- The exact position of ዶ in a sentence is unimportant
The fidel ዶ can be placed in/beside almost any word in a sentence, unlike in English where almost every word/suffix has it's special place, Tigrigna is very flexible in this regard; observe the correct and incorrect examples."Was the dog out?" "Have you finished school?" Correct:"እታ ከልቢ ዶ ወጺአ ነዒራ፧"
"እታ ከልቢ ወጺአ ዶ ነዒራ፧"
"እታ ከልቢ ወጺአ ነዒራ ዶ፧"Incorrect:"እታ ዶ ከልቢ ወጺአ ነዒራ፧" Correct:"ትማህርት ዶ ወዲእካ፧"
"ትማህርት ወዲእካ ዶ፧"Incorrect:- - When writing Tigrigna, one can use ዶ in a number of ways.
When reading Tigrigna you could see any of these three variations.a) It can be added as a suffix into a word in the sentence:
"ኣቦኻ ምሳኻዶ መጺኡ፧"
"Did your father come with you?"
"ኣቦኻ ምሳኻ'ዶ መጺኡ፧"
"Did your father come with you?"
"ኣቦኻ ምሳኻ ዶ መጺኡ፧"
"Did your father come with you?"
"Do you have a phone?" | "Is the sky blue?" | "Are you okay?" |
Yes/No questions are formed by simply adding the letter "ዶ" as a suffix to any word in a sentence. Here are some examples on how declarative statements can be changed into yes/no questions:
Statements (without ዶ) | Yes/No Questions (with ዶ) | ||||
1a) | "እታ ከልቢ ወጺአ ነዒራ፡" | "The dog was out." | 1b) | "እታ ከልቢ ወጺአ ዶነዒራ፧" | "Was the dog out?" |
2a) | "ክዳውንትኻ አሕጺብኻ፡" | "You washed your clothes." | 2b) | "ክዳውንትኻ አሕጺብኻዶ፧" | "Did you wash your clothes?" |
3a) | "ኣበል ኣብ ገዛ አሎ፡" | "Abel is at home" | 3b) | "ኣበል ኣብ ገዛ ዶ አሎ፧" | "Is Abel at home?" |
4a) | "ኣቦኻ ምሳኻ መጺኡ፡" | "Your father came with you." | 4b) | "ኣቦኻ ምሳኻ ዶመጺኡ፧" | "Did your father come with you?" |
5a) | "ሰራሕ ከትከይድ ኢኻ፡" | "You are going to work." | 5b) | "ሰራሕ ከትከይድ ዶኢኻ፧" | "Are you going to work?" |
6a) | "መኪና ኣለትካ፡" | "You have the car." | 6b) | "መኪና ዶ ኣለትካ፧" | "Do you have the car?" |
7a) | "ትምህርት ወዲእካ፡" | "You have finished school." | 7b) | "ትምህርት ዶ ወዲእካ፧" | "Have you finished school?" |
8a) | "ምሳና ከትከይድ ኢካ ናብ ሙቪ፡" | "You are going with us to the movie." | 8b) | "ምሳና ዶ ከትከይድ ኢካ ናብ ሙቪ፧" | "Are you going with us to the movie?" |
9a) | "ምሰ ሕውኻ ተዘርብካ ነርካ፡" | "You spoke with your brother." | 9b) | "ምሰ ሕውኻ ተዘርብካዶ ነርካ፧" | "Did you speak with your brother?" |
10a) | "ብሽክለታኻ ተሰይራ እያ፡" | "Your bicycle is broken." | 10b) | "ብሽክለታኻ ዶ ተሰይራ እያ፧" | "Is your bicycle broken?" |
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