ኣሎ - to be (present)
The verb ኣሎ is to be used when you are describing the location a person or object. This is different from the last verb you learned (ኢዩ) which is used for describing a person or object.
In English both meanings are conveyed with the single verb: 'to Be,' while in tigrigna there are two seperate verbs for these two seperate meanings. This verb is (like all Tigrigna verbs are) divided by person, number and gender.
| ኣሎ |
|
Singular |
Plural |
| 3rd |
ኣሎ |
he is |
ኣለዉ |
they are |
| ኣላ |
she is |
ኣለዋ |
they are (f) |
| 2nd |
ኣሎኻ |
you are (m) |
ኣሎኹም |
you are |
| ኣሎኺ |
you are (f) |
ኣሎኽን |
you are (f) |
| 1st |
ኣሎኹ |
I am |
ኣሎና |
we are |
Here are some Tigrigna examples of the verb ኣሎ with their English translations (the verbs are underlined in each one):
| ትግርኛ |
Transliteration |
Translation |
| a) | "መስፈን ኣበይ ኣሎ" |
a) | "Mesfin where is" |
a) | "Where is Mesfin?" |
| b) | "ኣልማዝ ኣበይ ኣላ" |
b) | "Almaz where is" |
b) | "Where is Almaz?" |
| c) | "ኣበይ ትከይጽ ኣሎኻ" |
c) | "Where going are you" |
c) | "Where are you going?" |
| d) | "ኣበይ ኣሎኺ" |
d) | "Where are you" |
d) | "Where are you?" |
| e) | "ናብ ቤተ ትምህርቲ ይከይጽ ኣሎኹ" |
e) | "to school going I am" |
e) | "I am going to school" |
| f) | "ቲቪ ይርእዩ ኣለዉ" |
f) | "TV watching they are" |
f) | "They are watchig TV" |
| g) | "መርዓ ይከጻ ኣለዋ" |
g) | "wedding going to they are" |
g) | "They are going to a wedding" |
| h) | "እንታይ ትገብሩ ኣሎኹም" |
h) | "what doing are you" |
h) | "What are you doing?" |
| i) | "ኣብ ገዛ'ዶ ኣሎኽን " |
i) | "at home are you" |
i) | "Are you at home?" |
| j) | "ምሳሕ ንበልዕ ኣሎና" |
j) | "lunch for eating are we" |
j) | "We are eating lunch." |
