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በላሁ/belahu/
I ate
verbOpen
እየበላሁ/yebelahu/
while eating
verbOpen
በላሁ
/belahu/
verbI ate
How to say I ate in Amharic

The Amharic word for I ate is በላሁ, pronounced belahu.

Ge'ez script
በላሁ
Transliteration
belahu
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
I ate
Forms
እበላ
I will eat / let me eat
ቢበላ
if he eats
በላች
she ate
በሉ
they ate / eat (polite)
በላት
she ate
ትበሉ
you will eat
ልብላለሁ
I will eat
መብላትህ
your eating
መብላታቸው
their eating
ልብላለሽ
you will eat
ትበላለህ
you eat / you will eat
ትበላለሽ
you eat / you will eat
በላችሁ
you (pl.) ate
እበላለህ
I will eat (for you)
እበላለች
I will eat (for her)
እንዲብሉ
so that they eat
ይበላል
he eats
ሲበላ
when he eats
ካልተበላ
if not eaten
እንበላለን
we will eat
መብላት
to eat
ይበላሉ
they will eat / they eat
እንበላለን
we will eat / we eat
በላህ
you (m.) ate
ቢላ
if he says
አትበሉ
don’t eat
እበላለሁ
I will eat
አልመብልም
I will not eat
ልብላለህ
you will eat
በላ
he ate
በላሽ
you ate (f.sg.)
መብላትሽ
your eating
በላሁ (belahu): Amharic Meaning and Pronunciation | Gursha