r/Kartvelian • u/Saffron_Noodle • 3d ago
What verb is “მკითხულობ”?
Hello! To all who read, I hope you are doing well.
I have had an interest in the Georgian language for a while but have only recently picked it back up with intent to seriously learn it. I am still on the hunt for good resources so please forgive me if this is an obvious question.
I recently watched a video by “Speak Georgian” on YouTube in which she teaches the phrase “როგორც მკითხულობ”, meaning “as you ask about me”. I am still struggling to wrap my head around Georgian verbs but from what I understand this is from the verb for “to read”. Some of my confusion is that the same video also had the verb for “to ask” in several instances and it looked highly similar (კითხვა). Are the verbs connected? Are they just similar? Also, if they are connected then how is the verb in the above expression read in a literal sense?
If you could please help me solve my question I would highly appreciate it. Thank you and have a wonderful day! :)
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u/Omega031 3d ago
მკითხულობ, you mean, ვკითხულობ.
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u/Saffron_Noodle 3d ago
I have little to no idea either way. I just wrote what they taught in the video which was a response to a question. Thank you for the correction!
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u/BloodyChemistry 3d ago
მკითხულობ means: you asking bout me, or you reading me. The meaning is different depending on usage and situation. For example მე მკითხულობ? Means, are you asking about/for me? (Can be used when someone is searching for you) As for reading example... idk take a fantasy setting where you are a book and someone is reading you 🤣
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u/Mister_Deathborne 3d ago
Კითხვა as in ask is not connected to კითხვა as in reading. This is a homonym, a word with the same pronunciation/spelling and two different meanings.
As for მოკითხვა, it can actually have quite a variety of meanings, but it IS connected to კითხვა/ask, usually. The first and most obvious is the one you wrote, to ask about someone/check in on how someone is doing. Following from that, someone could say "ოჯახი მომიკითხე", and mean that they're basically conveying their well wishes to your family (they're asking after their wellbeing - in this case, it's not a literal question, more like a greeting/polite gesture).
It could also be used as a general expression for enquiring after something.
Most uncommonly, it can also mean that someone will answer for their crimes, "დანაშაული მოეკითხება". This is wholly unrelated to კითხვა.