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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta. Cognates include Ge'ez አንተ (ʾantä) and Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)antə/
- Hyphenation: አን‧ተ
Pronoun
አንተ • (ʾantä) m
- thou, you (singular)
See also
Amharic personal pronouns
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| m
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f
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m
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f
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| familiar singular
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እኔ (ʾəne) |
አንተ (ʾantä) |
አንቺ (ʾanči) |
እሱ (ʾəssu)
እርሱ (ʾərsu) |
እሷ (ʾəssʷa)
እርሷ (ʾərsʷa)
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| plural
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እኛ (ʾəñña) |
እናንተ (ʾənnantä)
እናንት (ʾənnantə)1) |
እነሱ (ʾənnässu)
እነርሱ (ʾənnärsu)
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| formal singular
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እስዎ (ʾəssəwo)
እርስዎ (ʾərsəwo)
አንቱ (ʾantu)1) |
እሳቸው (ʾəssaččäw)
እርሳቸው (ʾərsaččäw)
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| 1) Rare
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አንተ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 17
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta.
Pronoun
አንተ • (ʾantä) m sg (enclitic form ከ (-kä))
- you, thou (masculine singular subject pronoun)
See also
Ge'ez personal pronouns
| Isolated nominative pronouns
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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አነ (ʾanä)
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ንሕነ (nəḥna)
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| 2nd person
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m
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አንተ (ʾantä)
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አንትሙ (ʾantəmu)
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| f
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አንቲ (ʾanti)
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አንትን (ʾantən)
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| 3rd person
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m
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ውእቱ (wəʾətu)
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ውእቶሙ (wəʾətom), እሙንቱ (ʾəmuntu)
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| f
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ይእቲ (yəʾəti)
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ውእቶን (wəʾəton), እማንቱ (ʾəmantu)
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| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
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| 1st person
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የ (-yä), ኒ (-ni)1
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ነ (-nä)
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| 2nd person
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m
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ከ (-kä)
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ክሙ (-kəmmu)
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| f
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ኪ (-ki)
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ክን (-kən)
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| 3rd person
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m
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ሁ (-(h)u)2
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ሆሙ (-(h)omu)2
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| f
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ሃ (-(h)a)2
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ሆን (-(h)on)2
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1. የ (-yä) is attached to nouns, while ኒ (-ni) is attached to verbs.
2. In all third person suffixes, an "h" is inserted when preceded by a vowel.
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References
- August Dillmann, Carl Bezold (1857, 1899) James A. Crichton, transl., Ethiopic Grammar, 2nd edition, London: Williams & Norgate, published 1907, page 338
- Wolf Leslau (1988) Fifty Years of Research: Selection of articles on Semitic, Ethiopian Semitic and Cushitic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 162