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?
დღეს ბევრად უკეთ ვგრძნობ თავს.
Today I feel much better.
ეს ხაჭაპური თვითონ გამოვაცხვე - პირველად!
I baked this khachapuri myself - for the first time!
კარგი მეზობლები ერთმანეთს ყოველთვის ეხმარებიან.
Good neighbors always help each other.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Three self-tools: თავს (the noun 'head' as reflexive object: ვგრძნობ თავს I feel myself), თვითონ/თავად (emphatic 'myself/himself': თვითონ გააკეთა he did it himself), and ერთმანეთი (each other). Don't mix თვითონ (self-emphasis) with თავისი (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.
დღეს ბევრად უკეთ ვგრძნობ თავს.
Today I feel much better.
vgrdznob tavs - 'I feel myself': tavi (head) became the reflexive pronoun.
ეს ხაჭაპური თვითონ გამოვაცხვე - პირველად!
I baked this khachapuri myself - for the first time!
tviton (or tavad) emphasizes the doer: 'myself, with no help'.
კარგი მეზობლები ერთმანეთს ყოველთვის ეხმარებიან.
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