

Common Error Patterns

Calqued verb-noun pairs (doing decisions, giving attention with the wrong verb)

Collocation-bank drills: the 50 highest-frequency verb-noun pairs.

ამ საკითხზე გადაწყვეტილება ჯერ არ მიგვიღია.

We have not yet taken a decision on this question.

gadats'qvet'ilebas igheben - decisions are TAKEN (migheba), never 'done': verb-noun pairs are fixed.

ამ დეტალს დიდი მნიშვნელობა ენიჭება.

Great importance is attached to this detail.

mnishvneloba enich'eba - importance 'is granted': the formal collocation with the passive of minich'eba.

პირობას ვდებ, სიტყვას კი ვაძლევ - ორივე მტკიცეა, მაგრამ ზმნები სხვაა.

A promise is 'laid' (pirobas vdeb), one's word is 'given' (sit'qvas vadzlev) - both firm, but the verbs differ.

Near-synonym nouns select different verbs - the essence of collocational competence.

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in C2 course exercises

C2 Course
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