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!Aspect!! Independent Clause !! Relative Clause !!
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!Aspect!! Independent Clause !! Relative Clause !! Form
 
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! Perfect
 
! Perfect
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| subject || {{tag|nom}} || — || {{morphTest|алма{{tag|n}}{{tag|nom}}|алма}} || {{morphTest|гүл{{tag|n}}{{tag|nom}}|гүл}}
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| ኧርች ችኧነም || '''የ'''ቸነ ኧርች ||የ___-ም
 
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! Continuous
 
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| definite direct object || {{tag|acc}} || ны, ни, ну, нү, ды, ди, ду, дү, ты, ти, ту, тү || {{morphTest|алма{{tag|n}}{{tag|acc}}|алманы}} || {{morphTest|гүл{{tag|n}}{{tag|acc}}|гүлдү}}
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| በዄት ሳት ትቸን || በዄት ሳት ትቸን '''ገረድ''' ||____+}
 
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! Pluperfect/Past continuous
 
! Pluperfect/Past continuous
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| possessor || {{tag|gen}} || нын, нин, нун, нүн, дын, дин, дун, дүн, тын, тин, тун, түн || {{morphTest|алма{{tag|n}}{{tag|gen}}|алманын}} || {{morphTest|гүл{{tag|n}}{{tag|gen}}|гүлдүн}}
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| ዝኽ ዴንⷛ ተማሪ ባነቦ|| ተማሪ '''የ'''ረፐሮ||የ___-ም
 
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! Equative
 
! Equative
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| "to" || {{tag|dat}} || га, го, ге, гө, ка, ко, ке, кө || {{morphTest|алма{{tag|n}}{{tag|dat}}|алмага}} || {{morphTest|гүл{{tag|n}}{{tag|dat}}|гүлгө}}
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| ዝኽ ዴንⷛ ተማሪ ባነቦ || ተማሪ '''የረፐሮ''' ዴንⷛ||የ+ኸረ-ም
 
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Revision as of 05:20, 22 February 2025

Prefixes

i may combine this one; i want to talk about prefixes and their multiple purposes

«የ»

The prefix «የ» attached to a noun<n> marks accusative case, genitive case, allative case and benefactive case of the sentence.

case name ~meaning tag
accusative definite direct object <acc>
genitive possessor <gen>
allative direction <all>
benefactive "for" <ben>
manner "from" <man>
  • መናኒ<ben><n> ↔ የመናኒ
  • ቭራ<acc><n> ↔ የቭራ

Relative Clauses

Verbs forming a relative clause have a different form depending on the aspect.

Aspect Independent Clause Relative Clause Form
Perfect ኧርች ችኧነም የቸነ ኧርች የ___-ም
Continuous በዄት ሳት ትቸን በዄት ሳት ትቸን ገረድ ____+}
Pluperfect/Past continuous ዝኽ ዴንⷛ ተማሪ ባነቦ ተማሪ የረፐሮ የ___-ም
Equative ዝኽ ዴንⷛ ተማሪ ባነቦ ተማሪ የረፐሮ ዴንⷛ የ+ኸረ-ም