ሄድኩ
/haydku/
How to say "I went" in Amharic
The Amharic word for "I went" is ሄድኩ, pronounced haydku.
Definition
to go, to move from one place to another
Dictionary form
ሄድኩ is a form of መሄድ (mehayd) — “to go”. Amharic verbs and nouns change shape by person, gender, number, and tense; look up the dictionary form to see the full set.
Also spelled
haydku, haydqu, haidku
Word details
- Ge’ez script
- ሄድኩ
- Transliteration
- haydku
- Part of speech
- verb
- English meaning
- I went
Related forms
ሄዱ/haydu/they wentእየሄድሽ/iyehaydsh/you are goingእሄዳላችሁ/ihaydalachhu/I will go (you pl)እሄዳለን/ihaydalen/we will goሄዱት/haydut/they went (him/it)ሄዱን/haydun/they went (us)ሄድ/hayd/go!መሄዳቸው/mehaydachew/their goingመሄዳችሁ/mehaydachhu/your going (pl)መሄዳችን/mehaydachn/our goingመሄድህ/mehaydh/your going (m.sg)መሄድን/mehaydn/our going / going (obj)ልሄድ/lhayd/to go (I)ልንሄድ/lnhayd/for us to goመሄድና/mehaydna/and to goመሄዳችሁም/mehaydachhum/and your (pl.) goingሄድኳቸው/haydkwachew/I went to themሄድኳችሁ/haydkwachhu/I went to you (pl.)ሄድኳችሁም/haydkwachhum/I also went to you (pl.)ሄድን/haydn/we wentሄድና/haydna/and we wentሂዱና/hiduna/and go (pl.)ሂድሽ/hidsh/go (f.)ሂድሻል/hidshal/she will goሂድሻለህ/hidshaleh/you (m.) will let her goሂድሻላችሁ/hidshalachhu/she will go (for you all)ሂዱት/hidut/go (you plural, him)ሂዱታችሁ/hidutachhu/go with him, you allመሄዳቸውና/mehaydachewna/their going andመሄዳችሁናም/mehaydachhunam/and also your going (pl.)ሂድና/hidna/and goመሄዳችሁምና/mehaydachhumna/your going too (pl.) andመሄዳችንምና/mehaydachnmna/our going too andሄድክን/haydkn/you went usሄድክንም/haydknm/you went us tooሄድክንና/haydknna/you went us andሄደንና/haydenna/we went andሄደንናም/haydennam/we went and alsoሄደችና/haydechna/and she wentሄደችናም/haydechnam/and she also wentሂዱናም/hidunam/and you (pl.) also goመሄድም/mehaydm/also to goመሄድዎ/mehaydwo/your goingሊሄድ/lihayd/to goሊሄዱ/lihaydu/for them to goይሄዳል/yhaydal/he goes / he will goትሄዳለህ/thaydaleh/you go / you will goትሄዲሻለሽ/thaydishalesh/you go / you will goእንሄዳለን/inhaydalen/we go / we will goእሄዳለው/ihaydalew/I will go (for him/her/it)መሄድአለበት/mehaydalebet/he has to goሄደህ/haydeh/you (m.) wentሄዳችሁ/haydachhu/you (pl.) wentእሄዳላቸው/ihaydalachew/I will go (for them)ትሄዳለሽ/thaydalesh/you (f) will goትሄዳላችሁ/thaydalachhu/you (pl) will goትሄዱ/thaydu/you (pl.) will goመሄዳችሁን/mehaydachhun/your going (pl.)መሄድላቸው/mehaydlachew/to go for themመሄድላችሁ/mehaydlachhu/to go for you (pl.)መሄድልህ/mehaydlh/to go for you (m.)መሄድልሽ/mehaydlsh/to go for you (f.)ሄደንም/haydenm/we also wentእየሄድክ/iyehaydk/you are goingእየሄድን/iyehaydn/we are goingሄድክ/haydk/you wentሄዱልን/hayduln/they went on usሄዱላቸው/haydulachew/they went on themሄዱለት/haydulet/they went on herመሄድሽም/mehaydshm/your going tooሄደውም/haydewm/they went tooሄደናቸው/haydenachew/we went to themመመሄድ/memehayd/to keep goingይሄዳሉም/yhaydalum/they will go tooበምትሄዱበት/bemthaydubet/where you goልሄድልኝ/lhaydlny/let me go for meመሄድያለች/mehaydyalech/she has to goእስክትሄድ/iskthayd/until you goእሄድ/ihayd/I will goሄደላት/haydelat/he went to herመሄዴ/mehayday/my goingልሄድለት/lhaydlet/I will go to him/her/itሂዱታቸው/hidutachew/go with them, you allእንሂድ/inhid/let’s goእሄዳችሁ/ihaydachhu/I will go (for you all)እንድትሄድ/indthayd/so that you goእሄድላችሁ/ihaydlachhu/I will go for you (pl)መሄድሽን/mehaydshn/your goingሄደች/haydech/she wentሂዱ/hidu/go (you pl.)