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The Amharic grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Amharic and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
And: ʾəna | Under: bätačə |
Before: bäfitə | After: bähala |
Inside: bäwəsət'ə | Outside: wəč'ə |
With: kä garə | But: nägärə gənə |
For: lä | From: kä |
To: lä | In: wəsət'ə |
To ask questions, use the following:
What?: mənə? | Who?: manə? |
How?: ʾənədetə? | Why?: lämənə? |
Where?: yätə? |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
Never: bäfəs'umə | Rarely: ʾäləfo ʾäləfo |
Sometimes: ʾänədanədə gize | Usually: huləgize |
Always: huləgize | Very: bät'amə |
Most commonly used pronouns in Amharic:
I: ʾəne | You: ʾänətä |
He: ʾəsu | She: ʾəሷ |
We: ʾəña | They: ʾənäsu |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
My: yäʾəne | Your: yäʾänətä |
His: yäʾəsu | Her: yäʾəሷ |
Our: yäʾəña | Their: yäʾənäsu |
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
Some extra grammatical structures:
The above Amharic grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Amharic vocabulary to obtain some popular Amharic phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |