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ሊ
ሊሆኑ/lihonu/
to be / to become (they)
verbOpen
ሊሆኑ
/lihonu/
verbto be / to become (they)
How to say to be / to become (they) in Amharic

The Amharic word for to be / to become (they) is ሊሆኑ, pronounced lihonu.

Ge'ez script
ሊሆኑ
Transliteration
lihonu
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
to be / to become (they)
Forms
ሁን
be! (imperative)
ሆን
be! / exist! (let it be)
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
ይሆናልህ
you (m.sg) will be
ነበርና
because it was
ነበረ
he was / it was
ነበሩ
they were / he was (polite)
ነበረም
he was also / he was (indeed)
ነበሩና
because they were
ነበራቸው
they were (for them) / he was for them
ነበራት
she was / it was (for her)
ነበረዋል
she was / it was (her)
ነበረኝ
it was me / it was (to) me
አሉ
they are / there are
አልሆንም
I am not / I did not become
ነን
we are
መሆኑም
also the fact that it is/was
ነዎት
you are (polite)
ነበሩት
it was (to him/her) / they were (respected)
ነበራቸውም
they also had / they had it too
ነበረብኝ
I had it
ነበረብሽ
you (fem) had it
ነበረባቸው
they had it / he had them (polite)
ነበረባችሁ
you (pl) had it
ነበረባችን
we had it
ሆኑ
they became
ሆነኝ
it became (for) me
ሆነና
it became (for) us
ሆነዋል
they/it have become
ሆኖታል
it has become (and is so)
መሆናችሁ
your (pl) being
መሆናት
to be
ነኝም
I am too
ነበርህ
you were (m.sg.)
ነበርሽ
you were (f.sg.)
ነበርኩ
I was
ነበርን
we were
ነበርክህ
you were (m.sg., alt.)
ነበርክሽ
you were (f.sg., alt.)
ነበረበት
it was there/at him
ከሆነው
from what happened / from what is
ከሆነውም
even from what happened
ሆኖም
even though (it) was / although being
እንሆን
let’s be / we will be
እንደሆነ
as it was / as it happened
ትሆናለች
she will be
ትሆናለህ
you (m.sg.) will be
ትሆናለሽ
you (f.sg.) will be
ይሆናሉ
they will be
ሊሆንም
even to be / even to become
እሆናለሁ
I will be
ነበረችው
she was (him/it)
ነበርላችን
it was for us
ነበሩባቸው
they were with them
ነበሩለት
they were for her
ነበሩላት
they were for her
ነበሩልኝ
they were for me
ነበሩላችሁ
they were for you (pl)
ነበሩላችን
they were for us
ነበራቸውላችሁ
they were them for you (pl)
ነበራቸውልኝ
they were them for me
ነበራቸውለት
they were them for her
ነበራቸውላቸው
they were them for them
ነበራትም
she had it (too)
ነበርለማንኛውም
there was none at all
ነበርንም
yet it existed
ነበርው
it was for him
ነበርዎ
it was for you (polite)
ነበርዋለት
she has had it (for her)
እሆናለህ
you will be
እሆናለች
she will be
እሆናለን
we will be
እሆናል
I will be
እሆናለው
he will be
እሆናለት
she will be (for her)
ይሆናሉና
they will be, indeed
እንሆናለዎት
we will be (for you, formal)
ትሆናለችም
she will not be
ትሆናለው
she will be for him
ትሆናለት
she will be for her
ትሆናለዎት
she will be for you (formal)
ትሆናላችሁ
she will be for you (plural)
ትሆናለኝ
she will be for me
ትሆናለን
she will be for us
ትሆናልህ
you (m) will be
ትሆናሉ
you (pl/formal) will be
ትሆኑ
you (pl) will be / they will be
ትሆኑላችሁ
you (pl) will be for you (pl)
ትሆኑኝ
you (pl) will be for me
ትሆኑን
you (pl) will be (object marker)
ትሆኑለት
you (pl) will be for her
ትሆኑለው
you (pl) will be for him
ይሆናሉም
they will be (indeed)
ይሆናሉት
they will be it
ይሆናሉናም
and they will be (indeed)
ይሆናልና
for it will be
ይሆናልም
it will (indeed) be
ይሆናልኝ
it will be for me
ይሆናለው
he will be / it will be
ይሆናለት
she will be / for her
ይሆናለን
we will be
ይሆናላችሁ
you (pl) will be
ይሆናልዎት
you will be (polite)
ይሆኑናም
and they will be (indeed)
ይሆኑም
they will (indeed) be
ይሆኑን
they will be (object‑focused)
ይሆኑላቸው
they will be for them
ይሆኑለን
they will be for us
ይሆኑለው
they will be for him
እንሆንማ
shall we be then?
