How to use the indefinite article in Amharic

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The Amharic indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Amharic. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

wend lij

a boy

feres

a horse

sew

a man

zaf

a tree

dīmet

a cat

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See you again

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See you tomorrow

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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Amharic

The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Amharic, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns metshāf, wenber and ber (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Amharic, because in Amharic, there is no indefinite article. So the word metshāf can mean book or a book, the word wenber can mean chair or a chair and the word ber can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Amharic including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Amharic nouns metshāf, wenber and ber, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Amharic).

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