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ሆን/hon/
be! / exist! (let it be)
verbOpen
ሆኑ/honu/
they became
verbOpen
ሆኖታል/honotal/
it has become (and is so)
verbOpen
ሆነዋል/honaewal/
they/it have become
verbOpen
ሆነኝ/honaeny/
it became (for) me
verbOpen
ሆነና/honaena/
it became (for) us
verbOpen
ሆኖም/honom/
even though (it) was / although being
verbOpen
ሆናሉ/honalu/
they will be / they become
verbOpen
ሆኑና/honuna/
and they became / and they did
verbOpen
ሆናለች/honalaech/
she will be / she becomes
verbOpen
ሆናለት/honalaet/
he will be / he becomes
verbOpen
ሆናለን/honalaen/
we will be / we become
verbOpen
ሆንኩ/honku/
I became / I was
verbOpen
ሆንህ/honh/
you became (m.sg.)
verbOpen
ሆኖአለን/honoaelaen/
we have been / turned out
verbOpen
ሆኖነበረ/hononaebaerae/
it had been (he)
verbOpen
ሆንኩት/honkut/
I did it / I made him/it become
verbOpen
ሆኖአልን/honoaeln/
we have been / turned out
verbOpen
ሆንሽ/honsh/
you became (f.sg.)
verbOpen
ሆኖአል/honoael/
he has become / it has become
verbOpen
ሆን
/hon/
verbbe! / exist! (let it be)
How to say be! / exist! (let it be) in Amharic

The Amharic word for be! / exist! (let it be) is ሆን, pronounced hon.

Ge'ez script
ሆን
Transliteration
hon
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
be! / exist! (let it be)
Forms
ሁን
be! (imperative)
ናት
she is / it is (fem.)
ብሎኛል
(he) has told me / he says to me (reported)
ነህ
you are (masculine singular)
ነኝ
I am
ነበርኩና
but I was
ነበራቸው
they were (for them) / he was for them
ነበረ
he was / it was
ነበሩ
they were / he was (polite)
ነበረዋል
she was / it was (her)
ነበራት
she was / it was (for her)
ነበረኝ
it was me / it was (to) me
ነበርና
because it was
ነበሩና
because they were
ነን
we are
ነበረም
he was also / he was (indeed)
አሉ
they are / there are
ነበረባቸው
they had it / he had them (polite)
ነበሩት
it was (to him/her) / they were (respected)
ነበራቸውም
they also had / they had it too
ነበረብኝ
I had it
ነዎት
you are (polite)
ነበረብሽ
you (fem) had it
ነበረባችን
we had it
ነበረባችሁ
you (pl) had it
ነበርህ
you were (m.sg.)
ነበርክህ
you were (m.sg., alt.)
ነበርኩ
I was
ነበርክሽ
you were (f.sg., alt.)
ነበርን
we were
ነኝም
I am too
ነበርሽ
you were (f.sg.)
ነበረበት
it was there/at him
ነበረችው
she was (him/it)
ነበሩባቸው
they were with them
ነበርላችን
it was for us
ነበራቸውልኝ
they were them for me
ነበርለማንኛውም
there was none at all
ነበርው
it was for him
ነበርንም
yet it existed
ነበሩለት
they were for her
ነበሩላችሁ
they were for you (pl)
ነበራቸውለት
they were them for her
ነበሩላት
they were for her
ነበሩላችን
they were for us
ነበራትም
she had it (too)
ነበራቸውላቸው
they were them for them
ነበሩልኝ
they were for me
ነበርዎ
it was for you (polite)
ነበራቸውላችሁ
they were them for you (pl)
ነበርዋለት
she has had it (for her)
ናችን
we are
ናቸውም
they are also / they are too
ነውክን
are we?
ናችሁ
you (pl.) are
እንዳለሁ
as I said
እንዳሉ
as they say
ነበሮት
it was for her
ነበርአት
it was her / she was
ነበራትን
but she had it
ይሁን
let it be / may it be
ስለነበር
because it was
አይደለምና
because it is not
ነኝ
I am
ይሁንና
however / but then
ነበርኩህ
I was (to you)
ነበርኩን
we were / I was (emph.)
ስላለ
because there is
እንደሌለ
as if there is not
ነበርበት
it was in/at it
ነው
it is / is
እያለሁ
while I am
ነበረን
we were
ነበርች
she was
አልነበረችም
she was not
ነበርላት
she had it / it was for her
ነበርላቸው
she had them / it was for them
ነበርለት
he had her / he had it (f.)
ነበርለን
we had it / it was for us
ነበርለው
it was for him
ነበረባት
she used to have
ነውናቸው
it is they
እያለች
while she is
እያሉ
while they are
እያለን
while we are
እያሉት
while they/you (pol.) are it
እያልተው
while they said/left it
ነበራችን
we had
ናት
she is
ነበር
was
ናቸው
they are
ነበሩበት
they were in it / there
ነው
is
ነበር
he was / it was
ነዎትም
you are (polite) too
ነበርዎት
you were (polite) / he was (polite)
ነበረችን
she was (we)
እንዳልነበረ
as it wasn’t
ነበርዋል
she has had it
ነውና
because it is
ነበሩላቸው
they were for them
ነህ
you are
ነውታ
is it she? / is she the one?
ነበሩበን
they were in/with us
ነበርነው
it was him/it
ነበራቸሁ
I had them / they had
ነበሩትን
they were him / it was him (obj)
ነበርላችሁ
it was for you (pl)
ነበርም
it was also / it was (indeed)
ነበራችንም
she was also us / she was ours too
ነውም
it is also
ነበረች
she was
ናቸው
they are
ነዉ
is
ነበሩበው
they were in/with him/it
ነበረው
he was / it was (him)
ነበርክ
you were (m.)
ነበሩለን
they were for us
እያለችሁ
while you (pl.) are
ነበርለህ
it was for you (m)
ነበርኩት
I was with him/her / I had him/her
ነበርምም
it existed (indeed)
እያለ
while he is / as it is
ነበርዎም
it was for you too (polite)
ናችው
she is (polite)
ነውናም
because it is also
እንዳለ
as it is said
ነበረና
because he was / because it was
ነበራችሁ
you (pl) had
ነበረብዎ
you had it (polite)
ነበርልኝ
I had it / it was for me
እያሉኝ
while they/you (pol.) are to me
ነበራቸውለን
they were them for us
ነሱ
they are
ነበረበትም
it was there/at him too
እያለኩ
while I was saying
ነበርዋት
she had it (emphatic)
ነበራችው
she was them / it was (f.) them
ሳለ
while he was
ነበራቸውን
they were them (obj)
ነበርዋቸው
she had them / it was hers (pl.)
ነበረብህ
it was with you (m.sg.)
In context
ንጉሥ ሃይለ ሥላሴ ሁለተኛ ሲሆን ኢትዮጵያን ወደ ዓለም ተቋማት አቀረበ።
When Haile Selassie became emperor, he brought Ethiopia into international institutions.
ጓደኛዬ መሪ ሆን ብሎኛል።
My friend told me, "Be a leader."