The reflexive object tavs (vgrdznob tavs), emphatic tviton/tavad, and reciprocal ertmaneti.
I can talk about how I feel, what I did myself, and what we do for each other.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
แแฆแแก แแแแ แแ แฃแแแ แแแ แซแแแ แแแแก.
Today I feel much better.
แแก แฎแแญแแแฃแ แ แแแแแแ แแแแแแแชแฎแแ - แแแ แแแแแ!
I baked this khachapuri myself - for the first time!
แแแ แแ แแแแแแแแแ แแ แแแแแแแก แงแแแแแแแแก แแฎแแแ แแแแแ.
Good neighbors always help each other.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Three self-tools: แแแแก (the noun 'head' as reflexive object: แแแ แซแแแ แแแแก I feel myself), แแแแแแ/แแแแแ (emphatic 'myself/himself': แแแแแแ แแแแแแแ he did it himself), and แแ แแแแแแแ (each other). Don't mix แแแแแแ (self-emphasis) with แแแแแกแ (own-possession).
Apply this grammar in B2 course exercises
Practice ExercisesDropping tavs after feel-verbs (*k'argad vgrdznob) and literal head-readings of tavi idioms.
Omitting tavs with feel-verbs or confusing tviton (self) with tavisi (own)
Self-talk drills: feelings, self-done deeds, and reciprocal actions.
แแฆแแก แแแแ แแ แฃแแแ แแแ แซแแแ แแแแก.
Today I feel much better.
vgrdznob tavs - 'I feel myself': tavi (head) became the reflexive pronoun.
แแก แฎแแญแแแฃแ แ แแแแแแ แแแแแแแชแฎแแ - แแแ แแแแแ!
I baked this khachapuri myself - for the first time!
tviton (or tavad) emphasizes the doer: 'myself, with no help'.
แแแ แแ แแแแแแแแแ แแ แแแแแแแก แงแแแแแแแแก แแฎแแแ แแแแแ.
Good neighbors always help each other.
ertmanets 'each other' - the reciprocal, a Tbilisi courtyard value in one word.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in B2 course exercises