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All Amharic stem verbs are in the form of third person masculine simple past form. Note that in Amharic dictionaries, verbs are generally listed according to the third person masculine simple past form | All Amharic stem verbs are in the form of third person masculine simple past form. Note that in Amharic dictionaries, verbs are generally listed according to the third person masculine simple past form | ||
<span link>Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson:</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/Using-the-Future-Tense|Using the Future Tense]] & [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Conjugation-of-mäwdäd-(to-like)-present-tense|Conjugation of mäwdäd (to like) present tense]]. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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The verb stem is the basic form of the verb on which affixes are added. The affix can be a pronoun marker, a tense marker, a numerical marker, etc. | The verb stem is the basic form of the verb on which affixes are added. The affix can be a pronoun marker, a tense marker, a numerical marker, etc. | ||
a) እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ፡፡ їne tämari näň. (I am a student.) | a) እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ፡፡ їne tämari näň. (I am a student.) | ||
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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/The-Past-and-Present-Continuous-Tenses|The Past and Present Continuous Tenses]] | * [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/The-Past-and-Present-Continuous-Tenses|The Past and Present Continuous Tenses]] | ||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Indirect-Object-Pronouns|Indirect Object Pronouns]] | * [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Indirect-Object-Pronouns|Indirect Object Pronouns]] | ||
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* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]] | * [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]] | ||
* [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]] | * [[Language/Amharic/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:09, 27 March 2023
All Amharic stem verbs are in the form of third person masculine simple past form. Note that in Amharic dictionaries, verbs are generally listed according to the third person masculine simple past form
Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, Using the Future Tense & Conjugation of mäwdäd (to like) present tense.
Examples[edit | edit source]
| Infinitive | 3rd person masculine form |
|---|---|
| mäbїlat | bäla (He ate) |
| mägїzat | gäza (He bought) |
| mäsїrat | sära (He worked) |
| mayät | ayä (He saw) |
| märot’ | rot’ä (He ran) |
| mähed | hedä (He went) |
The verb stem is the basic form of the verb on which affixes are added. The affix can be a pronoun marker, a tense marker, a numerical marker, etc.
a) እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ፡፡ їne tämari näň. (I am a student.)
b) ሔኖክ ሃኪም ነው፡፡ Henok hakim näw. (Henok is a doctor.)
c) ሄለን ቆንጆ ናት፡፡ Helen k’onjo nat. (Helen is beautiful.)
d) እኛ አሜሪካውያን ነን፡፡ їňňa amerikawїyan nän. (We are Americans)
Source[edit | edit source]
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- The Past and Present Continuous Tenses
- Indirect Object Pronouns
- Pluralizing
- bästä prefix
- The Present Perfect Tense
- Complex Sentence
- Definite direct objects in the present and future tense
- Making Suggestions Using “Let”
- Future Tense
- Adjectives