ბნელა
Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editბნელა • (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