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title: "გაკვეთილი 8 — ზედსართავები (Adjectives and Agreement)"
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description: "Georgian adjectives precede nouns and have no grammatical gender"
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description: "Place adjectives in the correct position before the noun"
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# გაკვეთილი 8 (Lesson 8) — Adjectives
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## Introduction
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| დიდი სახლი | didi sakhli | big house |
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