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Question Words in Amharic

Question Words List

• ማን man? who?

• ምን mïn (ምንድን mïndïn)? what?

• ለምን lämïn? why?

• እንዴት ïndet? how?

• የማን yäman? whose?

• የት yät? where?

• መቼ mäče when?

• የትኛው/የቱ yätïňaw/yätu which?

• ስንት sïnt how much/how many?

Examples (mïsalewoč)

1. ሙዝ ከየት ገዛሽ? muzun käyät gäzaš? (♀) Where did you buy the bananas?

2. ገበያው የት ነው? gäbäyaw yät näw? Where is the market?

3. ማን ነው? man näw? Who is it?

4. ስምሽ ማን ነው? sïmïš man näw? What’s your (♀) name?

5. ስራህ ምንድን ነው? sïrah mïndïn näw? What’s your (♂) job?

6. ይህ ምንድን ነው? yïh mïndïn näw? What’s this?

7. ይህች ምንድን ነች? yïhč mïndïn näč? What’s this (♀)?

8. ለምን አትበላም? lämïn atbälam? Why don’t you (♂) eat?

9. ለምን አትጫወትም? lämïn atč’awätïm? Why don’t you (♂) talk?

10. እንጀራ እንዴት ይጋገራል? ïnjära ïndet yïgagäral? How is ïnjära made?

11. ይህ የማን እርሳስ ነው? yïh yäman ïrsas näw? Whose pencil is this?

12. ይህ የማን ቤት ነው? yïh yäman bet näw? Whose house is this?

Source

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

Other Lessons

• Simple Past Tense Forms of Other Verbs (Negative)
• The Past Perfect Tense
• The Past and Present Continuous Tenses
• The Present Future Tense
• “to be” and “to have”
• Time Clauses
• Personal pronouns
• Expressions Using the Relative Past
• Asking If and Saying Whether It Is “Suitable” or Not
• Future Tense