Language/Amharic/Grammar/Conjugation-of-mäwdäd-(to-like)-present-tense

Conjugation of mäwdäd [wädädä] present tense affirmative in Amharic

Conjugation table

Note: You can use the above forms to ask if someone likes something or someone (or not) by just changing the intonation to a (rising intonation/question form).

• አትወድም atwädïm? “Don’t you like?” (♂)

• አትወጅም atwäjim? “Don’t you like?” (♀)

or

• ትወዳለህ tïwädaläh? “Do you like?” (♂)

• ትወጃለሽ tïwäjaläš? “Do you like?” (♀)

How do you say “I love you” in Amharic?

A. እወድሀለሁ ïwädïhalähu. to ♂

B. እወድሻለሁ ïwädïšalähu. to ♀

C. እወዳችኋለሁ ïwädačïhualähu. ( to plural)

Conjugation of “I like (love) (third person)

እወደዋለሁ ïwädäwalähu. I like (love) him.

እወዳታለሁ ïwädatalähu. I like (love) her.

እወዳቸዋለሁ ïwädačäwalähu. I like (love) them.

Source

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

Other Lessons

• Expressing Obligation or Necessity
• Making Suggestions Using “Let”
• Negation
• Time Phrases
• Time Adverbs
• The Definite Article
• Conjugation of the verb መኖር “to live” (present tense)
• The Simple Past
• Definite Direct Objects in the Simple Past
• Direct and Indirect Object Affixes