Language/Amharic/Grammar/Compound-sentence

Compound sentence (dïrïb aräftä nägär ድርብ አረፍተ ነገር)

A compound sentence is a combination of two simple sentences joined by a conjunction.

Example

• mïsa bälahu ምሳ በላሁ፡፡wїha t’ät’hu ውሃ ጠጣሁ፡፡
• mïsa bälahu їna wїha t’ät’hu ምሳ በላሁ እና ውሃ ጠጣሁ፡፡
• lïju suk’ hedä. ልጁ ሱቅ ሄደ፡፡ šama gäza ሻማ ገዛ፡፡
• lïju suk’ hedä їna šama gäza. ልጁ ሱቅ ሄደ እና ሻማ ገዛ፡፡
• anäbalähu አነባለሁ፡፡ ïtäňalähu እተኛለሁ፡፡
• anäbalähu wäyim ïtäňalähu አነባለሁ ወይም እተኛለሁ፡፡

Source

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

Other Lessons

• “to be” and “to have”
• Conjugation of the verb መኖር “to live” (present tense)
• Comparing and Contrasting
• Pronouns
• The Present Future Tense
• Simple Gerundive
• Definite direct objects in the present and future tense
• Future Tense
• Time Adverbs