የሱ

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From የ- (yä-, “of”) +‎ እሱ (ʾəssu, “he”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjəsːu/
  • Hyphenation: የ‧ሱ

Determiner

የሱ • (yässu)

  1. his

Pronoun

የሱ • (yässu)

  1. his

See also

Amharic possessives
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f m f
familiar singular የኔ (yäne) ያንተ (yantä) ያንቺ (yanči) የሱ (yässu)
የርሱ (yärsu)		 የሷ (yässʷa)
የርሷ (yärsʷa)
plural የኛ (yäñña) የናንተ (yännantä)
የናንት (yännantə)1)		 የነሱ (yännässu)
የነርሱ (yännärsu)
formal singular — የስዎ (yässəwo)
የርስዎ (yärsəwo)
ያንቱ (yantu)1)		 የሳቸው (yässaččäw)
የርሳቸው (yärsaččäw)

1) rare

References

  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
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