ሂድሻለች/hidshalech/she will goሄደውና/haydewna/and they wentትሄዳለን/thaydalen/she will go / we will goትሄዳለች/thaydalech/she will goሄዱለን/haydulen/they went on usይሄዳልም/yhaydalm/he will go tooለመሄድ/lemehayd/to goልሄድልህ/lhaydlh/let me go for youየሚሄድ/yemihayd/that goesሄድህ/haydh/you (m.) wentልሄድላችሁ/lhaydlachhu/I will go to you (pl.)መሄድህም/mehaydhm/your going tooሂድ/hid/go (you sg.)ሄደኝ/haydeny/he went on me / away from meሄደን/hayden/we wentሄደው/haydew/they went / he went (polite)ሄደላቸው/haydelachew/he went to themሂድናም/hidnam/and also go (you)እሄዳለች/ihaydalech/she will goመሄዳቸውናም/mehaydachewnam/and also their goingሄደሁ/haydehu/I wentሄደኸ/haydekhe/you wentትሄዳላችሁም/thaydalachhum/you will go tooሄድኳቸውም/haydkwachewm/I also went to themሔዋለች/haywalech/she has goneሄደለት/haydelet/he went to herትሄዳላቸው/thaydalachew/they will goመሄዳችንናም/mehaydachnnam/and also our goingሂድሻላቸው/hidshalachew/she will go (for them)ሄደናል/haydenal/we have goneእየሄድሁ/iyehaydhu/I am goingመሄድዎት/mehaydwot/your goingልትሄድ/lthayd/to goሄድክሽ/haydksh/you went (f.sg.)ስትሄድ/sthayd/when you goመሄዳችሁና/mehaydachhuna/your going (pl.) andልሂቃቸው/lhiqachew/that I go to themመሄዳቸውን/mehaydachewn/their going (object)መሄድሽ/mehaydsh/your going (f.sg)ሄደውናም/haydewnam/and they also wentትሄዳሉ/thaydalu/you will goሄደኩ/haydeku/I wentመሄዳቸውም/mehaydachewm/and their goingመሄዳችንና/mehaydachnna/our going andእሄዳለህ/ihaydaleh/you will go (m.sg.)መሄዳቸውምና/mehaydachewmna/their going too andሄደላቸሁ/haydelachehu/I went to themሄድክንናም/haydknnam/you went us and alsoሄደሽ/haydesh/you wentሄደናቸውም/haydenachewm/we went to them tooሊሄድልዎ/lihaydlwo/for you to goመሄዳችንም/mehaydachnm/and our goingየምትሄድ/yemthayd/that you goሄድሽልኝ/haydshlny/go for me (f.)እሄዳለሁ/ihaydalehu/I will goእሄዳለሁና/ihaydalehuna/I will go, because…መሄድዎን/mehaydwon/your goingሄደ/hayde/he wentልሄድላት/lhaydlat/let me go for herይሄዳሉ/yhaydalu/they go / they will goልሄድልሽ/lhaydlsh/let me go for youይሄዱ/yhaydu/let them go / they should goሄደላችሁ/haydelachhu/you (pl.) went to themሄደና/haydena/he went (and) we…ሄድሽ/haydsh/you went (to a woman)ይሄድ/yhayd/he goes / that he goes
ሄድኩ in example sentences
ቅዳሜ ጓደኛዬ ቤት ሄድኩ።
On Saturday I went to my friend's house.
ቤተ ክርስቲያን ሄድኩ።
I went to church.
ቅዳሜ ጓደኛዬ ቤት ሄድኩ፣ ፊልም ተመለከትን።
On Saturday I went to my friend's house - we watched a movie.
ልብሴን አጥቤ ሥራ ሄድኩ።
I washed my clothes and went to work.
ከአዲስ አበባ ተነስቼ ሰሜን ሄድኩ።
I departed from Addis Ababa and went north.
Frequently asked questions
What does ሄድኩ mean in English?
ሄድኩ (haydku) means "I went" in English.
How do you pronounce ሄድኩ?
ሄድኩ is pronounced haydku.
What part of speech is ሄድኩ?
ሄድኩ is a verb in Amharic.
What is the dictionary form of ሄድኩ?
ሄድኩ is a form of መሄድ (mehayd), meaning "to go".
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