Participle clauses
የሳቢ ግስ (participle) ሐረጎች
Make your writing shorter and more advanced by replacing whole clauses with -ing and -ed forms.
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A participle clause replaces a full clause (subject + verb) with a participle. It is common in formal writing and makes sentences shorter.
የሳቢ ግስ ሐረግ ሙሉ ሐረግን (ባለቤት + ግስ) በሳቢ ግስ ይተካል። በመደበኛ ጽሑፍ ውስጥ የተለመደ ሲሆን ዓረፍተ ነገሮችን ያሳጥራል።
-ing: active, often at the same time or giving a reason · -ing፦ አድራጊ፤ ብዙ ጊዜ በአንድ ጊዜ የሚፈጸም ወይም ምክንያት የሚሰጥ
Because she felt tired, she went home early. → Feeling tired, she went home early.
ስለደከማት ቀደም ብላ ወደ ቤት ሄደች።
-ed: passive · -ed፦ ተደራጊ
The report, which was written in 2020, is still useful. → The report, written in 2020, is still useful.
በ2020 የተጻፈው ሪፖርት አሁንም ጠቃሚ ነው።
Having + past participle: one action finished before another · Having + ያለፈ ሳቢ ግስ፦ አንዱ ድርጊት ከሌላው በፊት ያለቀ
After he had finished his degree, he moved to Mekelle. → Having finished his degree, he moved to Mekelle.
ዲግሪውን ከጨረሰ በኋላ ወደ መቐለ ተዛወረ።
The subject of the participle must be the same as the subject of the main clause. "Walking to work, the rain started" is wrong: the rain was not walking. Say "Walking to work, I got caught in the rain."
የሳቢ ግሱ ባለቤት ከዋናው ሐረግ ባለቤት ጋር አንድ መሆን አለበት። "Walking to work, the rain started" ስሕተት ነው፤ ዝናቡ አልተራመደም። "Walking to work, I got caught in the rain" ይበሉ።
Examples
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Feeling tired, she went home early.
ስለደከማት ቀደም ብላ ወደ ቤት ሄደች።
Not knowing the way, we asked a taxi driver.
መንገዱን ስለማናውቅ የታክሲ ሹፌር ጠየቅን።
Having finished his degree, he moved to Mekelle.
ዲግሪውን ከጨረሰ በኋላ ወደ መቐለ ተዛወረ።
The report, written last year, is still useful.
ባለፈው ዓመት የተጻፈው ሪፖርት አሁንም ጠቃሚ ነው።
Built in the seventeenth century, the castle attracts many visitors.
በአሥራ ሰባተኛው ክፍለ ዘመን የተገነባው ቤተ መንግሥት ብዙ ጎብኚዎችን ይስባል።
Walking along the river, I noticed a group of children fishing.
በወንዙ ዳር እየተራመድኩ ሳለ ዓሣ የሚያጠምዱ የልጆች ቡድን አየሁ።
Students wishing to join the course should register by Monday.
ኮርሱን መቀላቀል የሚፈልጉ ተማሪዎች እስከ ሰኞ መመዝገብ አለባቸው።
Having been warned about the traffic, we left an hour early.
ስለ ትራፊኩ ማስጠንቀቂያ ስለተሰጠን አንድ ሰዓት ቀደም ብለን ወጣን።