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Time Adverbs in Amharic
- Note: በየ bäyä- (as a prefix attached to words denoting periods of time) means ‘every’
Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, Expressing Obligation or Necessity & Using the Future Tense.
Vocabulary[edit | edit source]
Amharic | Pronunciation | English |
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በየሰዓቱ | bäyäsä’atu | every hour |
በየጊዜው | bäyägizew | every time |
በየቀኑ | bäyäk’änu | everyday |
በየሳምንቱ | bäyäsamïntu | every week |
በየአመቱ | bäyäamätu | every year |
Note[edit | edit source]
በ bä- or ባ ba- (as a prefix attached to words denoting periods of time) means ‘in’ or during
Examples[edit | edit source]
Amharic | Pronunciation | English |
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በክረምት | bäkïrämt | in summer |
በበጋ | bäbäga | in winter |
በዚህ አመት | bäzih samïnt | during this week |
ባለፈው ወር | baläfäw wär | last month |
Source[edit | edit source]
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf
Videos[edit | edit source]
Amharic Lesson - Adverb of Time (Amharic and English) - YouTube[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- The Present Perfect Tense
- Negative Present Future Tense
- Compound sentence
- Definite Direct Objects in the Simple Past
- Expressing Obligation or Necessity
- Making Suggestions Using “Let”
- The Possessive Adjectives
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Question Words
- Gender