ሁን (hun): Amharic Meaning and Pronunciation

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ሁ

ሁን/hun/

be! (imperative)

verbOpen

ሆ

ሆን/hon/

be! / exist! (let it be)

verbOpen

ቆ

adjectiveOpen

ተ

adjectiveOpen

verbOpen

በ

phraseOpen

adverbOpen

adverbOpen

verbOpen

otherOpen

ያ

ያማረ/yamare/

beautiful

adjectiveOpen

ም

ምክንያቱም/mknyatum/

because

otherOpen

አ

አጠገብ/eTegeb/

beside

adverbOpen

ነ

verbOpen

verbOpen

ስ

ስለሚችል/slemichl/

because it can

verbOpen

የ

የተሻለ/yeteshale/

better

verbOpen

ቀ

ቀደም/qedem/

before

otherOpen

መ

መኝታ/menyta/

bedroom

nounOpen

ሁን

/hun/

verbbe! (imperative)

How to say be! (imperative) in Amharic

The Amharic word for be! (imperative) is ሁን, pronounced hun.

Ge'ez script: ሁን
Transliteration: hun
Part of speech: verb
English meaning: be! (imperative)

Forms

ናት

she is / it is (fem.)

ብሎኛል

(he) has told me / he says to me (reported)

ነህ

you are (masculine singular)

ነኝ

I am

መሆኑም

also the fact that it is/was

ነን

we are

አሉ

they are / there are

ነዎት

you are (polite)

ነበርህ

you were (m.sg.)

ነበርክህ

you were (m.sg., alt.)

ነበርኩ

I was

ነበርክሽ

you were (f.sg., alt.)

ነበርን

we were

ነኝም

I am too

ነበርሽ

you were (f.sg.)

ነበረበት

it was there/at him

ከሆነውም

even from what happened

ከሆነው

from what happened / from what is

እንደሆነ

as it was / as it happened

ናችን

we are

ናቸውም

they are also / they are too

ነውክን

are we?

ናችሁ

you (pl.) are

እንዳለሁ

as I said

እንዲህሆኖ

thus

እንዳሉ

as they say

ከሆነማ

if it is then

የሆነ

which is / that is

ቢሆናም

even if it is

ከሆነም

even if it is / if it is also

ሚሆን

that is/which is

የሚሆኑት

those that are

ስለሆነ

therefore

ነኝ

I am

ይሁንና

however / but then

እንደሌለ

as if there is not

ነው

it is / is

እያለሁ

while I am

ካልሆነ

if not / if it is not

ቢሆንም

even if

ባይሆን

if it were not

ነበርች

she was

ቢሆን

if it is

አልነበረችም

she was not

ነበርላት

she had it / it was for her

ነበርላቸው

she had them / it was for them

ነበርለት

he had her / he had it (f.)

ነበርለን

we had it / it was for us

ነውናቸው

it is they

እያለች

while she is

እያሉ

while they are

እያለን

while we are

እያሉት

while they/you (pol.) are it

እያልተው

while they said/left it

ናት

she is

አልሆንም

I am not / it is not

ናቸው

they are

ነው

ነበር

he was / it was

ነዎትም

you are (polite) too

እንዴትሆነ

how is it

ነበርዎት

you were (polite) / he was (polite)

እንዳልነበረ

as it wasn’t

ነህ

you are

ነውታ

is it she? / is she the one?

ነውም

it is also

ነዉ

ነበርክ

you were (m.)

ብሆን

if I am

እያለችሁ

while you (pl.) are

ነበርኩት

I was with him/her / I had him/her

እያለ

while he is / as it is

ናችው

she is (polite)

እንዳለ

as it is said

ከሆነ

if it is

የሆንኩ

that I was

ነበርልኝ

I had it / it was for me

እያሉኝ

while they/you (pol.) are to me

ነሱ

they are

ነበረበትም

it was there/at him too

ያልሆነ

that is not / that which is not

እያለኩ

while I was saying

ሳለ

while he was

ነበረብህ

it was with you (m.sg.)

ብትሆን

if you are

In context

ደህና ሁን፣ ነገ እንገናኛለን።

Goodbye, we will meet tomorrow.

ደህና ሁን እንደገና እንገናኝ

Goodbye, see you again

ደህና ሁን

Goodbye.

አመሰግናለሁ፣ እስከዚያ ድረስ ደህና ሁን።

Thank you, take care until then.

ደህና ሁን፣ ሲሻልህ ና።

Get well, come when you're better.