የኛ

Amharic

Etymology

From የ- (yä-, “of”) +‎ እኛ (ʾəñña, “we”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjəɲːa/
  • Hyphenation: የ‧ኛ

Determiner

የኛ • (yäñña)

  1. our

Pronoun

የኛ • (yäñña)

  1. ours

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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