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Negative Present-Future Tense in Amharic

To form the negative of compound imperfect verbs, again a combination of prefixes and suffixes attached to the verb root/stem.

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* The final consonant of the second person feminine follows the same pattern as in the positive construction, with a palatalized consonant (that is, ጭም -č΄im, ጅም -jim, ችም -čim, ሽም -šim, ዝም -žim, ኝም -ňim, or ይም -yim).

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, 0 to A1 Course & Using the Conditional.

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

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