ነበረ

Amharic

Etymology
Root
ነ-በ-ረ
(nä-bä-rä)

Cognates include Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), Tigre ነብረ (näbrä) and Harari ነበረ (näbärä).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nəbˈbəɾə/
  • Hyphenation: ነ‧በ‧ረ

Verb

ነበረ • (näbbärä)

  1. (intransitive) to stay
  2. (intransitive) to sit
  3. (intransitive) to settle
  4. (intransitive) to live
  5. (copulative) to have been

Derived terms

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ነበረ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Tigrinya

Verb

ነበረ • (näbärä)

  1. to be (past tense)
  2. to live, to reside

Conjugation
Conjugation of ነበረ
infinitive ምንባር
perfect gerundive
singular plural singular plural
1st ነበርኩ ነበርና 1st ነቢረ ነቢርና
2nd m ነበርካ ነበርኩም 2nd m ነቢርካ ነቢርኩም
f ነበርኪ ነበርክን f ነቢርኪ ነቢርክን
3rd m ነበረ ነበሩ 3rd m ነቢሩ ነቢሮም
f ነበረት ነበራ f ነቢራ ነቢረን
imperfect jussive
singular plural singular plural
1st እነብር ንነብር 1st እንበር ንንበር
2nd m ትነብር ትነብሩ 2nd m ትንበር ትንበሩ
f ትነብሪ ትነብራ f ትንበሪ ትንበራ
3rd m ይነብር ይነብሩ 3rd m ይንበር ይንበሩ
f ትነብር ይነብራ f ትንበር ይንበራ
affirmative commands negative commands
singular plural singular plural
2nd m ንበር ንበሩ 2nd m ኣይትንበር ኣይትንበሩ
f ንበሪ ንበራ f ኣይትንበሪ ኣይትንበራ
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