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	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