Afrikaans to Georgian: read the relationships inside the verb
Changing my to jou can change more than a pronoun
Afrikaans normally leaves a present verb unchanged when its object changes: a message can name my, jou or another recipient without conjugating the verb for that person. Georgian verbs can mark relationships with direct and indirect objects as well as the subject. One target verb can therefore contain information spread across several Afrikaans words.
When adapting a message about someone giving or sending something, identify the sender, the item and the recipient. Replacing one name or object pronoun inside an otherwise unchanged Georgian sentence may leave its verb inconsistent with the new participants. Translate the affected clause again. The added or altered syllable can express that relationship; it is not necessarily a new action absent from the Afrikaans.
Kan nie should preserve inability rather than a bare negative
Afrikaans Ek kom nie and Ek kan nie kom nie make different claims. The first denies coming; the second introduces inability. Georgian distinguishes the negative particle არ from ვერ, which expresses not being able in relevant constructions. Do not reduce both Afrikaans sentences to an unspecified negative fragment before translation.
For a cancellation, keep any stated obstacle attached to the action. An unavailable vehicle, lack of time and a refusal to attend are different situations even if each prevents an arrival. The Afrikaans closing nie is part of the source construction, not an instruction to append a second equivalent particle to every Georgian clause. Review what is denied and whether the source gives a reason.
In die huis can become a single written form
The Georgian noun სახლი means ‘house’, while სახლში expresses ‘in the house’. The relationship Afrikaans writes with in can appear attached to the target noun. A shorter word count does not show that the translation has forgotten the location.
Georgian also has compact forms such as სახლია, ‘is a house’, containing an attached copular element. This is different from the locative form even though both contain the house stem. In an accommodation description, distinguish identifying a building from locating somebody inside it. Do not insert spaces or another translated is or in merely to recreate the number of words in the Afrikaans phrase.
A dictionary headword may already look conjugated
Afrikaans learners often recognise a verb through an infinitive construction with om te. Georgian lacks a directly equivalent infinitive form, and dictionaries use different conventions for listing verbs, including verbal nouns and finite forms. The first form in an entry is therefore not automatically suitable for insertion into every translated sentence.
Read the grammatical information supplied with the entry before replacing the output. A target change between a current action and a completed report may involve participant case marking as well as the verb. The Afrikaans actor's name can remain visually unchanged while Georgian marks that actor differently. Preserve who does what to whom rather than forcing one dictionary form or one noun ending across every time and construction.
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