ነበረ
Amharic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ነ-በ-ረ (nä-bä-rä) |
Cognates include Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), Tigre ነብረ (näbrä) and Harari ነበረ (näbärä).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəbˈbəɾə/
- Hyphenation: ነ‧በ‧ረ
Verb
ነበረ • (näbbärä)
- (intransitive) to stay
- (intransitive) to sit
- (intransitive) to settle
- (intransitive) to live
- (copulative) to have been
Derived terms
- ወምበር (wämbär)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ነበረ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Tigrinya
Verb
ነበረ • (näbärä)
Conjugation
| infinitive | ምንባር | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| perfect | gerundive | |||||||||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |||||||||
| 1st | ነበርኩ | ነበርና | 1st | ነቢረ | ነቢርና | |||||||
| 2nd | m | ነበርካ | ነበርኩም | 2nd | m | ነቢርካ | ነቢርኩም | |||||
| f | ነበርኪ | ነበርክን | f | ነቢርኪ | ነቢርክን | |||||||
| 3rd | m | ነበረ | ነበሩ | 3rd | m | ነቢሩ | ነቢሮም | |||||
| f | ነበረት | ነበራ | f | ነቢራ | ነቢረን | |||||||
| imperfect | jussive | |||||||||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |||||||||
| 1st | እነብር | ንነብር | 1st | እንበር | ንንበር | |||||||
| 2nd | m | ትነብር | ትነብሩ | 2nd | m | ትንበር | ትንበሩ | |||||
| f | ትነብሪ | ትነብራ | f | ትንበሪ | ትንበራ | |||||||
| 3rd | m | ይነብር | ይነብሩ | 3rd | m | ይንበር | ይንበሩ | |||||
| f | ትነብር | ይነብራ | f | ትንበር | ይንበራ | |||||||
| affirmative commands | negative commands | |||||||||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |||||||||
| 2nd | m | ንበር | ንበሩ | 2nd | m | ኣይትንበር | ኣይትንበሩ | |||||
| f | ንበሪ | ንበራ | f | ኣይትንበሪ | ኣይትንበራ | |||||||