የሱ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- የርሱ (yärsu)
Etymology
From የ- (yä-, “of”) + እሱ (ʾəssu, “he”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjəsːu/
- Hyphenation: የ‧ሱ
Determiner
የሱ • (yässu)
- his
Pronoun
የሱ • (yässu)
- his
See also
Amharic possessives
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
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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