Language/Amharic/Grammar/Time-Adverbs

Time Adverbs in Amharic

• Note: በየ bäyä- (as a prefix attached to words denoting periods of time) means ‘every’

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: “to be” and “to have”, Direct and Indirect Object Affixes, Expressing Obligation or Necessity & Using the Future Tense.

Vocabulary

Amharic	Pronunciation	English
በየሰዓቱ	bäyäsä’atu	every hour
በየጊዜው	bäyägizew	every time
በየቀኑ	bäyäk’änu	everyday
በየሳምንቱ	bäyäsamïntu	every week
በየአመቱ	bäyäamätu	every year

Note

በ bä- or ባ ba- (as a prefix attached to words denoting periods of time) means ‘in’ or during

Examples

Amharic	Pronunciation	English
በክረምት	bäkïrämt	in summer
በበጋ	bäbäga	in winter
በዚህ አመት	bäzih samïnt	during this week
ባለፈው ወር	baläfäw wär	last month

Source

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

Other Lessons

• The Present Perfect Tense
• Negative Present Future Tense
• Compound sentence
• Definite Direct Objects in the Simple Past
• Expressing Obligation or Necessity
• Making Suggestions Using “Let”
• The Possessive Adjectives
• Comparing and Contrasting
• Question Words
• Gender