ሆናል
/honal/
How to say "it has become" in Amharic
The Amharic word for "it has become" is ሆናል, pronounced honal.
Dictionary form
ሆናል is a form of መሆን (mehon) — “to be”. Amharic verbs and nouns change shape by person, gender, number, and tense; look up the dictionary form to see the full set.
Word details
- Ge’ez script
- ሆናል
- Transliteration
- honal
- Part of speech
- verb
- English meaning
- it has become
Related forms
ሁን/hun/be! (imperative)ሆን/hon/be! / exist! (let it be)ብሎኛል/blonyal/(he) has told me / he says to me (reported)ነበርኩና/neberkuna/but I wasመሆኑም/mehonum/also the fact that it is/wasነበራቸው/neberachew/they were (for them) / he was for themነበረ/nebere/he was / it wasነበሩ/neberu/they were / he was (polite)ነበረዋል/neberewal/she was / it was (her)ነበራት/neberat/she was / it was (for her)ነበረኝ/nebereny/it was me / it was (to) meነበርና/neberna/because it wasነበሩና/neberuna/because they wereአልሆንም/alhonm/I am not / I did not becomeነበረም/neberem/he was also / he was (indeed)አሉ/alu/they are / there areሆኑ/honu/they becameነበረባቸው/neberebachew/they had it / he had them (polite)ነበሩት/neberut/it was (to him/her) / they were (respected)ነበራቸውም/neberachewm/they also had / they had it tooሆኖታል/honotal/it has become (and is so)ነበረብኝ/neberebny/I had itነዎት/newot/you are (polite)ሆነዋል/honewal/they/it have becomeመሆናችሁ/mehonachhu/your (pl) beingሆነኝ/honeny/it became (for) meነበረባችን/neberebachn/we had itሆነና/honena/it became (for) usነበረባችሁ/neberebachhu/you (pl) had itነበረብሽ/neberebsh/you had it (to a woman)መሆናት/mehonat/to beነበርህ/neberh/you were (m.sg.)ነበርክህ/neberkh/you were (m.sg., alt.)ነበርኩ/neberku/I wasነበርክሽ/neberksh/you were (f.sg., alt.)ነበርን/nebern/we wereነኝም/nenym/I am tooነበርሽ/nebersh/you were (f.sg.)ነበረበት/neberebet/it was there/at himከሆነውም/kehonewm/even from what happenedከሆነው/kehonew/from what happened / from what isሆኖም/honom/even though (it) was / although beingእንሆን/inhon/let’s be / we will beሊሆንም/lihonm/even to be / even to becomeእንደሆነ/indehone/as it was / as it happenedሊሆኑ/lihonu/to be / to become (they)ነበረችው/neberechw/she was (him/it)ነበሩባቸው/neberubachew/they were with themነበርላችን/neberlachn/it was for usነበራቸውልኝ/neberachewlny/they were them for meነበርለማንኛውም/neberlemannyawm/there was none at allነበርው/neberw/it was for himነበርንም/nebernm/yet it existedነበሩለት/neberulet/they were for herነበሩላችሁ/neberulachhu/they were for you (pl)ነበራቸውለት/neberachewlet/they were them for herነበሩላት/neberulat/they were for herነበሩላችን/neberulachn/they were for usነበራትም/neberatm/she had it (too)ነበራቸውላቸው/neberachewlachew/they were them for themነበሩልኝ/neberulny/they were for meነበርዎ/neberwo/it was for you (polite)ነበራቸውላችሁ/neberachewlachhu/they were them for you (pl)ነበርዋለት/neberwalet/she has had it (for her)ትሆኑኝ/thonuny/you (pl) will be for meትሆኑለው/thonulew/you (pl) will be for himትሆኑ/thonu/you (pl) will be / they will beትሆኑን/thonun/you (pl) will be (object marker)ትሆኑለት/thonulet/you (pl) will be for herትሆኑላችሁ/thonulachhu/you (pl) will be for you (pl)ይሆኑናም/yhonunam/and they will be (indeed)ይሆኑለው/yhonulew/they will be for himይሆኑለን/yhonulen/they will be for usይሆኑም/yhonum/they will (indeed) beይሆኑላቸው/yhonulachew/they will be for themይሆኑን/yhonun/they will be (object‑focused)እሆንም/ihonm/I will be (indeed)እሆንብለህ/ihonbleh/I will be for youእሆንብለው/ihonblew/I will be for himእንሆንናም/inhonnam/we will be then (indeed)እሆንልህ/ihonlh/I will be for you (m.sg.)እሆንልሃለሁ/ihonlhalehu/I will be for youእሆንለት/ihonlet/I will be for herእንሆንማ/inhonma/shall we be then?እሆንለው/ihonlew/I will be for himእሆንለን/ihonlen/I will be for usእንሆንም/inhonm/we will be (indeed)እሆንናም/ihonnam/I will be then (indeed)እሆንና/ihonna/I will be thenእሆንላቸው/ihonlachew/I will be for themሆኑና/honuna/and they became / and they didሆንኩ/honku/I became / I wasሆንህ/honh/you became (m.sg.)ሆኖአለን/honoalen/we have been / turned outሆኖነበረ/hononebere/it had been (he)ትሆን/thon/you will be / she will beሆንኩት/honkut/I did it / I made him/it becomeእሆንለዎት/ihonlewot/I will be for you (pl./pol.)ሆኖአልን/honoaln/we have been / turned outሆንሽ/honsh/you became (f.sg.)ሆኖአል/honoal/he has become / it has becomeእሆንለሁ/ihonlehu/I will be forእሆንለች/ihonlech/I will be for herናችን/nachn/we areትሆንለታለች/thonletalech/she will be for herናቸውም/nachewm/they are also / they are tooነውክን/newkn/are we?እንዳለሁ/indalehu/as I saidእንዲህሆኖ/indihhono/thusእንዳሉ/indalu/as they sayነበሮት/neberot/it was for herእንዳይሆን/indayhon/so that it won’t beሆነች/honech/she becameበመሆኑ/bemehonu/thereforeነበርአት/neberat/it was her / she wasከሆነማ/kehonema/if it is thenየሆነ/yehone/which is / that isየሚሆኑ/yemihonu/that will be (pl.)የሚሆን/yemihon/that will be / that can beቢሆናም/bihonam/even if it isከሆነም/kehonem/even if it is / if it is alsoእስከሚሆን/iskemihon/until it becomesይሆኑና/yhonuna/for they will beሚሆን/mihon/that is/which isየሚሆኑት/yemihonut/those that areስለሆነ/slehone/thereforeነበራትን/neberatn/but she had itይሁን/yhun/let it be / may it beስለነበር/sleneber/because it wasእንዳይሆናቸው/indayhonachew/so that they won’t becomeእየሆነ/iyehone/while becomingአሁንምሆኖ/ahunmhono/even now beingመሆናቸውን/mehonachewn/their beingለመሆን/lemehon/to beአይደለምና/aydelemna/because it is notትሆንለት/thonlet/she will be for himይሁንና/yhunna/however / but thenነበርኩህ/neberkuh/I was (to you)ነበርኩን/neberkun/we were / I was (emph.)ስላለ/slale/because there isሳይሆን/sayhon/instead of beingእንደሌለ/indelayle/as if there is notነበርበት/neberbet/it was in/at itይሆን/yhon/it may beመሆናቸው/mehonachew/their beingመሆንና/mehonna/and/because beingእያለሁ/iyalehu/while I amካልሆነ/kalhone/if not / if it is notቢሆንም/bihonm/even ifባይሆን/bayhon/if it were notትሆኑለን/thonulen/you (pl) will be for usነበረን/neberen/we wereነበርች/neberch/she wasቢሆን/bihon/if it isሆኖአለች/honoalech/she has becomeሆኑት/honut/they became him/it / they did itአልነበረችም/alneberechm/she was notነበርላት/neberlat/she had it / it was for herነበርላቸው/neberlachew/she had them / it was for themነበርለት/neberlet/he had her / he had it (f.)ነበርለን/neberlen/we had it / it was for usነበርለው/neberlew/it was for himነበረባት/neberebat/she used to haveነውናቸው/newnachew/it is theyእያለች/iyalech/while she isእያሉ/iyalu/while they areትሆኑልኝ/thonulny/you (pl) will be for meእያለን/iyalen/while we areእያሉት/iyalut/while they/you (pol.) are itእያልተው/iyaltew/while they said/left itእየሆነኩ/iyehoneku/as I am becomingነበራችን/neberachn/we hadናት/nat/she isይሆኑኝ/yhonuny/they will be for meነበር/neber/wasአልሆንም/alhonm/I am not / it is notናቸው/nachew/they areነበሩበት/neberubet/they were in it / thereነው/new/isሆነ/hone/becameመሆን/mehon/to beነበር/neber/he was / it wasነዎትም/newotm/you are (polite) tooእንዴትሆነ/indaythone/how is itእሆንበት/ihonbet/I will be in/at itነበርዎት/neberwot/you were (polite) / he was (polite)ሆነ/hone/became / happenedነበረችን/neberechn/she was (we)እንዳልነበረ/indalnebere/as it wasn’tይሆኑ/yhonu/they will beነበርዋል/neberwal/she has had itነውና/newna/because it isነበሩላቸው/neberulachew/they were for themነውታ/newta/is it she? / is she the one?