ነበርኩም
/neberkum/
How to say "we were / I was (emph.)" in Amharic
The Amharic word for "we were / I was (emph.)" is ነበርኩም, pronounced neberkum.
Dictionary form
ነበርኩም is a form of መኖር (menor) — “to exist; to have; to live”. Amharic verbs and nouns change shape by person, gender, number, and tense; look up the dictionary form to see the full set.
Also spelled
neberkum, neberqum
Word details
- Ge’ez script
- ነበርኩም
- Transliteration
- neberkum
- Part of speech
- verb
- English meaning
- we were / I was (emph.)
Related forms
አለህ/aleh/you have / you exist / you are (m.sg.)ነበርብኝ/neberbny/I used to have itነበርናም/nebernam/and it wasነበሩን/neberun/they were (emph.)ነበርችሁ/neberchhu/you (pl.) wereነበራችሁም/neberachhum/you (pl.) were tooነበርክም/neberkm/you were (emph.)አሉት/alut/they have it / it is thereአልነበረም/alneberem/it did not existነበሩም/neberum/they were (indeed)ያልነበረ/yalnebere/that was notያልነበሩ/yalneberu/that were notነበረንም/neberenm/we were (indeed)ያለውን/yalewn/the one that is / that whichያሉ/yalu/those who are / that areያልነው/yalnew/what we did not (do) / that we didn’tነበርልህ/neberlh/I had for you / there was for youእኖራለሁ/inoralehu/I will liveእኖራለህ/inoraleh/you will liveእኖራለሽ/inoralesh/you will liveእኖራለን/inoralen/we will liveእኖራላችሁ/inoralachhu/you (pl) will liveእኖራላቸው/inoralachew/they will liveትኖራለህ/tnoraleh/you (m) will liveትኖራለን/tnoralen/we will liveትኖራላችሁ/tnoralachhu/you (pl) will liveይኖራሉ/ynoralu/they liveነበርልዎት/neberlwot/he had it for themነበርኩሽ/neberkush/I had it (for you f.)መኖርህ/menorh/your living (m)መኖራችን/menorachn/our livingመኖራችሁ/menorachhu/your living (pl)ያለውም/yalewm/the one that is (also)ኖረ/nore/he livedኖሩ/noru/they livedእንደነበር/indeneber/as it wasቢኖርም/binorm/even if it existsነበረላት/neberelat/he had for her / there was for herመኖሩን/menorun/his/its livingመኖሩ/menoru/his existenceአላት/alat/she has / she said to herእንኖራለን/innoralen/we will liveየሚኖሩ/yeminoru/who liveበነበረበት/beneberebet/where it wasአላችሁ/alachhu/you (pl.) haveነዋር/newar/residentባለመኖሩ/balemenoru/because of not existingይኖራል/ynoral/there is / livesይኖረዋል/ynorewal/he/she will have itአላቸው/alachew/they haveመኖር/menor/to exist; to have; to liveአላቸው/alachew/they have / they possess / they existአለሽ/alesh/you (f.) haveያላችሁትን/yalachhutn/what you haveካለ/kale/if there is / if he hasአለው/alew/there isነበርንና/nebernna/we had, soአይኖረውም/aynorewm/does not haveእንዳለው/indalew/as it is saidኖረን/noren/we livedነበረብን/neberebn/we had / it was with usትኖራላቸው/tnoralachew/they will liveአልነበሩም/alneberum/they were notነበርኩኝ/neberkuny/I had itእንደሚኖራቸው/indeminorachew/as they have themአለኝ/aleny/I haveያሉትም/yalutm/those (too)ኖረች/norech/she livedመኖራቸው/menorachew/their livingያሉትን/yalutn/those (that exist)ያላቸውን/yalachewn/that they haveላላቸው/lalachew/for those who haveእንዳለን/indalen/as we have / since we haveየመኖር/yemenor/of livingነበርላቸን/neberlachen/they had for them / there was for themያለበት/yalebet/where it is / which hasሊኖር/linor/could exist / might beነበረችሁ/neberechhu/you (pl.) were (f.)ነበረውም/neberewm/he was (indeed) / it was (indeed)አለን/alen/we have / there is for usነበረችም/neberechm/she was not / there wasn’t (her)ልኖር/lnor/let me live / stayመኖርሽ/menorsh/your living (f)ሲኖረኝ/sinoreny/when he lives with meቢኖረኝ/binoreny/if I hadትኖሪያለሽ/tnoriyalesh/you (f) will liveኖሮ/noro/if there were / if existedይኖረኛል/ynorenyal/it will stay with me
Frequently asked questions
What does ነበርኩም mean in English?
ነበርኩም (neberkum) means "we were / I was (emph.)" in English.
How do you pronounce ነበርኩም?
ነበርኩም is pronounced neberkum.
What part of speech is ነበርኩም?
ነበርኩም is a verb in Amharic.
What is the dictionary form of ነበርኩም?
ነበርኩም is a form of መኖር (menor), meaning "to exist; to have; to live".
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