17 words
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መ
መጥቻለት/meTchalet/
I came to him/it
verbOpen
መቻለው/mechalew/
his being able to
verbOpen
መጥቻለች/meTchalech/
she will come
verbOpen
መጥቻለህ/meTchaleh/
you will come
verbOpen
መጥቻለኝ/meTchaleny/
I was able to come
verbOpen
መጥቻለን/meTchalen/
we will come
verbOpen
መቻልሽ/mechalsh/
your (f) being able to
verbOpen
መጥቻለሁ/meTchalehu/
I will come
verbOpen
ተ
ተመልክቻለሁ/temelkchalehu/
I have observed
verbOpen
ተቻለ/techale/
was possible
verbOpen
አ
አግኝቻለሁ/egnychalehu/
I have found
verbOpen
አይቻልም/eychalm/
it’s impossible
verbOpen
አለመቻሉ/elemechalu/
his inability
verbOpen
አልቻለም/elchalem/
I couldn’t
verbOpen
ቻ
ቻለ/chale/
he could
verbOpen
ቻለች/chalech/
she could
verbOpen
ዘ
ዘግይቻለሁ/zegychalehu/
I may be late
verbOpen
ቻለ
/chale/
verbhe could
How to say he could in Amharic

The Amharic word for he could is ቻለ, pronounced chale.

Ge'ez script
ቻለ
Transliteration
chale
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
he could
Forms
እችላለት
I can for him/her
ስለሚችል
because it can
እችላለን
we can
መቻል
to be able
ትችላለች
she can
ትችላሉ
you can
አይቻለሁ
I am not able
መቻሉ
his/its ability
መቻልህ
your (m) being able to
መቻላችሁ
your (pl.) ability
መቻላቸው
their ability
ትችላላችሁ
you can
እንችላለን
we can
እችላለሽ
you can (f.)
ቻሉ
they could
እንችላለና
we can
ትችላችሁ
you (pl.) can
ትችያለህ
you can
ይችላሉት
they can do it
ይችሉታል
they can
ይችላሉና
because they can
ልችል
let me be able
ትችላለው
you (m.) can do it
ትችላለውስ
you (m.) can then?
ሊችሉ
to be able (they)
ተቻሉ
were possible
ይችላሉናም
and they can
ማይችል
that cannot
ትችላቸዋለህ
you can do them
አንችልም
I can’t
ቻልህ
you managed
አልችልም
I can’t
አልቻልኩም
I couldn’t
እችላለሁ
I can
መቻልና
and to be able
መቻልህን
your ability
የምትችል
that you can
አልቻልኩ
I couldn’t
እችላለች
she can
ትችላለን
we can
ይችላሉም
they can also
ትችላለህ
you can
ትችላለህን
can you? (m.)
የማይችል
unable to
ትችላለም
you cannot
ትችያለሽ
you can
ይችላሉ
they can
የሚችሉት
that they can
ይችላሉኝ
they can for me
እችላለህ
you can (m.)
እንደሚችሉ
as they can
ይቻላልና
because it’s possible
ሊቻል
to be possible
ስለማይቻል
because it’s impossible
እችላሉ
they/you (pl.) can
የማይቻል
impossible
ትችላለሽ
you can
ይችላሉን
can they?
ይቻላል
it is possible
አይቻሉም
they are impossible
አይቻሉም
they’re impossible