უნდა

The verbal meaning comes directly from Old Georgian უნდა, which used to be the imperfect, thus the -დ- screeve marker, the modern form created required screeves (უნდოდა, უნდოდეს).

• IPA^(key): [unda]
• Hyphenation: უნ‧და

უნდა • (unda)

1. have to, should, ought to, need, must

   მგონი უნდა მიხვიდე მასთან და ბოდიში მოუხადო

   mgoni unda mixvide mastan da bodiši mouxado

   I think you should go and apologize to her

   აუცილებლად უნდა დატოვო ქვეყანა

   aucileblad unda daṭovo kveq̇ana

   You must leave the country

• The particle is accompanied by the present subjunctive, optative, or pluperfect screeves of a verb.
  • If the speaker thinks that an action described by a verb should have been done then the present subjunctive screeve is used. Adverbs უკვე (uḳve) and ახლა (axla) are often used after the verb.
• If one wants to emphasize a strong obligation upon someone, they may use the adverb აუცილებლად (aucileblad) just before the particle.

უნდა • (unda) (third-person singular present indicative, verbal noun ნდომა)

1. to want

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• ვისაც არ უნდა (visac ar unda)

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “უნდა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
• უნდა on ganmarteba.ge