Sebat Bet Gurage/Grammar

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
Perfect	subject	<nom>	—	алма<n><nom> ↔ алма	гүл<n><nom> ↔ гүл
Continuous	definite direct object	<acc>	ны, ни, ну, нү, ды, ди, ду, дү, ты, ти, ту, тү	алма<n><acc> ↔ алманы	гүл<n><acc> ↔ гүлдү
Pluperfect/Past continuous	possessor	<gen>	нын, нин, нун, нүн, дын, дин, дун, дүн, тын, тин, тун, түн	алма<n><gen> ↔ алманын	гүл<n><gen> ↔ гүлдүн
Equative	"to"	<dat>	га, го, ге, гө, ка, ко, ке, кө	алма<n><dat> ↔ алмага	гүл<n><dat> ↔ гүлгө