Sports & Activities

1. სად არის სტადიონი?

   Sad aris st'adioni?

   Where is the stadium?

   Usage

   When looking for a sports venue

   Grammar Note

   Georgian questions are formed simply by adding "?" — no inversion needed. "Sad" (where) is a locative interrogative. "Stadioni" is nominative case

2. ბილეთი მომეცით, გთხოვთ

   Bileti mometsit, gtkhovt

   One ticket, please

   Usage

   When buying a ticket at a sports event

   Grammar Note

   "გთხოვთ" is a polite request marker: polypersonal verb with "გ-" (to you) + "-თხოვ-" (beg/ask) + "-თ" (polite suffix)

3. დღეს თამაში არის?

   Dghes tamashi aris?

   Is there a game today?

   Usage

   When checking if a sports event is happening today

   Grammar Note

   Georgian questions can rely on intonation alone. "არის (aris)" is the third-person copula form. Used here as an existential ("there is")

4. სპორტდარბაზი სად არის?

   Sp'ort'darbazi sad aris?

   Where is the gym?

   Usage

   When looking for a fitness gym

   Grammar Note

   "სპორტდარბაზი" is a compound: "sport" + "darbazi" (hall). Georgian often concatenates compound nouns

5. მინდა ფეხბურთი ვითამაშო

   Minda pekhburti vitamasho

   I want to play football

   Usage

   When expressing desire to play a sport

   Grammar Note

   "მინდა (minda)" = "I want", followed by subjunctive mood (similar to English infinitive). "ვ-" is the first-person verb prefix

6. ჩვენმა გუნდმა მოიგო!

   Chvenma gundma moigo!

   Our team won!

   Usage

   When celebrating a team victory

   Grammar Note

   The aorist of a transitive verb takes an ergative subject, marked by "-ma": "chvenma gundma moigo". "mo-" is a completive preverb and "-ig-" the root "to win".

7. ბასკეტბოლის მოედანი სად არის?

   Bask'et'bolis moedani sad aris?

   Where is the basketball court?

   Usage

   When looking for a basketball court

   Grammar Note

   "-ის (-is)" is the Georgian genitive suffix. "ბასკეტბოლის მოედანი" = "basketball's court". Georgian has 7 noun cases marking syntactic roles

8. მსურს ველოსიპედი ვიქირაო

   Msurs velosip'edi vikirao

   I want to rent a bicycle

   Usage

   When renting a bicycle for outdoor activities or sightseeing

   Grammar Note

   "მსურს (msurs)" is a more formal "I want/wish" than "მინდა". The prefix "მ-" marks first-person experiencer — literally "it is desired to me"

9. მაქვს შეკითხვა გაწვრთნის შესახებ

   Makvs shek'itkhva gats'vrtnis shesakheb

   I have a question about training

   Usage

   When asking a coach or trainer a question

   Grammar Note

   "მაქვს (maqvs)" = "I have": literally "to me there is". Georgian possession is expressed with the dative experiencer + existential verb

10. ეს სპორტი ჩემი საყვარელია

    Es sp'ort'i chemi saq'varelia

    This is my favourite sport

    Usage

    When talking about your favourite sport

    Grammar Note

    "-ა (-a)" is a shortened copula (colloquial "is") appended to the predicate. "საყვარელი" derives from "სიყვარული" (love)

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