Difference between revisions of "Language/Amharic/Grammar/Time-Phrases"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (Quick edit) |
|||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf | https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf | ||
==Related Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Complex-Sentence|Complex Sentence]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Time-Clauses|Time Clauses]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Compound-sentence|Compound sentence]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/The-Past-Perfect-Tense|The Past Perfect Tense]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Definite-Direct-Objects-in-the-Simple-Past|Definite Direct Objects in the Simple Past]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/The-Present-Perfect-Tense|The Present Perfect Tense]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Time-Adverbs|Time Adverbs]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Simple-Past-Tense-Forms-of-Other-Verbs-(Negative)|Simple Past Tense Forms of Other Verbs (Negative)]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Negation|Negation]] | |||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Definite-direct-objects-in-the-present-and-future-tense|Definite direct objects in the present and future tense]] | |||
Revision as of 13:35, 26 February 2023
Time Phrases in Amharic
In the phrase በልጅነቱ bälïjïnätu (in Example II above) በ bä means when as in “when he was a child” or “in his childhood”. (ልጅነት lïjïnät means childhood). More examples of this use are:
በወጣትነቱ bäwät’atïnätu in his youth
በድሮ ጊዜ bädïro gize once upon a time lit. in ancient or past times
Source
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf