The verb ኣሎ is to be used when you are describing the
location a person or object. This is different from the last verb you learned (ኢዩ) which is used for
describing
a person or object.
In English both meanings are conveyed with the single verb: 'to Be,'
while in tigrigna there are two seperate verbs for these two seperate
meanings. This verb is (like all Tigrigna verbs are) divided by person,
number and gender.
| ኣሎ |
|
Singular |
Plural |
| 3rd |
ኣሎ |
he is |
ኣለዉ |
they are |
| ኣላ |
she is |
ኣለዋ |
they are (f) |
| 2nd |
ኣሎኻ |
you are (m) |
ኣሎኹም |
you are |
| ኣሎኺ |
you are (f) |
ኣሎኽን |
you are (f) |
| 1st |
ኣሎኹ |
I am |
ኣሎና |
we are |
Here are some Tigrigna examples of the verb ኣሎ with their English translations (the verbs are underlined in each one):
| ትግርኛ |
Transliteration |
Translation |
| a) | "እዚ ቈልዓ ኣብ ቤተ ትምህርቲ ኣሎ" |
a) | "this child at school is" |
a) | "This child is at school" |
| b) | "እዛ ጓል ንፍዕቲ ኢያ" |
b) | "this girl smart is" |
b) | "This girl is smart" |
| c) | "እቲ ጎቦ ዓቢ ኢዩ" |
c) | "that mountain big is" |
c) | "That mountain is big" |
| d) | "እታ መኪና ጽቡቕቲ ኢያ" |
d) | "that car nice is" |
d) | "That is a nice car" |
| e) | "እዞም ሰብኡት ከይዶም" |
e) | "these men have left" |
e) | "These men have left" |
| f) | "እዘን ኣንስቲ ሐጸርቲ ኢየን" |
f) | "these women short are" |
f) | "These are short women" |
| g) | "እቶም ኣሰቡት ኣብ ገዛ ኣለው" |
g) | "those men in the house are" |
g) | "Those men are in the house" |
| h) | "እተን ኣንስቲ ናብ ምጽዋእ ከይደን" |
h) | "those women to Massawa went" |
h) | "Those women went to Massawa" |
Source: http://www.memhr.org
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