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15.3 Describing Your Daily Routine

Building a Daily Routine in Georgian

In this chapter you will learn how to connect many elements from earlier chapters to describe a full day in simple Georgian. You already know basic verbs, present tense, time expressions, and simple sentences. Now the focus is to put them together in natural routine descriptions.


Key Idea: One Main Verb per Step

When you describe a routine, think in small steps: one time expression, one subject, one main verb.

Examples:

You can then add place words, time words, and small details.


Useful Time Expressions for a Routine

Here are common time expressions that fit a daily routine. You can place them at the beginning or end of a sentence.

EnglishGeorgianNotes
in the morningდილითdilit
early in the morningადრე დილითadre dilit
at noonშუადღესshuadghes
in the afternoonშუადღის შემდეგshuadghis shemdeg
in the eveningსაღამოსsaghamos
at nightღამითghamit
every dayყოველდღეk’oveldge
usuallyჩვეულებრივch’vulebriv
oftenხშირადkhshirad
sometimesზოგჯერzogjer
rarelyიშვიათადishviatad
neverარასოდესarasodes
todayდღესdghes
on weekdaysსამუშაო დღეებშიsamushao dgheebshi
on weekendsშაბათ–კვირასshabat–k’viras

Important rule:
Time expressions like დღეს, დილით, საღამოს, ყოველთვის, ხშირად can freely appear:

  • At the beginning:
    დილით ვიღვიძებ.
  • Or at the end:
    ვიღვიძებ დილით.
    Both are correct. Choose the position that feels natural and simple.

Common Routine Verbs in the Present

You already met some of these verbs before. Here we focus on how they are used in daily routine sentences.


EnglishGeorgian (dictionary)1st person singular (I ...)
to wake upგაღვიძებავიღვიძებ (I wake up)
to get up / stand upადგომავდგები (I get up)
to washდაბანავიბან (I wash)
to brush teethკბილების გახეხვაკბილებს ვიხეხავ
to take a showerშხაპის მიღებაშხაპს ვიღებ
to get dressedჩაცმავიცვამ
to have breakfastსაუზმის ჭამავსაუზმობ
to have lunchსადილის ჭამავსადილობ
to have dinnerვახშმის ჭამავვახშმობ
to drink coffeeყავის დალევაყავას ვსვამ
to goწასვლამივდივარ (I go)
to go homeსახლში წასვლასახლში მივდივარ
to workმუშაობავმუშაობ
to studyსწავლავსწავლობ
to readკითხვავკითხულობ
to watch TVტელევიზორის ყურებატელევიზორს ვუყურებ
to rest / relaxდასვენებავისვენებ
to sleepძილიმძინავს (I sleep)

Simple Daily Routine Sentences

Morning routine

Examples with minimal structure:

You can combine time and place:

Going to work or school

Use motion verbs with a destination:

Add time:

At work or at school

Some basic patterns:

Add time expressions:

Afternoon and Evening Routine

Leaving work or school

After coming home

You can say what you usually do:

Ending the day

Linking Actions in Order

To show a clear order in one sentence you can simply use და “and”.

Basic pattern:

[Action 1] და [Action 2]

Examples:

You can also add a time expression at the beginning:

Using Frequency Words in Routine

Frequency words help you show how often you do something.

EnglishGeorgianExample sentence
alwaysყოველთვისყოველთვის დილით ყავას ვსვამ. “I always drink coffee in the morning.”
usuallyჩვეულებრივჩვეულებრივ შვიდზე ვდგები. “I usually get up at seven.”
oftenხშირადხშირად სამსახურში ვმუშაობ გვიან. “I often work late at work.”
sometimesზოგჯერზოგჯერ დილის შხაპს არ ვიღებ. “Sometimes I do not take a morning shower.”
rarelyიშვიათადიშვიათად ვსეირნობ. “I rarely take a walk.”
neverარასოდესარასოდეს ვსვამ ჩაის დილით. “I never drink tea in the morning.”

Place them before the verb or at the beginning:

Both mean: “I usually exercise in the morning.”


Talking About Weekday vs Weekend Routine

You can contrast your weekday and weekend routines.

Weekdays

Weekends

You can join them in one short paragraph:

Mini Model Texts: Daily Routines

Model 1: Very simple routine

English gloss:

Model 2: Student routine

Practice Ideas

To practice, you can try these tasks:

  1. Write 5 sentences for your morning routine, using at least one time expression and one frequency word.
  2. Write 3 sentences about what you do after work or school.
  3. Write 2 sentences contrasting weekdays and weekends.

For each sentence, check:

Vocabulary List for This Chapter

GeorgianTransliterationEnglish
დილითdilitin the morning
შუადღესshuadghesat noon
შუადღის შემდეგshuadghis shemdegin the afternoon
საღამოსsaghamosin the evening
ღამითghamitat night
სამუშაო დღეებშიsamushao dgheebshion workdays
შაბათ–კვირასshabat–k’virason weekends
ყოველდღეk’oveldgeevery day
ხშირადkhshiradoften
ზოგჯერzogjersometimes
იშვიათადishviatadrarely
არასოდესarasodesnever
ყოველთვისk’oveltvisalways
ჩვეულებრივch’vulebrivusually
ადრიანადadrianadearly
გვიანgvianlate
ვიღვიძებvigvidzebI wake up
ვდგებიvdgebiI get up
ვიბანvibanI wash
კბილებს ვიხეხავk’bilebs vixexavI brush my teeth
შხაპს ვიღებshkhaps vigebI take a shower
ვიცვამvicv’amI get dressed
ვსაუზმობvsaudzmobI have breakfast
ვსადილობvsadilobI have lunch
ვვახშმობvvakhshmobI have dinner
ყავას ვსვამq’avas vsvamI drink coffee
სამსახურში მივდივარsamshurshi mivdivarI go to work
სკოლაში მივდივარskolashi mivdivarI go to school
უნივერსიტეტში მივდივარuniversit’etshi mivdivarI go to university
ვმუშაობvmushavI work
ვსწავლობvsts’avlobI study
ვკითხულობvk’itxulobI read
ტელევიზორს ვუყურებtelevizors vusurebI watch TV
მუსიკას ვუსმენmusik’as vusmenI listen to music
ვისვენებvisvenebI rest
ვვარჯიშობvvarjishobI exercise
ვსეირნობvseirnobI take a walk
ვძინავ / მძინავსvdzinav / mdzinavsI sleep
სახლიდან გამოვდივარsakhli dan gamovdivarI leave home
სახლში მივდივარsakhlshi mivdivarI go home
მეგობრებს ვხვდებიmegobrebs vxvdebiI meet friends
ბიბლიოთეკაშიbibliot’ek’ashiin the library
ოფისშიop’ishshiin the office
ინტერნეტში შევდივარinternetshi shevdivarI go on the internet
ვმეცადინეობvmetsadineobI study, I do my homework

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