C1 · Advanced Chapter 54

Formal Registers

2 Total Rules
1 min

What You'll Learn

Navigating official and academic Georgian. Learn the specific vocabulary and grammatical structures of formal writing.

Tips & Tricks (2)

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When in doubt, use plural

It is always safer to be too formal than too informal.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Honorific Plurals in Verbs
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Default to Formal

When in doubt, use 'თქვენ'. It is never wrong to be polite.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Formal Address Patterns

Quick Practice (5)

Fill in the correct verb ending.

თქვენ გნებავ___ ყავა?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer:
Plural suffix is 'თ'.

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Choose the correct verb form.

თქვენ ___ (ხარ/ხართ) მართალი.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ხართ
Honorific plural requires 'ხართ'.

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Fix the error in the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

თქვენ მოდიხარ აქ?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: თქვენ მოდიხართ აქ?
Verb must match plural pronoun.

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Select the most polite form.

Which is the most formal?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: თქვენ ხართ მართალი
Correct pronoun and verb agreement.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Honorific Plurals in Verbs

Select the correct formal form.

ბატონო გიორგი, თქვენ ___?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ხართ
Formal address requires plural conjugation.

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Score: /5

Common Questions (3)

Only if you want to be funny or sarcastic. Otherwise, use 'შენ'.
It is a linguistic convention to show respect by 'multiplying' the person.
Only if you want to be sarcastic or very distant.