8 words
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መ
መቻል/mechal/
to be able
verbOpen
መቻሉ/mechalu/
his/its ability
verbOpen
መቻላችሁ/mechalachhu/
your (pl.) ability
verbOpen
መቻላቸው/mechalachew/
their ability
verbOpen
መቻልና/mechalna/
and to be able
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መቻልህን/mechalhn/
your ability
verbOpen
ያ
ያመጣል/yameTal/
will bring
verbOpen
አ
አለመቻሉ/elemechalu/
his inability
verbOpen
መቻል
/mechal/
verbto be able
How to say to be able in Amharic

The Amharic word for to be able is መቻል, pronounced mechal.

Ge'ez script
መቻል
Transliteration
mechal
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
to be able
Forms
እችላለት
I can for him/her
መቻለው
his being able to
ስለሚችል
because it can
እችላለን
we can
ትችላለች
she can
ትችላሉ
you can
አይቻለሁ
I am not able
መቻልህ
your (m) being able to
ትችላላችሁ
you can
እንችላለን
we can
እችላለሽ
you can (f.)
ቻለ
he could
ቻሉ
they could
እንችላለና
we can
ትችላችሁ
you (pl.) can
ትችያለህ
you can
አይቻልም
it’s impossible
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)
ተቻለ
was possible
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
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.)
ቻለች
she could
የማይችል
unable to
መቻልሽ
your (f) being able 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
አልቻለም
I couldn’t
አይቻሉም
they are impossible
አይቻሉም
they’re impossible