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The Possessive Forms (second method) in Amharic

The following tables review how to form the possessive forms for abbat and wïšša. You have learned these suffixes in the previous unit.

Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, The Definite Article & Conjugation of mäwdäd (to like) present tense.

how to form the possessive forms for abbat and wïšša

Note the differences in both the first person singular and third person male, between when the noun ends in a consonant (-e, -u) and when it ends in a vowel (-ye, -w).

ምሳሌ / Example

nouns end in consonant

• bet – bete/my house
• bet – betu/his house

nouns end with vowel

• borsa – borsaye/my bag
• borsa - borsaw/his bag

The above table shows one way of forming the possessive adjective.

Source

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

Other Lessons

• Personal pronouns
• The Present Perfect Tense
• Indirect Object Pronouns
• Time Phrases
• Stem verbs
• 2 sequential actions in the present
• Expressing “Let me” or “May I” “Shall I”
• Negative Present Future Tense
• Conditional Mood
• Compound sentence