Plural
Thing Poassessed:
Singular Plural
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Amharic |
English |
Amharic |
English |
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የሉኝም |
I don’t have |
የሉንም |
We don’t have |
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የሉህም |
You (m) don’t have |
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የሉሽም |
You (f) don’t have |
የሉዋችሁም |
You don’t have |
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የሉዎትም |
You (pol.) don’t have |
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የሉትም |
He doesn’t have |
የሉዋቸውም |
They don’t have |
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የሉዋትም |
She doesn’t have |
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For the equivalents to ‘have’, ‘have
not’ with feminine thing possessed
see
Note 5.1.
note
4.3 Feminine definite suffix /-ዋ --(የ) እቱ-- (የ) እትዋ/
the masculine definite suffix was
discussed in Note 2.1. the feminine definite suffix is /-ዋ/; /-(የ)እቱ/ (/-እቱ/
after consonants, /የቱ/ after vowels); or /-(የ)እትዋ/ (/-እትዋ/ consonants, /-የትዋ/
after vowels).
All words indicating femalis afe feminine.
(feminine gender will be discussed in detail in later units.)