ჩანს

ჩანს - to be visible // sichtbar sein, zu sehen sein

Class-I medial root verb with ვ--ვარ first person singular: სახლი გარგად ჩანს - the house is well visible // das Haus ist gut zu sehen. საბუთი ჩანდა ჩანთის ქვეშ - the document was visible below the bag // das Dokument war unter der Tasche zu sehen.

The objective version სჩანს means "something is visible for someone": პრესიდენტი სჩანს ხალხს - the president is visible to the people // der Präsident ist für das Volk sichtbar or in the folk song Apareka: აღარ სჩანხარ - you are not visible for him/her anymore // du bist für sie/ihn nicht mehr zu sehen.

Similar:

  • მოჩანს - something is appearing in sight, something is visible from a far distance // etwas erscheint im Sichtfeld, etwas ist weithin sichtbar. ქალაქი მოჩანს - the town is coming in sight // die Stadt wird sichtbar
  • მიჩანს - something is (becoming) visible on me (body part) // etwas an mir ist/wird sichtbar (Körperteil)
  • გაჩნდება - to appear, to become visible
  • აღმოაჩენს - to discover something. Note the same verb root here: ჩანს/ჩენს!

Present Indicative:

ქართული English German
მე ვჩანვარ I am visible ich bin sichtbar
შენ ჩანხარ you are visible du bist sichtbar
ის ჩანს he is visible er ist sichtbar
ჩვენ ვჩანვართ we are visible wir sind sichtbar
თქვენ ჩანხართ you are visible ihr seid sichtbar
ისინი ჩანან they are visible sie sind sichtbar

The future indicative is derived from the present by adding -მო: მთვარე მალე მოჩანს - the moon will soon come out

Imperfect Indicative:

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