ᲖმნებიC1
Producing Version: Build, Build for Myself, Build for Them
Producing all four version frames: neutral, subjective i-, objective u-, superessive a- - the beneficiary geometry of the Georgian verb.
Learning Goal
I can route an action's benefit - to myself, to others, onto surfaces - with version vowels.
Exam Skills:NAEC Georgian C1: SpeakingNAEC Georgian C1: Writing
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
სოფელში სახლს ვიშენებ - ჩემთვის, ჩემი ოცნებისთვის.
I am building myself a house in the village - for me, for my dream.
შვილს ბინას ვუშენებ თბილისში.
I am building a flat for my child in Tbilisi.
ბავშვი კედელს ნახატებს ახატავს.
The child is drawing pictures onto the wall.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
The full version system
C1 turns version recognition into production. Four frames: neutral (აშენებს builds), subjective ი- (იშენებს builds for self), objective ი-/უ- (უშენებს builds for another), superessive ა- (ახატავს draws onto). One vowel slot, redirected benefit - master it and your Georgian gains its native geometry.
Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises
Practice Exercises
Subjective i- with an external beneficiary (*vishen shvils) and analytic tvis-phrases where the version vowel is idiomatic.
Common Error Patterns
Wrong version vowel for the intended beneficiary or surface reading
Beneficiary-routing drills: same verb, four version frames.
სოფელში სახლს ვიშენებ - ჩემთვის, ჩემი ოცნებისთვის.
I am building myself a house in the village - for me, for my dream.
vishen-eb: the i- subjective version produces 'build for myself'.
შვილს ბინას ვუშენებ თბილისში.
I am building a flat for my child in Tbilisi.
vushen-eb: the u- objective version redirects the benefit to a dative third person.
ბავშვი კედელს ნახატებს ახატავს.
The child is drawing pictures onto the wall.
a-khat'avs: the superessive a- version - action onto a surface.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises