Goal: you will talk about your future: what you will have and be.
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Late at night on the balcony, Nino and I talk about the future. Where will we be in a year? What will we have? Nino dreams of a little house with a garden; I dream of speaking Georgian without thinking.
Today: "I will have", "I will be", and words for the future.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| მექნება | mekneba | I will have (a thing) |
| მეყოლება | meq'oleba | I will have (a person, an animal) |
| მომავალ წელს | momaval ts'els | next year |
| მომავალ კვირას | momaval k'viras | next week |
| მალე | male | soon |
| ალბათ | albat | probably |
| ისევ | isev | still; again |
| ბაღი | baghi | garden |
| ოცნება | otsneba | dream |
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.
The future of მაქვსmakvs is მექნებაmekneba, and the future of მყავსmq'avs is მეყოლებაmeq'oleba:
| person | (thing) | (person, animal) |
|---|---|---|
| I | მექნებაmekneba | მეყოლებაmeq'oleba |
| you (friend) | გექნებაgekneba | გეყოლებაgeq'oleba |
| he, she | ექნებაekneba | ეყოლებაeq'oleba |
| we | გვექნებაgvekneba | გვეყოლებაgveq'oleba |
| you (polite, plural) | გექნებათgeknebat | გეყოლებათgeq'olebat |
| they | ექნებათeknebat | ეყოლებათeq'olebat |
As in the present, the thing or person you will have stays in its basic form.
ვიქნებიviknebi, იქნებიiknebi, იქნებაikneba, ვიქნებითviknebit, იქნებითiknebit, იქნებიანiknebian (lesson 41). იქნებაikneba is also used for "it will be": კარგი იქნებაk'argi ikneba, "it will be good".
| Georgian | meaning |
|---|---|
| ხვალkhval | tomorrow |
| ზეგzeg | the day after tomorrow |
| მომავალ კვირასmomaval k'viras | next week |
| მომავალ წელსmomaval ts'els | next year |
| მალეmale | soon |
| ალბათalbat | probably |
მომავალიmomavali (future, next) loses its -იi before a noun in -სs (lesson 56): მომავალ წელსmomaval ts'els.
ისევisev means both "still" and "again": ისევ თბილისში ვიქნებიisev tbilisshi viknebi (I'll still be in Tbilisi), ისევ წვიმსisev ts'vims (it's raining again). The context decides.
ოცნებაotsneba (dream, wish) is a beautiful word; ჩემი ოცნებააchemi otsnebaa..., "my dream is...".
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