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Amharic Grammar

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  Audio Under: bätačə  Audio
Before: bäfitə  Audio After: bähala  Audio
Inside: bäwəsət'ə  Audio Outside: wəč'ə  Audio
With: kä garə  Audio But: nägärə gənə   Audio
For:   Audio From:   Audio
To:   Audio In: wəsət'ə  Audio

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: mənə?  Audio Who?: manə?  Audio
How?: ʾənədetə?   Audio Why?: lämənə?  Audio
Where?: yätə?  Audio

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: bäfəs'umə  Audio Rarely: ʾäləfo ʾäləfo   Audio
Sometimes: ʾänədanədə gize  Audio Usually: huləgize  Audio
Always: huləgize  Audio Very: bät'amə  Audio

Most commonly used pronouns in Amharic:

I: ʾəne  Audio You: ʾänətä  Audio
He: ʾəsu   Audio She: ʾəሷ  Audio
We: ʾəña  Audio They: ʾənäsu  Audio

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: yäʾəne  Audio Your: yäʾänətä  Audio
His: yäʾəsu   Audio Her: yäʾəሷ  Audio
Our: yäʾəña  Audio Their: yäʾənäsu  Audio

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: ʾənəgəlizäña ʾənagäralähu  Audio
You speak French: färäsayəña tənagäralähə  Audio
He speaks German: ǧärəmänəña yənagäralähə  Audio
She speaks Italian: t'aliyanəña tənagäraläčə  Audio
I visited France: färänəsayənə guebäñähu  Audio
I will drink milk: ʾəne wätätə ʾət'ät'alähu  Audio

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: gäbətoñalə  Audio
I don't understand you: ʾäləgäbañəmə  Audio
I don't speak French: färänəsayəña ʾälənagärəmə  Audio
This is my house: yəhə yäʾəne betə näwə  Audio
That restaurant is far: ya məgəbə betə ruqə näwə  Audio
No problem: čəgərə yäläwəmə  Audio

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.


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