አንተ
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta. Cognates include Ge'ez አንተ (ʾantä) and Arabic أَنْتَ (ʾanta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)antə/
- Hyphenation: አን‧ተ
Pronoun
አንተ • (ʾantä) m
- thou, you (singular)
See also
Amharic personal pronouns
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | m | f | ||
| familiar singular | እኔ (ʾəne) | አንተ (ʾantä) | አንቺ (ʾanči) | እሱ (ʾəssu) እርሱ (ʾərsu) | እሷ (ʾəssʷa) እርሷ (ʾərsʷa) |
| plural | እኛ (ʾəñña) | እናንተ (ʾənnantä) እናንት (ʾənnantə)1) | እነሱ (ʾənnässu) እነርሱ (ʾənnärsu) | ||
| formal singular | — | እስዎ (ʾəssəwo) እርስዎ (ʾərsəwo) አንቱ (ʾantu)1) | እሳቸው (ʾəssaččäw) እርሳቸው (ʾərsaččäw) | ||
| 1) Rare | |||||
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| 1st person | አነ (ʾanä) | ንሕነ (nəḥna) | |
| 2nd person | m | አንተ (ʾantä) | አንትሙ (ʾantəmu) |
| f | አንቲ (ʾanti) | አንትን (ʾantən) | |
| 3rd person | m | ውእቱ (wəʾətu) | ውእቶሙ (wəʾətom), እሙንቱ (ʾəmuntu) |
| f | ይእቲ (yəʾəti) | ውእቶን (wəʾəton), እማንቱ (ʾəmantu) | |
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns | |||
| 1st person | የ (-yä), ኒ (-ni)1 | ነ (-nä) | |
| 2nd person | m | ከ (-kä) | ክሙ (-kəmmu) |
| f | ኪ (-ki) | ክን (-kən) | |
| 3rd person | m | ሁ (-(h)u)2 | ሆሙ (-(h)omu)2 |
| f | ሃ (-(h)a)2 | ሆን (-(h)on)2 | |
| 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. | |||
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