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<div class="pg_page_title"> Time Phrases in Amharic</div> | |||
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: | 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: | ||
<blockquote> በወጣትነቱ bäwät’atïnätu in his youth </blockquote> | <blockquote> በወጣትነቱ bäwät’atïnätu in his youth </blockquote> | ||
<blockquote> በድሮ ጊዜ bädïro gize once upon a time lit. in ancient or past times </blockquote> | <blockquote> በድሮ ጊዜ bädïro gize once upon a time lit. in ancient or past times </blockquote> | ||
<span link>With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages:</span> [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/%E2%80%9Cto-be%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cto-have%E2%80%9D|“to be” and “to have”]], [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Direct-and-Indirect-Object-Affixes|Direct and Indirect Object Affixes]], [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/0-to-A1-Course|0 to A1 Course]] & [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Expressing-Possession|Expressing Possession]]. | |||
==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 | ||
==Other 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]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:09, 27 March 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
With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, 0 to A1 Course & Expressing Possession.
Source[edit | edit source]
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Complex Sentence
- Time Clauses
- Compound sentence
- The Past Perfect Tense
- Definite Direct Objects in the Simple Past
- The Present Perfect Tense
- Time Adverbs
- Simple Past Tense Forms of Other Verbs (Negative)
- Negation
- Definite direct objects in the present and future tense