Amharic Tenses
Amharic Present verb to be
The Amharic be Verbs in Different Tenses:
Now let’s learn about some Amharic be verbs. They are very useful when we talk about pronouns (peoples and other things). When you know the Amharic be verbs very well, you will know subject and verb agreemets also.
Present verb to be
The Amharic be verbs we use in the present tense are listed in the table below along with their transliterations, meanings, and sample sentences:
| ነን = Nen = We are | |
| ነኝ = Negn = I am | |
| ነህ = Neh = You are | For male |
| ነሽ = Nesh = You are | For female |
| ናችሁ = Nachihu = You are | For plural |
| ነዎት = Newot = You are | For respect (formal) |
| ነው = New = He / it is | |
| ነች = Nech = She / it is | |
| ናት = Nat = She / it is | |
| ናቸው = Nachew = They are |
Sample sentences:
| እኛ እዚህ ነን። | We are here. | |
| እኔ እዚህ ነኝ። | I am here. | |
| አንተ እዚህ ነህ። | You are here. | For male |
| አንች እዚህ ነሽ። | You are here. | For female |
| እናንተ እዚህ ናችሁ። | You are here. | For plural |
| እርስዎ እዚህ ነዎት። | You are here. | For respect (formal) |
| እሱ እዚህ ነው። | He is here. | |
| እሷ እዚህ ነች። | She is here. | |
| እነሱ እዚህ ናቸው። | They are here. | |
| እሱ እዚህ ነው። | It is here. | For item |
