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:
Source: http://ilanguages.org
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