እንሆንም
we will be (indeed)
እንሆንናም
we will be then (indeed)
እሆንም
I will be (indeed)
እሆንና
I will be then
እሆንናም
I will be then (indeed)
እሆንብለህ
I will be for you
እሆንብለው
I will be for him
እሆንልሃለሁ
I will be for you
እሆንለት
I will be for her
እሆንላቸው
I will be for them
እሆንለን
I will be for us
እሆንለው
I will be for him
እሆንልህ
I will be for you (m.sg.)
ሆናለች
she will be / she becomes
ሆናለን
we will be / we become
ሆናለት
he will be / he becomes
ሆናሉ
they will be / they become
ሆኑና
and they became / and they did
ሆንኩ
I became / I was
ሆንህ
you became (m.sg.)
ሆንሽ
you became (f.sg.)
ሆንኩት
I did it / I made him/it become
ሆኖአል
he has become / it has become
ሆኖአለን
we have been / turned out
ሆኖአልን
we have been / turned out
ሆኖነበረ
it had been (he)
እሆንለሁ
I will be for
እሆንለዎት
I will be for you (pl./pol.)
እሆንለች
I will be for her
ትሆን
you will be / she will be
ትሆንለታለች
she will be for her
ናቸውም
they are also / they are too
ናችሁ
you (pl.) are
ናችን
we are
ነውክን
are we?
እንዳለሁ
as I said
እንዲህሆኖ
thus
እንዳሉ
as they say
ትሆናለችሁ
you (pl.) will be
ነበሮት
it was for her
እንዳይሆን
so that it won’t be
ስንትሆናለች
how old will she be
እንሆናለንም
we will be (indeed)
በመሆኑ
therefore
ሆነች
she became
ነበርአት
it was her / she was
የሆነ
which is / that is
የሚሆን
that will be / that can be
የሚሆኑ
that will be (pl.)
ቢሆናም
even if it is
ከሆነማ
if it is then
ከሆነም
even if it is / if it is also
ሊሆናል
it may be
እስከሚሆን
until it becomes
ይሆኑና
for they will be
ሚሆን
that is/which is
የሚሆኑት
those that are
ስለሆነ
therefore
እሆናላቸው
they will be
ነበራትን
but she had it
ይሁን
let it be / may it be
ስለነበር
because it was
እንዳይሆናቸው
so that they won’t become
እየሆነ
while becoming
አሁንምሆኖ
even now being
መሆናቸውን
their being
ለመሆን
to be
አይደለምና
because it is not
ትሆንለት
she will be for him
ነኝ
I am
ይሁንና
however / but then
ነበርኩህ
I was (to you)
ነበርኩን
we were / I was (emph.)
ስላለ
because there is
ሳይሆን
instead of being
ሆናል
it has become
እንደሌለ
as if there is not
ነበርበት
it was in/at it
ይሆን
it may be
ነው
it is / is
መሆንና
and/because being
መሆናቸው
their being
እያለሁ
while I am
ካልሆነ
if not / if it is not
ቢሆንም
even if
ባይሆን
if it were not
እሆናለዎት
I will be for you (polite)
ትሆኑለን
you (pl) will be for us
ነበረን
we were
ነበርች
she was
ቢሆን
if it is
ሆኖአለች
she has become
ሆኑት
they became him/it / they did it
አልነበረችም
she was not
ነበርላቸው
she had them / it was for them
ነበርላት
she had it / it was for her
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
እያሉ
while they are
እያለች
while she is
እያለን
while we are
እያሉት
while they/you (pol.) are it
ትሆኑልኝ
you (pl) will be for me
እያልተው
while they said/left it
እየሆነኩ
as I am becoming
ነበራችን
we had
ናት
she is
ይሆኑኝ
they will be for me
ነበር
was
አልሆንም
I am not / it is not
ናቸው
they are
ነበሩበት
they were in it / there
ነው
is
ሆነ
became
መሆን
to be
ነበር
he was / it was
ነዎትም
you are (polite) too
እንዴትሆነ
how is it
እሆንበት
I will be in/at it
ነበርዎት
you were (polite) / he was (polite)
ይሆናላቸው
they will be (polite/for them)
ሆነ
became / happened
ነበረችን
she was (we)
እንዳልነበረ
as it wasn’t
ይሆኑ
they will be
ትሆናላቸው
she will be for them
ነበርዋል
she has had it
ነውና
because it is
ሆናለሁ
I will be / I become
ነበሩላቸው
they were for them
ነህ
you are
እሆናላችሁ
you will be (pl.)
ነውታ
is it she? / is she the one?
ነበሩበን
they were in/with us
ነበርነው
it was him/it
ሆኖ
being / having become
ነበራቸሁ
I had them / they had
ነበሩትን
they were him / it was him (obj)
ይሆናል
it will be
ሆኖች
they have become
እሆናለሁም
I will be (indeed)
ነበርላችሁ
it was for you (pl)
ሆንኩኝ
I became (myself) / I did (it to myself)
ነበርም
it was also / it was (indeed)
ነበራችንም
she was also us / she was ours too
ትሆኑና
you (pl) will be, you know
ይሆኑላችሁ
they will be for you (pl)
እንሆናላችሁ
we will be (for you pl.)
እሆንልሽ
I will be for you (f.sg.)
ይሆናለች
she will be
ነውም
it is also
እሆን
I will be
ነበረች
she was
እንሆንና
we will be then
ናቸው
they are
ትሆኑላት
you (pl) will be for her
ሆኗል
has become
መሆናችን
our being
ሆኖነበር
it had been (I)
ነዉ
is
ይሆናሉልህ
they will become for you
ነበሩበው
they were in/with him/it
ነበረው
he was / it was (him)
ነበርክ
you were (m.)
እንሆናለው
we will be (for him)
ነበሩለን
they were for us
ብሆን
if I am
ይሆኑለት
they will be for her
እያለችሁ
while you (pl.) are
ነበርለህ
it was for you (m)
እስከሆነ
until (it) became
ነበርኩት
I was with him/her / I had him/her
እሆንብለዋለሁ
I will be for 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
ሆነውና
they have become (indeed)
ሆነሽ
you became (f.sg.)
እንሆናለት
we will be for her
እንዳለ
as it is said
ነበረና
because he was / because it was
ከሆነ
if it is
ስለሚሆን
because
እንዳልሆን
so that I won’t be
የሆንኩ
that I was
ትሆናልኝ
you (m/f) will be for me
ይሆኑላት
they will be for her
ሆነህ
you became (m.sg.)
ነበራችሁ
you (pl) had
ትሆናል
she will be / it will be
ነበረብዎ
you had it (polite)
ይሆኑታል
they will be (to her)
እንዲሆኑ
so that they become
መሆንም
also to be
እንሆናላቸው
we will be for them
ነበርልኝ
I had it / it was for me
እያሉኝ
while they/you (pol.) are to me
በመሆኑም
therefore
ትሆኑላቸው
you (pl) will be for them
ነበራቸውለን
they were them for us
ይሆናልናም
and it will be (indeed)
እንድትሆን
so that you be
ነሱ
they are
ሊሆንልዎት
may be for you
ትሆንላችሁ
you (pl) will be
ነበረበትም
it was there/at him too
እንዴትሆናለታል
how will it be
ያልሆነ
that is not / that which is not
እያለኩ
while I was saying
ነበርዋት
she had it (emphatic)
ሆነውም
and then they became
ነበራችው
she was them / it was (f.) them
ሆነ
became
እሆናሉ
they will be
ሳለ
while he was
እሆንልዎት
I will be for you (polite/plural)
ነበራቸውን
they were them (obj)
ይሆኑት
they will be it / for him
ይሆናሉኝ
they will be for me
እሆንላችሁ
I will be for you (plural)
እንዲሆንም
so that it may be
አይሆንም
it will not be
ነበርዋቸው
she had them / it was hers (pl.)
ነበረብህ
it was with you (m.sg.)
እንሆናለን
we will be
ሊሆኑ (lihonu): Amharic Meaning and Pronunciation | Gursha