Sebat Bet Gurage/Grammar

Parts of Speech

PoS	Example	PoS Tag
Noun	ቭራ	<n>
Verb	በናነም	<v>
Adverb	ኽመጋ	<adv>
Adjectives	ወኼ	<adj>
Pronouns	እያ	<prn>
Interjection	ወግ	<ij>

Prefixes

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

«የ»

The prefix «የ» 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