ነበርኩኝ
/neberkuny/
How to say "I had it" in Amharic
The Amharic word for "I had it" is ነበርኩኝ, pronounced neberkuny.
Dictionary form
ነበርኩኝ 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
neberkuny, neberquny, neberkugn, neberkuni
Word details
- Ge’ez script
- ነበርኩኝ
- Transliteration
- neberkuny
- Part of speech
- verb
- English meaning
- I had it
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 notእንደሚኖራቸው/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 haveነበርኩም/neberkum/we were / I was (emph.)እንዳለን/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 ነበርኩኝ mean in English?
ነበርኩኝ (neberkuny) means "I had it" in English.
How do you pronounce ነበርኩኝ?
ነበርኩኝ is pronounced neberkuny.
What part of speech is ነበርኩኝ?
ነበርኩኝ is a verb in Amharic.
What is the dictionary form of ነበርኩኝ?
ነበርኩኝ is a form of መኖር (menor), meaning "to exist; to have; to live".
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