Language/Amharic/Grammar/Simple-Past-Tense-Forms-of-Other-Verbs-(Negative)

Simple Past Tense Forms of Other Verbs (Negative) in Amharic

Note

To form the negative simple past, simply add the prefix al- and the suffix –m to the affirmative simple past tense.

• ሄድኩ hedku Æ ሄድኩ አል- al- hedku –m Æ አልሄድኩም alhedkum
• አየሁ ayyähu Æአል- al - አየሁ ayyähu –m Æ አላየሁም alayyähum

Note

if the first letter of the verb starts with a vowel, the next consonant changes to the fourth order.

Examples

Source

https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf

Other Lessons

• “to be” and “to have”
• Definite Direct Objects in the Simple Past
• Direct and Indirect Object Affixes
• The Possessive Adjectives
• Asking If and Saying Whether It Is “Suitable” or Not
• Stem verbs
• The Definite Article
• Compound sentence
• Pluralizing
• The Present Future Tense