Language/Amharic/Grammar/Conjugation-of-mäwdäd-(to-like)-present-tense
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Conjugation of mäwdäd [wädädä] present tense affirmative in Amharic
Conjugation table
Note: You can use the above forms to ask if someone likes something or someone (or not) by just changing the intonation to a (rising intonation/question form).
- አትወድም atwädïm? “Don’t you like?” (♂)
- አትወጅም atwäjim? “Don’t you like?” (♀)
or
- ትወዳለህ tïwädaläh? “Do you like?” (♂)
- ትወጃለሽ tïwäjaläš? “Do you like?” (♀)
How do you say “I love you” in Amharic?
A. እወድሀለሁ ïwädïhalähu. to ♂
B. እወድሻለሁ ïwädïšalähu. to ♀
C. እወዳችኋለሁ ïwädačïhualähu. ( to plural)
Conjugation of “I like (love) (third person)
እወደዋለሁ ïwädäwalähu. I like (love) him.
እወዳታለሁ ïwädatalähu. I like (love) her.
እወዳቸዋለሁ ïwädačäwalähu. I like (love) them.
Source
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf