Used to: past habits
Used to፦ የቀድሞ ልማዶች
Talk about things that were true in the past but are not true now.
How it works
Use used to + verb for past habits and states that are no longer true.
ቀድሞ ስለነበሩ፣ አሁን ግን ስለሌሉ ልማዶችና ሁኔታዎች used to + ግስ እንጠቀማለን።
I used to walk to school. (Now I take a bus.)
ድሮ በእግሬ ወደ ትምህርት ቤት እሄድ ነበር። (አሁን በአውቶቡስ እሄዳለሁ።)
Negative: I didn't use to like coffee. Question: Did you use to live here?
ድሮ ቡና አልወድም ነበር። / ድሮ እዚህ ይኖሩ ነበር?
After did and didn't, write use to (no d): Did you use to…? I didn't use to…
ከdid እና didn't በኋላ "use to" ይጻፋል (d የለውም)።
Amharic …ነበር (እሄድ ነበር) often matches used to.
የአማርኛው "…ነበር" (እሄድ ነበር) ብዙውን ጊዜ ከused to ጋር ይመሳሰላል።
Examples
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I used to walk to school every day.
ድሮ በየቀኑ በእግሬ ወደ ትምህርት ቤት እሄድ ነበር።
My grandfather used to be a farmer.
አያቴ ድሮ ገበሬ ነበር።
We used to live in Dessie.
ድሮ ደሴ እንኖር ነበር።
I didn't use to like vegetables.
ድሮ አትክልት አልወድም ነበር።
Did you use to play football?
ድሮ እግር ኳስ ይጫወቱ ነበር?
There used to be a cinema on this street.
በዚህ መንገድ ላይ ድሮ ሲኒማ ቤት ነበር።