Pro-drop norms: verbs carry subject and object, pronouns surface only for contrast and emphasis.
I can speak with native pronoun economy - silent by default, explicit for contrast.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
სად ხარ? - ბაზარში ვარ, ხილს ვყიდულობ.
Where are you? - I'm at the bazaar, buying fruit.
მე მოვალ, შენ კი შინ დარჩი.
I will come, but YOU stay home.
ხინკალი გინდა? - მინდა! ღვინოც? - ისიც.
Want khinkali? - I do! Wine too? - That too.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Georgian verbs encode person so richly that pronouns are usually NOISE: გელოდები already means 'I wait for you'. Pronouns surface for exactly two jobs: contrast (მე მოვალ, შენ კი...) and emphasis. The C1 skill is not adding them - it's hearing when their absence carries the meaning.
Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesEnglish-density pronouns (me shen gelodebi me) and dropping the contrastive pronoun where the sentence then loses its point.
Pronoun overuse (English transfer) or dropped pronouns where contrast demands them
Pronoun-budget drills: rewrite dialogues using pronouns only for contrast.
სად ხარ? - ბაზარში ვარ, ხილს ვყიდულობ.
Where are you? - I'm at the bazaar, buying fruit.
Not one pronoun in the whole exchange: the verb endings carry every person.
მე მოვალ, შენ კი შინ დარჩი.
I will come, but YOU stay home.
Pronouns return exactly when contrast needs them: me... shen k'i.
ხინკალი გინდა? - მინდა! ღვინოც? - ისიც.
Want khinkali? - I do! Wine too? - That too.
Answer with the bare verb (minda!), and isits 'that too' carries a whole clause.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises