Am, is, are
Am፣ is እና are ("መሆን")
The most important verb in English: say who you are, where you are from and how you feel.
How it works
We use am, is and are to say who or what someone is, where they are from, and how they feel.
ማን ወይም ምን እንደሆነ፣ ከየት እንደመጣ እና ስሜቱን ለመናገር am፣ is እና are እንጠቀማለን።
The rules · ደንቦቹ
I am → I'm
እኔ … ነኝ
he is / she is / it is → he's, she's, it's
እሱ … ነው / እሷ … ናት / እሱ (ለነገር) … ነው
you are / we are / they are → you're, we're, they're
አንተ … ነህ / እኛ … ነን / እነሱ … ናቸው
In Amharic the verb comes at the end: ተማሪ ነኝ. In English, am / is / are comes straight after the person: I am a student.
በአማርኛ ግሱ መጨረሻ ላይ ይመጣል (ተማሪ ነኝ)። በእንግሊዝኛ ግን am / is / are ከሰውየው ቀጥሎ ይመጣል፦ I am a student.
Examples
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I am a student.
ተማሪ ነኝ።
She is from Hawassa.
እሷ ከሀዋሳ ናት።
We are hungry.
ርቦናል።
በእንግሊዝኛ ረሃብ "ስሜት" ስለሆነ "are" እንጠቀማለን።
They are my friends.
እነሱ ጓደኞቼ ናቸው።
It is cold today.
ዛሬ ቀዝቃዛ ነው።
You are late.
አርፍደሃል።