ነበሩበን/neberuben/they were in/with usነበርነው/nebernew/it was him/itሆኖ/hono/being / having becomeነበራቸሁ/neberachehu/I had them / they hadነበሩትን/neberutn/they were him / it was him (obj)ሆኖች/honoch/they have becomeነበርላችሁ/neberlachhu/it was for you (pl)ሆንኩኝ/honkuny/I became (myself) / I did (it to myself)ነበርም/neberm/it was also / it was (indeed)ነበራችንም/neberachnm/she was also us / she was ours tooትሆኑና/thonuna/you (pl) will be, you knowይሆኑላችሁ/yhonulachhu/they will be for you (pl)እሆንልሽ/ihonlsh/I will be for you (f.sg.)ነውም/newm/it is alsoእሆን/ihon/I will beነበረች/neberech/she wasእንሆንና/inhonna/we will be thenትሆኑላት/thonulat/you (pl) will be for herሆኗል/honwal/has becomeመሆናችን/mehonachn/our beingሆኖነበር/hononeber/it had been (I)ነዉ/newu/isነበሩበው/neberubew/they were in/with him/itነበረው/neberew/he was / it was (him)ነበርክ/neberk/you were (m.)ነበሩለን/neberulen/they were for usብሆን/bhon/if I amይሆኑለት/yhonulet/they will be for herእያለችሁ/iyalechhu/while you (pl.) areነበርለህ/neberleh/it was for you (m)እስከሆነ/iskehone/until (it) becameነበርኩት/neberkut/I was with him/her / I had him/herእሆንብለዋለሁ/ihonblewalehu/I will be for herነበርምም/nebermm/it existed (indeed)እያለ/iyale/while he is / as it isነበርዎም/neberwom/it was for you too (polite)ናችው/nachw/she is (polite)ነውናም/newnam/because it is alsoሆነውና/honewna/they have become (indeed)ሆነሽ/honesh/you became (f.sg.)እንዳለ/indale/as it is saidነበረና/neberena/because he was / because it wasከሆነ/kehone/if it isስለሚሆን/slemihon/becauseእንዳልሆን/indalhon/so that I won’t beየሆንኩ/yehonku/that I wasይሆኑላት/yhonulat/they will be for herሆነህ/honeh/you became (m.sg.)ነበራችሁ/neberachhu/you (pl) hadነበረብዎ/neberebwo/you had it (polite)ይሆኑታል/yhonutal/they will be (to her)እንዲሆኑ/indihonu/so that they becomeመሆንም/mehonm/also to beነበርልኝ/neberlny/I had it / it was for meእያሉኝ/iyaluny/while they/you (pol.) are to meበመሆኑም/bemehonum/thereforeትሆኑላቸው/thonulachew/you (pl) will be for themነበራቸውለን/neberachewlen/they were them for usእንድትሆን/indthon/so that you beነሱ/nesu/they areሊሆንልዎት/lihonlwot/may be for youትሆንላችሁ/thonlachhu/you (pl) will beነበረበትም/neberebetm/it was there/at him tooያልሆነ/yalhone/that is not / that which is notእያለኩ/iyaleku/while I was sayingነበርዋት/neberwat/she had it (emphatic)ሆነውም/honewm/and then they becameነበራችው/neberachw/she was them / it was (f.) themሆነ/hone/becameሳለ/sale/while he wasእሆንልዎት/ihonlwot/I will be for you (polite/plural)ነበራቸውን/neberachewn/they were them (obj)ይሆኑት/yhonut/they will be it / for himእንዲሆንም/indihonm/so that it may beአይሆንም/ayhonm/it will not beነበርዋቸው/neberwachew/she had them / it was hers (pl.)ነበረብህ/neberebh/it was with you (m.sg.)ብትሆን/bthon/if you areነህ/neh/you are (to a man)ነህ/neh/you areነን/nen/we areነኝ/neny/I amነኝ/neny/I amነው/new/it is / isናችሁ/nachhu/you (pl.) areሆኜ/honyay/having becomeሆኖኛል/hononyal/it has become for meእሆንላችሁ/ihonlachhu/I will be for you allናት/nat/she is / it is (feminine form)
Frequently asked questions
What does ሆናል mean in English?
ሆናል (honal) means "it has become" in English.
How do you pronounce ሆናል?
ሆናል is pronounced honal.
What part of speech is ሆናል?
ሆናል is a verb in Amharic.
What is the dictionary form of ሆናል?
ሆናል is a form of መሆን (mehon), meaning "to be".
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