ბნელა
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From ბნელი (bneli, “dark”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (ბნელოდა (bneloda), ბნელოდეს (bnelodes)).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ბნელა • (bnela) (third-person singular present indicative)
- (impersonal) to be dark (outside)
- გარეთ ბნელა.
- garet bnela.
- It's dark outside.
Further reading edit
- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 565, pages 528-530