Past simple: common irregular verbs
ኃላፊ ጊዜ፦ መደበኛ ያልሆኑ ግሶች
Use the most common irregular past forms like went, had, saw and bought.
How it works
Many common verbs do not add -ed in the past. You need to learn them one by one.
ብዙ የተለመዱ ግሶች ባለፈው ጊዜ -ed አይጨመርባቸውም። አንድ በአንድ ማጥናት ያስፈልጋል።
Common irregular verbs · የተለመዱ መደበኛ ያልሆኑ ግሶች
go → went, have → had, eat → ate, see → saw
ሄደ፣ ነበረው፣ በላ፣ አየ
buy → bought, come → came, get → got, take → took
ገዛ፣ መጣ፣ አገኘ፣ ወሰደ
be → was / were: I was tired. They were happy.
ደክሞኝ ነበር። ደስተኞች ነበሩ።
Negatives and questions work like regular verbs: I didn't go. Did you go?
አሉታዊና ጥያቄ እንደ መደበኛ ግሶች ናቸው፦ I didn't go. Did you go?
Examples
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I went to Hawassa last month.
ባለፈው ወር ወደ ሀዋሳ ሄድኩ።
We ate fish by the lake.
በሐይቁ ዳር ዓሣ በላን።
I saw my old teacher at the market.
የቀድሞ መምህሬን ገበያ ላይ አየሁት።
She bought a new dress for the wedding.
ለሠርጉ አዲስ ቀሚስ ገዛች።
They came home late.
ዘግይተው ወደ ቤት መጡ።
I was very tired yesterday.
ትናንት በጣም ደክሞኝ ነበር።
Did you get my message?
መልእክቴ ደረሰዎት?