High-frequency verb-noun collocations and near-synonym pairs that select different verbs - the C2 polish layer.
I can pair nouns with their fixed verbs so my Georgian stops sounding translated.
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?
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.
Apply this grammar in C2 course exercises
Practice ExercisesCalques like *gadats'qvet'ilebas ak'eteben (doing a decision) - grammatical, unmistakably foreign.
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