Understanding the Passive Voice in Georgian
The passive voice is a way to say that something is done by someone or something else. In Georgian, the passive voice is used to focus on the action or the object that is affected by the action, rather than who is doing the action.
Important Points
- The passive voice in Georgian often uses the verb root with special endings.
- It can show that something is being done to the subject.
- The doer of the action can sometimes be omitted if it's not important.
- Passive verbs in Georgian can have different forms depending on the tense.
Examples
- წიგნი წაიკითხა მასწავლებელმა.
- სახლი აშენდა მშენებლების მიერ.
- ფანჯარა გაიხსნა ქარის მიერ.
In these examples, the focus is on the book, the house, and the window. We are talking about what happened to them, not who did it. This is the essence of the passive voice in Georgian.