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Lesson 169Each other: ერთმანეთიertmaneti

Goal: you will express "each other" and "together".

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1Sam’s diary

MENUერთმანეთს ვიცნობთ
ერთმანეთს ვიცნობთertmanets vitsnobt

Month 23. Old friends

In a café on Rustaveli Avenue, Manana introduces me to her best friend from school. They finish each other's sentences and laugh at the same jokes.

Today: "each other" and "together".

2Dialogue

Manana
სემ, გაიცანი, ეს თამუნაა. ერთმანეთს ორმოცი წელია ვიცნობთ!sem, gaitsani, es tamunaa. ertmanets ormotsi ts'elia vitsnobt!Sam, meet Tamuna. We've known each other for forty years!
Tamuna
სკოლაში ერთ მერხთან ვისხედით. ყოველთვის ერთმანეთს ვეხმარებოდით.sk'olashi ert merkhtan viskhedit. q'oveltvis ertmanets vekhmarebodit.At school we sat at the same desk. We always helped each other.
Sam
ერთმანეთს ხშირად ხვდებით?ertmanets khshirad khvdebit?Do you see each other often?
Manana
ახლა იშვიათად. ერთმანეთთან ტელეფონით ვლაპარაკობთ.akhla ishviatad. ertmanettan t'eleponit vlap'arak'obt.Rarely now. We talk to each other on the phone.
Tamuna
მაგრამ ერთმანეთის დაბადების დღე არასოდეს დაგვავიწყდა!magram ertmanetis dabadebis dghe arasodes dagvavits'q'da!But we've never forgotten each other's birthdays!
Sam
ერთად სადმე მოგზაურობთ ხოლმე?ertad sadme mogzaurobt kholme?Do you sometimes travel together?
Manana
ყოველ ზაფხულს ერთად მივდივართ ზღვაზე. ერთმანეთის გარეშე ცხოვრება არ შეგვიძლია!q'ovel zapkhuls ertad mivdivart zghvaze. ertmanetis gareshe tskhovreba ar shegvidzlia!Every summer we go to the sea together. We can't live without each other!

3New words

GeorgianPronunciationEnglish
ერთმანეთიertmanetieach other, one another
ერთმანეთს ვიცნობთertmanets vitsnobtwe know each other
მერხიmerkhi(school) desk
ვისხედითviskheditwe sat, we were sitting
ვეხმარებოდითvekhmareboditwe helped (him/her), we used to help
ერთმანეთისertmanetiseach other's
ერთმანეთთანertmanettanwith each other
ერთმანეთის გარეშეertmanetis gareshewithout each other
How to read the pronunciation

The pronunciation is written in English letters, following Georgia’s official romanization. Say every letter: a as in father, e as in pet, i as in machine, o as in port, u as in rule; r is rolled; g is always hard; kh as in Scottish loch; gh a soft gargled g, like a French r; sh as in shop; zh like the s in pleasure; ch as in church; ts as in cats; dz as in adze; j as in jam. An apostrophe marks a “popped” consonant, said with a little click in the throat and no puff of air: k’, p’, t’, ts’, ch’, q’ (q’ is made deep in the throat). Without an apostrophe, k, p, t, ts, ch have a small puff of air. Use the Pronunciation button at the top to hide or show it.

4Grammar and explanations

ერთმანეთიertmaneti: each other

ერთმანეთიertmaneti ("one another") is a noun and takes cases. The verb is plural:

formexamplemeaning
ერთმანეთსertmanets (dative)ერთმანეთს ვიცნობთ.ertmanets vitsnobt.We know each other.
ერთმანეთსertmanets (dative)ერთმანეთს ვეხმარებით.ertmanets vekhmarebit.We help each other.
ერთმანეთიertmaneti (nominative)ერთმანეთი შეიყვარეს.ertmaneti sheiq'vares.They fell in love with each other.
ერთმანეთისertmanetis (genitive)ერთმანეთის დაბადების დღეertmanetis dabadebis dgheeach other's birthday
ერთმანეთთანertmanettanერთმანეთთან ვლაპარაკობთ.ertmanettan vlap'arak'obt.We talk to each other.
ერთმანეთზეertmanetzeერთმანეთზე ვზრუნავთ.ertmanetze vzrunavt.We take care of each other.
ერთმანეთის გარეშეertmanetis garesheერთმანეთის გარეშეertmanetis gareshewithout each other

The case follows the verb, as for any object: ვიცნობთvitsnobt + dative; the aorist შეიყვარესsheiq'vares + nominative.

ერთადertad: together

ერთად მივდივართ ზღვაზე.ertad mivdivart zghvaze.We go to the sea together.

For forty years: … წელიაts'elia, რაცrats / … წელიაts'elia

ერთმანეთს ორმოცი წელია ვიცნობთ.ertmanets ormotsi ts'elia vitsnobt.We've known each other for forty years.

Georgian uses the present here, as in ერთი წელიაerti ts'elia, რაც საქართველოში ვცხოვრობrats sakartveloshi vtskhovrob (lesson 130).

5Good to know

ვისხედითviskhedit (we were sitting) is the plural root of lesson 159: მე ვიჯექიme vijeki (I was sitting), but ჩვენ ვისხედითchven viskhedit (we were sitting).

6Exercises

Choose an answer for each question, then press Check my answers. Score 70% or more and the lesson is ticked on your course map.

  1. "We know each other" is…
  2. "We've known each other for forty years" is…
  3. "each other's birthday" is…
  4. "We talk to each other" is…
  5. "They fell in love with each other" is…
  6. "We help each other" is…
  7. "without each other" is…
  8. "We go together" is…
  9. "We were sitting at the same desk" is…
  10. What is a მერხიmerkhi?

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Say it, then write it

Say your answer out loud, write it down, then open the model answer.

  1. Say "We know each other."
    Show the answerერთმანეთს ვიცნობთ.ertmanets vitsnobt.
  2. Say "They love each other."
    Show the answerერთმანეთი უყვართ.ertmaneti uq'vart.
  3. Say "We write to each other every week."
    Show the answerერთმანეთს ყოველ კვირას ვწერთ.ertmanets q'ovel k'viras vts'ert.
  4. Say "Let's go together!"
    Show the answerერთად წავიდეთ!ertad ts'avidet!
  5. Say "We've known each other for ten years."
    Show the answerერთმანეთს ათი წელია ვიცნობთ.ertmanets ati ts'elia vitsnobt.

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Unit 17: Had, should have, as if B2

  1. 161The pluperfect: I had done
  2. 162I should have: უნდაunda + pluperfect
  3. 163If I had known...
  4. 164As if, almost, nearly
  5. 165Never ever: ვერავინ ვერveravin ver, ნურაფერს ნუnurapers nu
  6. 166Despite, instead of, except
  7. 167So that: რათაrata, იმისათვისimisatvis, რომrom
  8. 168His own: თავისიtavisi, and the word თავიtavi
  9. 169Each other: ერთმანეთიertmaneti
  10. 170Review: a missed chance

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