Mr. Smith, I’m very grateful for your work. I’ve just discovered your channel and I must say, the videos are very educational and the quirks of the Georgian language - well explained. I must add a bit of info about the use of “Mepe” though, as a lot of English or other Indo-European language speakers get confused when female rulers are mentioned as kings in Georgian history (I’m aware of Jadwiga of Poland and Irine of Athens). In Georgian, მეფე(mepe) is considered to be a gender neutral term, because “ლეკვი ლომისა სწორია, ძუ იყოს, თუნდა ხვადია” (Had to use this one, cause Shota rules) - basically, male or female, as long as one is a child of king, they are to be the future king as well. Even Tamar’s daughter, Rusudan was crowned as king(though she’s not very favored by historians due to her actions). The only time women were referred as queens, was when they were consorts. Therefore, Tamar was a king in her own right, as she was a daughter to a King. But of course, she was challenged a lot due to her sex, however one of the biggest reasons she co-ruled with her father(therefore crowned twice) was because she wasn’t really the heir to the throne, as her father was sort of a regent to his nephew, but Giorgi III ( or George the III if you will) crowned her instead of his nephew, as she was a much more suitable candidate to rule the country and his closest kin, and the result is obvious, it was the Golden Age in Georgian history. I apologize for rambling and writing so much, but hope this helps! დიდი პატივისცემით, ქართველი. Ps. I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Edit:grammar at the end :’)
Wow. That was so interesting! So if you have the crown, you are King and your children could become king. It's almost as if King means "the one who wears the crown" rather than a signifier of gender. I really 💕 enjoyed reading this. So happy to have motivated fans of my channel to share our thoughts and observations. Thank you!💕👑
(ლეკვი/lion cub is as a metaphor for "the offspring of a monarch/king/ruler " ). My understanding is: a Lion's cub (male or female) is equal to a Lion. Meaning... Male or female HEIRS/offspring are equally entitled to the throne.
Hello Thank you for your video, it’s really helpful because there is not so much videos and ressources on internet talking about Georgian grammar. But please I don’t understand why the final letter of the genitive case with word in -ო and -უ is sometimes -ს and sometimes -სი. Can you please explain it to me ? Sorry for the English, it’s not my native language. Thank you again for your videos!
You will always need to add +ს (+ის is for words that end in ი, for some people they imagine you remove the ი and add +ის) for others they just add +ს to the word ending in ი. There is a video dedicated to this, ბირმვა number 3. I would recommended watching ALL 7 seperate videos, and making notes until each 7 case is 100% clear. There are no shortcuts. It's memorised. Ბრუნვა is a core aspect of the language. 😜👍
@@mevaseba69Thank you much for your response. But the thing I was more talking about is in which situation for the genitive case we say for exemple “საქართველოს” and “საქართველოსი” ? I don’t get the difference…
@@Bilbilyo გასაგებია 😜 I remember is as საქართველოს(ი) . This is something from the grammar books, It confused me too. Just use the ს. 99.9% of the time. +ის is just for reference. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Mr. Smith, I’m very grateful for your work. I’ve just discovered your channel and I must say, the videos are very educational and the quirks of the Georgian language - well explained. I must add a bit of info about the use of “Mepe” though, as a lot of English or other Indo-European language speakers get confused when female rulers are mentioned as kings in Georgian history (I’m aware of Jadwiga of Poland and Irine of Athens). In Georgian, მეფე(mepe) is considered to be a gender neutral term, because “ლეკვი ლომისა სწორია, ძუ იყოს, თუნდა ხვადია” (Had to use this one, cause Shota rules) - basically, male or female, as long as one is a child of king, they are to be the future king as well. Even Tamar’s daughter, Rusudan was crowned as king(though she’s not very favored by historians due to her actions). The only time women were referred as queens, was when they were consorts. Therefore, Tamar was a king in her own right, as she was a daughter to a King. But of course, she was challenged a lot due to her sex, however one of the biggest reasons she co-ruled with her father(therefore crowned twice) was because she wasn’t really the heir to the throne, as her father was sort of a regent to his nephew, but Giorgi III ( or George the III if you will) crowned her instead of his nephew, as she was a much more suitable candidate to rule the country and his closest kin, and the result is obvious, it was the Golden Age in Georgian history.
I apologize for rambling and writing so much, but hope this helps!
დიდი პატივისცემით,
ქართველი.
Ps. I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes.
Edit:grammar at the end :’)
Wow. That was so interesting! So if you have the crown, you are King and your children could become king. It's almost as if King means "the one who wears the crown" rather than a signifier of gender. I really 💕 enjoyed reading this. So happy to have motivated fans of my channel to share our thoughts and observations. Thank you!💕👑
@@learn_georgian_language yes exactly like that!
Thank you for reading!
@@anniehannie4246 “ლეკვი ლომისა სწორია, ძუ იყოს, თუნდა ხვადია” how it translates in english?
(ლეკვი/lion cub is as a metaphor for "the offspring of a monarch/king/ruler " ). My understanding is: a Lion's cub (male or female) is equal to a Lion. Meaning... Male or female HEIRS/offspring are equally entitled to the throne.
Hello Thank you for your video, it’s really helpful because there is not so much videos and ressources on internet talking about Georgian grammar. But please I don’t understand why the final letter of the genitive case with word in -ო and -უ is sometimes -ს and sometimes -სი. Can you please explain it to me ? Sorry for the English, it’s not my native language. Thank you again for your videos!
You will always need to add +ს (+ის is for words that end in ი, for some people they imagine you remove the ი and add +ის) for others they just add +ს to the word ending in ი. There is a video dedicated to this, ბირმვა number 3. I would recommended watching ALL 7 seperate videos, and making notes until each 7 case is 100% clear. There are no shortcuts. It's memorised. Ბრუნვა is a core aspect of the language. 😜👍
@@mevaseba69Thank you much for your response. But the thing I was more talking about is in which situation for the genitive case we say for exemple “საქართველოს” and “საქართველოსი” ? I don’t get the difference…
@Bilbilyo სი? Where did you see საქართველ-ო-ს-ი??? Can you give me a reference, timestamp or an example from your notes, in a sentence.
@@learn_georgian_languageyes of course. Here 7:15
@@Bilbilyo გასაგებია 😜 I remember is as საქართველოს(ი) . This is something from the grammar books, It confused me too.
Just use the ს. 99.9% of the time.
+ის is just for reference. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