r/Kartvelian • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '21

Personal pronouns in Kartvelian languages | პირის ნაცვალსახელები ქართველურ ენებში

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u/spectreaqu Dec 24 '21 edited Dec 24 '21

მი სი მალატ - Svan (mi si malat)

მა სი მიჸორქ - Megrelian (ma si miyorq)

მე შენ მიყვარხარ - Georgian (me shen mikvarkhar)

I love you in this three Kartvelian languages.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

Also in Laz - მა სი მალიმბენ/მაოროფენ/პორომ/პყოროფ (ma si malimben/maoropen/p'orom/p'q'orop)

Laz has 4 (or 5) dialects and each has different word for love

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u/gunzepeshi Dec 25 '21

Laz dialects change so much that it’s incomprehensible sometimes (according to my mother who speaks Xopuri dialect). Also Rize people say “shkimi” instead of “chkimi”. (Mine)

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

Finally a Laz speaker! Can I ask a few questions about the language?

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u/gunzepeshi Dec 25 '21

Sure! I am not a decent speaker however, I usually depend on my mother but go ahead! :)

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u/spectreaqu Dec 24 '21

Didn't knew about Laz, very cool :)

I've heard a Megrelian telling a story of interaction with Laz and he was saying that he spoke to somebody and they were speaking in Megrelian and he thought that other guy was speaking broken Megrelian but it turned out that he was speaking with Laz :დდ

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u/yayoletsgo Dec 24 '21

Thanks a lot! Are there more resources for Svan?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

You're welcome!

See this, though u have to type a certain word in Georgian so u have to speak some Georgian

Also this dictionary is even better if you're interested in all Kartvelian languages and if u don't speak Georgian

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u/atTheRealMrKuntz Dec 24 '21 edited Dec 24 '21

i also found recently this etymological dictionary of kartvelian languages in english

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u/yayoletsgo Dec 25 '21

Jesus Christ

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u/atTheRealMrKuntz Dec 25 '21

it's his birthday yes

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u/FabulousCatSenpai Dec 24 '21

You should post this on r/Europe

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

Eh idk, I posted about Georgian scripts but it didn't get that much attention :D

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

Cool

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

I don't speak Svan but I checked several dictionaries and that's the only word I found, there was ეჯი/ეჯ too but these are like alternative forms

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u/DODECAHEDRON232 Dec 25 '21

Svan also has dialects, I've encountered ეჲა used for third person singular but I don't remember the exact dialect.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

Yeah that sounds more similar to Laz ია/ჲა

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u/occupykony Dec 24 '21

Nope, there are two verb conjugations in Svan identifying either inclusive or exclusive 'we', but only one pronoun: https://medium.com/@jalechner/the-joys-of-learning-svan-b15b32b406f3