The genitive-governing postpositions -tvis (for), -gan (from), shesakheb (about), gareshe (without).
I can say for whom, from whom, about what, and without what - all on the genitive base.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ეს საჩუქარი დედისთვისაა.
This present is for my mother.
ეს ამბავი გიორგისგან გავიგე.
I heard this story from Giorgi.
ქართული ღვინის შესახებ წიგნი დავწერე... ხუმრობა!
I wrote a book about Georgian wine... just kidding!
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Four workhorse postpositions all demand the genitive: -თვის (for: დედისთვის), -გან (from a person/source: მეგობრისგან), შესახებ (about: ფილმის შესახებ), გარეშე (without: შაქრის გარეშე). Build the genitive first, then attach.
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesSkipping the genitive (*dedatvis instead of dedistvis) and confusing -gan (from a person) with -dan (from a place).
Attaching -tvis/-gan/shesakheb to the bare stem instead of the genitive
Genitive-first drills: build dedis before dedistvis.
ეს საჩუქარი დედისთვისაა.
This present is for my mother.
-tvis (for) rides on the genitive: dedis + tvis.
ეს ამბავი გიორგისგან გავიგე.
I heard this story from Giorgi.
-gan marks the source person: Giorgis + gan 'from Giorgi'.
ქართული ღვინის შესახებ წიგნი დავწერე... ხუმრობა!
I wrote a book about Georgian wine... just kidding!
shesakheb (about) follows its genitive noun: ghvinis shesakheb.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises