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ሁ
ሁን/hun/
be! (imperative)
verbOpen
ሁኔታ/huneta/
situation
nounOpen
ሁኔታዎች/hunetawoch/
situations
nounOpen
ሁኔታችን/hunetachn/
our situation
nounOpen
ሁኔታዋን/hunetawan/
her situation
nounOpen
ሁኔታዋ/hunetawa/
her situation
nounOpen
ሁኔታቸው/hunetachaew/
their situation
nounOpen
ሁኔታውን/hunetawn/
the situation (obj.)
nounOpen
ሁኔታዎችን/hunetawochn/
the situations
nounOpen
ሁኔታው/hunetaw/
the situation
nounOpen
መ
መቶ/maeto/
hundred
nounOpen
መȝረም/maeȝraem/
to be hungry (guess)
verbOpen
መሄዳችሁናም/maehedachhunam/
and also your going (pl.)
verbOpen
መሄዳችሁን/maehedachhun/
your going (pl.)
verbOpen
ደ
ደህና ሁኚ/daehna hunyi/
goodbye / be well (to a female)
ደህና ሁን/daehna hun/
goodbye / be well (to a male)
አ
አሁንም/aehunm/
even now
adverbOpen
አሁንና/aehunna/
now then / now so
adverbOpen
አሁንታው/aehuntaw/
this very time now
adverbOpen
እ
እስካሁንም/'skahunm/
until now still
adverbOpen
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
ሆን
be! / exist! (let it be)
ናት
she is / it is (fem.)
ብሎኛል
(he) has told me / he says to me (reported)
ነህ
you are (masculine singular)
ነኝ
I am
ነበርኩና
but I was
ይሆናልህ
you (m.sg) will be
መሆኑም
also the fact that it is/was
ነበራቸው
they were (for them) / he was for them
ነበረ
he was / it was
ነበሩ
they were / he was (polite)
ነበረዋል
she was / it was (her)
ነበራት
she was / it was (for her)
ነበረኝ
it was me / it was (to) me
ነበርና
because it was
ነበሩና
because they were
ነን
we are
አልሆንም
I am not / I did not become
ነበረም
he was also / he was (indeed)
አሉ
they are / there are
ሆኑ
they became
ነበረባቸው
they had it / he had them (polite)
ነበሩት
it was (to him/her) / they were (respected)
ነበራቸውም
they also had / they had it too
ሆኖታል
it has become (and is so)
ነበረብኝ
I had it
ነዎት
you are (polite)
ሆነዋል
they/it have become
መሆናችሁ
your (pl) being
ነበረብሽ
you (fem) had it
ሆነኝ
it became (for) me
ነበረባችን
we had it
ሆነና
it became (for) us
ነበረባችሁ
you (pl) had it
መሆናት
to be
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
ሆኖም
even though (it) was / although being
እንሆን
let’s be / we will be
ትሆናለህ
you (m.sg.) will be
ሊሆንም
even to be / even to become
ትሆናለች
she will be
ይሆናሉ
they will be
እሆናለሁ
I will be
እንደሆነ
as it was / as it happened
ትሆናለሽ
you (f.sg.) will be
ሊሆኑ
to be / to become (they)
ነበረችው
she was (him/it)
ነበሩባቸው
they were with them
ነበርላችን
it was for us
ነበራቸውልኝ
they were them for me
ነበርለማንኛውም
there was none at all
ነበርው
it was for him
ነበርንም
yet it existed
ነበሩለት
they were for her
ነበሩላችሁ
they were for you (pl)
ነበራቸውለት
they were them for her
ነበሩላት
they were for her
ነበሩላችን
they were for us
ነበራትም
she had it (too)
ነበራቸውላቸው
they were them for them
ነበሩልኝ
they were for me
ነበርዎ
it was for you (polite)
ነበራቸውላችሁ
they were them for you (pl)
ትሆናለዎት
she will be for you (formal)
እሆናል
I will be
ትሆናላችሁ
she will be for you (plural)
ትሆናለችም
she will not be
እሆናለን
we will be
እሆናለች
she will be
ትሆናለው
she will be for him
እሆናለው
he will be
ነበርዋለት
she has had it (for her)
እሆናለት
she will be (for her)
እንሆናለዎት
we will be (for you, formal)
ትሆናለት
she will be for her
ይሆናሉና
they will be, indeed
እሆናለህ
you will be
ትሆኑኝ
you (pl) will be for me
ትሆናለኝ
she will be for me
ይሆናሉት
they will be it
ትሆኑለው
you (pl) will be for him
ትሆኑ
you (pl) will be / they will be
ትሆኑን
you (pl) will be (object marker)
ይሆናልና
for it will be
ትሆናሉ
you (pl/formal) will be
ትሆኑለት
you (pl) will be for her
ትሆኑላችሁ
you (pl) will be for you (pl)
ትሆናለን
she will be for us
ትሆናልህ
you (m) will be
ይሆናሉም
they will be (indeed)
ይሆናሉናም
and they will be (indeed)
ይሆናልም
it will (indeed) be
ይሆኑናም
and they will be (indeed)
ይሆኑለው
they will be for him
ይሆኑለን
they will be for us
ይሆናለት
she will be / for her
ይሆኑም
they will (indeed) be
ይሆናለን
we will be
ይሆኑላቸው
they will be for them
ይሆናልዎት
you will be (polite)
ይሆናልኝ
it will be for me
ይሆኑን
they will be (object‑focused)
ይሆናለው
he will be / it will be
ይሆናላችሁ
you (pl) will be
እሆንም
I will be (indeed)
እሆንብለህ
I will be for you
እሆንብለው
I will be for him
እንሆንናም
we will be then (indeed)
እሆንልህ
I will be for you (m.sg.)
እሆንልሃለሁ
I will be for you
እሆንለት
I will be for her
እንሆንማ
shall we be then?
እሆንለው
I will be for him
እሆንለን
I will be for us
እንሆንም
we will be (indeed)
እሆንናም
I will be then (indeed)
እሆንና
I will be then
እሆንላቸው
I will be for them
ሆናሉ
they will be / they become
ሆኑና
and they became / and they did
ሆናለች
she will be / she becomes
ሆናለት
he will be / he becomes
ሆናለን
we will be / we become
ሆንኩ
I became / I was
ሆንህ
you became (m.sg.)
ሆኖአለን
we have been / turned out
ሆኖነበረ
it had been (he)
ትሆን
you will be / she will be
ሆንኩት
I did it / I made him/it become
እሆንለዎት
I will be for you (pl./pol.)
ሆኖአልን
we have been / turned out
ሆንሽ
you became (f.sg.)
ሆኖአል
he has become / it has become
እሆንለሁ
I will be for
እሆንለች
I will be for her
ናችን
we are
ትሆንለታለች
she will be for her
ናቸውም
they are also / they are too
ነውክን
are we?
ናችሁ
you (pl.) are
እንዳለሁ
as I said
እንዲህሆኖ
thus
እንዳሉ
as they say
ትሆናለችሁ
you (pl.) will be
ነበሮት
it was for her
እንዳይሆን
so that it won’t be
ስንትሆናለች
how old will she be
እንሆናለንም
we will be (indeed)
ሆነች
she became
በመሆኑ
therefore
ነበርአት
it was her / she was
ከሆነማ
if it is then
የሆነ
which is / that is
የሚሆኑ
that will be (pl.)
የሚሆን
that will be / that can be
ቢሆናም
even if it is
ከሆነም
even if it is / if it is also
ሊሆናል
it may be
እስከሚሆን
until it becomes
ይሆኑና
for they will be
ሚሆን
that is/which is
የሚሆኑት
those that are
እሆናላቸው
they will be
ስለሆነ
therefore
ነበራትን
but she had it
ስለነበር
because it was
እንዳይሆናቸው
so that they won’t become
እየሆነ
while becoming
መሆናቸውን
their being
ለመሆን
to be
አይደለምና
because it is not
ትሆንለት
she will be for him
ነኝ
I am
ነበርኩህ
I was (to you)
ነበርኩን
we were / I was (emph.)
ስላለ
because there is
ሳይሆን
instead of being
ሆናል
it has become
እንደሌለ
as if there is not
ነበርበት
it was in/at it
ይሆን
it may be
ነው
it is / is
መሆናቸው
their being
መሆንና
and/because being
እያለሁ
while I am
ካልሆነ
if not / if it is not
ቢሆንም
even if
ባይሆን
if it were not
እሆናለዎት
I will be for you (polite)
ትሆኑለን
you (pl) will be for us
ነበረን
we were
ነበርች
she was
ቢሆን
if it is
ሆኖአለች
she has become
ሆኑት
they became him/it / they did it
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
ነበርለው
it was for him
ነበረባት
she used to have
ነውናቸው
it is they
እያለች
while she is
እያሉ
while they are
ትሆኑልኝ
you (pl) will be for me
እያለን
while we are
እያሉት
while they/you (pol.) are it
እያልተው
while they said/left it
እየሆነኩ
as I am becoming
ነበራችን
we had
ናት
she is
ይሆኑኝ
they will be for me
ነበር
was
አልሆንም
I am not / it is not
ናቸው
they are
ነበሩበት
they were in it / there
ሆነ
became
ነው
is
መሆን
to be
ነበር
he was / it was
ነዎትም
you are (polite) too
እንዴትሆነ
how is it
እሆንበት
I will be in/at it
ነበርዎት
you were (polite) / he was (polite)
ይሆናላቸው
they will be (polite/for them)
ሆነ
became / happened
ነበረችን
she was (we)
እንዳልነበረ
as it wasn’t
ይሆኑ
they will be
ትሆናላቸው
she will be for them
ነበርዋል
she has had it
ነውና
because it is
ሆናለሁ
I will be / I become
ነበሩላቸው
they were for them
ነህ
you are
እሆናላችሁ
you will be (pl.)
ነውታ
is it she? / is she the one?
ነበሩበን
they were in/with us
ነበርነው
it was him/it
ሆኖ
being / having become
ነበራቸሁ
I had them / they had
ነበሩትን
they were him / it was him (obj)
ይሆናል
it will be
ሆኖች
they have become
እሆናለሁም
I will be (indeed)
ነበርላችሁ
it was for you (pl)
ሆንኩኝ
I became (myself) / I did (it to myself)
ነበርም
it was also / it was (indeed)
ነበራችንም
she was also us / she was ours too
ትሆኑና
you (pl) will be, you know
ይሆኑላችሁ
they will be for you (pl)
እንሆናላችሁ
we will be (for you pl.)
እሆንልሽ
I will be for you (f.sg.)
ይሆናለች
she will be
ነውም
it is also
እሆን
I will be
ነበረች
she was
እንሆንና
we will be then
ናቸው
they are
ትሆኑላት
you (pl) will be for her
ሆኗል
has become
መሆናችን
our being
ሆኖነበር
it had been (I)
ነዉ
is
ይሆናሉልህ
they will become for you
ነበሩበው
they were in/with him/it
ነበረው
he was / it was (him)
ነበርክ
you were (m.)
እንሆናለው
we will be (for him)
ነበሩለን
they were for us
ብሆን
if I am
ይሆኑለት
they will be for her
እያለችሁ
while you (pl.) are
ነበርለህ
it was for you (m)
እስከሆነ
until (it) became
ነበርኩት
I was with him/her / I had him/her
እሆንብለዋለሁ
I will be for her
ነበርምም
it existed (indeed)
እያለ
while he is / as it is
ነበርዎም
it was for you too (polite)
ናችው
she is (polite)
ነውናም
because it is also
ሆነውና
they have become (indeed)
ሆነሽ
you became (f.sg.)
እንሆናለት
we will be for her
እንዳለ
as it is said
ነበረና
because he was / because it was
ከሆነ
if it is
ስለሚሆን
because
እንዳልሆን
so that I won’t be
የሆንኩ
that I was
ትሆናልኝ
you (m/f) will be for me
ይሆኑላት
they will be for her
ሆነህ
you became (m.sg.)
ነበራችሁ
you (pl) had
ትሆናል
she will be / it will be
ነበረብዎ
you had it (polite)
ይሆኑታል
they will be (to her)
እንዲሆኑ
so that they become
መሆንም
also to be
እንሆናላቸው
we will be for them
ነበርልኝ
I had it / it was for me
እያሉኝ
while they/you (pol.) are to me
በመሆኑም
therefore
ትሆኑላቸው
you (pl) will be for them
ነበራቸውለን
they were them for us
ይሆናልናም
and it will be (indeed)
እንድትሆን
so that you be
ነሱ
they are
ሊሆንልዎት
may be for you
ትሆንላችሁ
you (pl) will be
ነበረበትም
it was there/at him too
እንዴትሆናለታል
how will it be
ያልሆነ
that is not / that which is not
እያለኩ
while I was saying
ነበርዋት
she had it (emphatic)
ሆነውም
and then they became
ነበራችው
she was them / it was (f.) them
ሆነ
became
እሆናሉ
they will be
ሳለ
while he was
እሆንልዎት
I will be for you (polite/plural)
ነበራቸውን
they were them (obj)
ይሆኑት
they will be it / for him
ይሆናሉኝ
they will be for me
እሆንላችሁ
I will be for you (plural)
እንዲሆንም
so that it may be
አይሆንም
it will not be
ነበርዋቸው
she had them / it was hers (pl.)
ነበረብህ
it was with you (m.sg.)
እንሆናለን
we will be
In context
ደህና ሁን፣ ነገ እንገናኛለን።
Goodbye, we will meet tomorrow.
ደህና ሁን እንደገና እንገናኝ
Goodbye, see you again
ደህና ሁን
Goodbye.
እባክህ ታማኝ ሁን ሁሌ።
Please always be honest.
እባክሽ ጸጥ ሁን ቀስ ቀስ።
Please be quiet, slowly.
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