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Amharic
Etymology
From የ- (yä-, “of”) + እኛ (ʾəñña, “we”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjəɲːa/
- Hyphenation: የ‧ኛ
Determiner
የኛ • (yäñña)
- our
Pronoun
የኛ • (yäñña)
- ours
See also
Amharic possessives
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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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የኔ (yäne) |
ያንተ (yantä) |
ያንቺ (yanči) |
የሱ (yässu)
የርሱ (yärsu) |
የሷ (yässʷa)
የርሷ (yärsʷa)
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| plural
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የኛ (yäñña) |
የናንተ (yännantä)
የናንት (yännantə)1) |
የነሱ (yännässu)
የነርሱ (yännärsu)
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| formal singular
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የስዎ (yässəwo)
የርስዎ (yärsəwo)
ያንቱ (yantu)1) |
የሳቸው (yässaččäw)
የርሳቸው (yärsaččäw)
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| 1) Rare
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References
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18