Language/Amharic/Grammar/Simple-Sentence

Simple Sentence / nätäla aräftä nägäroč ነጠላ አረፍተ ነገሮች/

A simple sentence has a single subject and a single verb; but it can have other parts of speech. The pattern is:

Subject + Predicate

Example:

Ayele rot’ä አየለ ሮጠ::

S + V

Ayele bäfїt’їnät rot’ä

አየለ በፍጥነት ሮጠ

S + adv + V

räjïmu Ayele bäfїt’їnät rot’ä

ረጅሙ አየለ በፍጥነት ሮጠ::

Adjective +Noun+Adverb+Verb

Don't miss the chance to check out these pages as you wrap up this lesson: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, Time Phrases & The Definite Article.

Source

https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf

Other Lessons

• Asking If and Saying Whether It Is “Suitable” or Not
• bästä prefix
• Comparing and Contrasting
• Complex Sentence
• Time Clauses
• Time Phrases
• Conditional Mood
• Personal pronouns
• Adjectives