Conjugating Class-I Verbs

The conjugation of Class-I verbs verbs depends mostly on their being root verbs or their ending. The conjugations differ mostly in the formation of the aorist indicative, but sometimes also affect other tempi like the perfect or the plusquamperfect.

image/svg+xml Class I root verbs -ებ -ობ -ავ -ევ - -ამ

Class-I Root Verbs

In root verbs there is a standard conjugation (წერს), a conjugation with alternation in the aorist -- most often ending on -ენ (წარმოიდგენს, აწვენს) but also some others (კრეჭს, გრეხს, ჩხრეკს) --, a conjugation for ვ-- medial verbs (ყეფს) and a conjugation for --ა medial verbs (თბილა, ცივა). More ...

Class-I Verbs on -ებ

Verbs ending on -ებ can basically come in a conjugation with -ე/-ა aorist (აშენებს), with -ე/-ო aorist (აქებს) or as medial verbs with -ე/-ო aorist (ჩურჩულებს). More ...

Class-I Verbs on -ობ

Verbs ending on -ობ usually have a conjugation with -ე/-ო aorist (ათბობს) or are medial verbs with -ე/-ა aorist (ცხოვრობს). There are a number of other conjugations in this group as well. More ...

Class-I Verbs on -ავ

Verbs ending on -ავ have -ე/-ა aorist, either as normal verbs (ხატავს) or as medial verbs. More ...

Class-I Verbs on -ევ

Verbs ending with -ევ have only one conjugation with -იე/-ია aorist (არწევს). More ...

Class-I Verbs on -ი

Verbs ending on -ი have conjugations with alternation in the aorist, either as a conjugation with -ე/-ა aorist (ზრდის), -ი/-ა aorist (ცრის) or as medial verbs with -ე/-ა aorist (იცინის). More ...

Class-I Verbs on -ამ

The less than 20 verbs on -ამ in Georgian have a conjugation based on the -ი/-ა aorist (არტყამს). More ...