How to add suffixes to Amharic nouns to indicate ownership
In this article, we will learn how to add suffixes to Amharic nouns to indicate ownership.
| ዋና ቃል (The main word) | ባለቤት ተውላጠ ስሞች (Subjective pronouns) | አገናዛቢ ስም (possessive noun) | ተሳቢ ስም (ን) (Objective noun) | ግስ (Verb) |
| ንብረት (Property) | እኔ I | ንብረቴ (My property) | ንብረቴን (My property) | እወስዳለሁ I will take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | እኛ We | ንብረታችን (Our property) | ንብረታችንን (Our property) | እንውሰድ Let’s take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | አንተ You | ንብረትህ (Your property) | ንብረትህን (Your property) | ውሰድ take on. |
| ንብረት (Property) | አንች You | ንብረትሽ (Your property) | ንብረትሽን (Your property) | ውሰጂ Take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | እርስዎ You | ንብረትዎ (Your property) | ንብረትዎን (Your property) | ይውሰዱ Take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | እናንተ You | ንብረታችሁ (Your property) | ንብረታችሁን (Your property) | ውሰዱ Take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | እሱ He | ንብረቱ (His property) | ንብረቱን (His property) | ይውሰድ Let him take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | እሷ She | ንብረቷ (Her property) | ንብረቷን (Her property) | ትውሰድ Let her take. |
| ንብረት (Property) | እነርሱ They | ንብረታቸው (Their property) | ንብረታቸውን (Their property) | ይውሰዱ Let them take. |
A possessive noun is a noun to which possessive suffixes are added. Those in red are ድህረ ቅጥያ or possessive suffixes.
| አገናዛቢ ስም (possessive noun) | በረጅሙ አማርኛ ሲፃፍ When written in long Amharic | የቀሩት ስሞች (The remaining sentences) |
| ንብረቴ (My property) | የእኔ ንብረት My property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረታችን (Our property) | የእኛ ንብረት Our property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረትህ (Your property) | የአንተ ንብረት Your property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረትሽ (Your property) | የአንች ንብረት Your property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረትዎ (Your property) | የእርስዎ ንብረት Your property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረታችሁ (Your property) | የእናንተ ንብረት Your property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረቱ (His property) | የእሱ ንብረት His property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረቷ (Her property) | የእሷ ንብረት Her property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
| ንብረታቸው (Their property) | የእነርሱ ንብረት their property | ብዙ ነው። Is many. |
In Amharic grammar, we add the (ን / n) Fidel on Objective nouns. Even if the possessive noun has already “ን / n”, we add the “ን / n” again to change the possessive noun into an Objective noun. For example, “ንብረታችን = ንብረታችንን” (our property). That is how we know that a word is an Objective noun. Next, we’ll learn how to use Objective nouns in sentences.
| ግሶች (ትእዛዛዊ) verbs (imperative) | ተሳቢ ስም (ን) (Objective noun) | ግስ (Verb) |
| መጥቼ I will come | ንብረቴን (My property) | እወስዳለሁ I will take. |
| ኑ እና (ኑና) Come on and | ንብረታችንን (Our property) | እንውሰድ Let’s take. |
| ና እና (ናና) come on | ንብረትህን (Your property) | ውሰድ take on. |
| ነይ እና Come and | ንብረትሽን (Your property) | ውሰጂ Take. |
| ይምጡ እና Come and | ንብረትዎን (Your property) | ይውሰዱ Take. |
| መጥታችሁ You come | ንብረታችሁን (Your property) | ውሰዱ Take. |
| መጥቶ / ይምጣ እና Come / let him come | ንብረቱን (His property) | ይውሰድ Let him take. |
| መጥታ / ትምጣ እና Come / and come | ንብረቷን (Her property) | ትውሰድ Let her take. |
| ይምጡ እና Come and | ንብረታቸውን (Their property) | ይውሰዱ Let them take. |
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