ነበራቸውን
/neberachewn/
How to say "they were them (obj)" in Amharic
The Amharic word for "they were them (obj)" is ነበራቸውን, pronounced neberachewn.
Dictionary form
ነበራቸውን 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.
Also spelled
neberachewn, neberacewn, neberacheun
Word details
- Ge’ez script
- ነበራቸውን
- Transliteration
- neberachewn
- Part of speech
- verb
- English meaning
- they were them (obj)
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 wasይሆናልህ/yhonalh/you (m.sg) will beነበርና/neberna/because it wasነበረ/nebere/he was / it wasነበሩ/neberu/they were / he was (polite)ነበረም/neberem/he was also / he was (indeed)ነበሩና/neberuna/because they wereነበራቸው/neberachew/they were (for them) / he was for themነበራት/neberat/she was / it was (for her)ነበረዋል/neberewal/she was / it was (her)ነበረኝ/nebereny/it was me / it was (to) meአሉ/alu/they are / there areአልሆንም/alhonm/I am not / I did not becomeመሆኑም/mehonum/also the fact that it is/wasነዎት/newot/you are (polite)ነበሩት/neberut/it was (to him/her) / they were (respected)ነበራቸውም/neberachewm/they also had / they had it tooነበረብኝ/neberebny/I had itነበረባቸው/neberebachew/they had it / he had them (polite)ነበረባችሁ/neberebachhu/you (pl) had itነበረባችን/neberebachn/we had itሆኑ/honu/they becameሆነኝ/honeny/it became (for) meሆነና/honena/it became (for) usሆነዋል/honewal/they/it have becomeሆኖታል/honotal/it has become (and is so)መሆናችሁ/mehonachhu/your (pl) beingነበረብሽ/neberebsh/you had it (to a woman)መሆናት/mehonat/to beነኝም/nenym/I am tooነበርህ/neberh/you were (m.sg.)ነበርሽ/nebersh/you were (f.sg.)ነበርኩ/neberku/I wasነበርን/nebern/we wereነበርክህ/neberkh/you were (m.sg., alt.)ነበርክሽ/neberksh/you were (f.sg., alt.)ነበረበት/neberebet/it was there/at himከሆነው/kehonew/from what happened / from what isከሆነውም/kehonewm/even from what happenedሆኖም/honom/even though (it) was / although beingእንሆን/inhon/let’s be / we will beእንደሆነ/indehone/as it was / as it happenedትሆናለች/thonalech/she will beትሆናለህ/thonaleh/you (m.sg.) will beትሆናለሽ/thonalesh/you (f.sg.) will beይሆናሉ/yhonalu/they will beሊሆኑ/lihonu/to be / to become (they)ሊሆንም/lihonm/even to be / even to becomeእሆናለሁ/ihonalehu/I will beነበረችው/neberechw/she was (him/it)ነበርላችን/neberlachn/it was for usነበሩባቸው/neberubachew/they were with themነበሩለት/neberulet/they were for herነበሩላት/neberulat/they were for herነበሩልኝ/neberulny/they were for meነበሩላችሁ/neberulachhu/they were for you (pl)ነበሩላችን/neberulachn/they were for usነበራቸውላችሁ/neberachewlachhu/they were them for you (pl)ነበራቸውልኝ/neberachewlny/they were them for meነበራቸውለት/neberachewlet/they were them for herነበራቸውላቸው/neberachewlachew/they were them for themነበራትም/neberatm/she had it (too)ነበርለማንኛውም/neberlemannyawm/there was none at allነበርንም/nebernm/yet it existedነበርው/neberw/it was for himነበርዎ/neberwo/it was for you (polite)ነበርዋለት/neberwalet/she has had it (for her)እሆናለህ/ihonaleh/you will beእሆናለች/ihonalech/she will beእሆናለን/ihonalen/we will beእሆናል/ihonal/I will beእሆናለው/ihonalew/he will beእሆናለት/ihonalet/she will be (for her)ትሆናላችሁ/thonalachhu/she will be for you allይሆናሉና/yhonaluna/they will be, indeedእንሆናለዎት/inhonalewot/we will be (for you, formal)ትሆናለችም/thonalechm/she will not beትሆናለው/thonalew/she will be for himትሆናለት/thonalet/she will be for herትሆናለዎት/thonalewot/she will be for you (formal)ትሆናለኝ/thonaleny/she will be for meትሆናለን/thonalen/she will be for usትሆናልህ/thonalh/you (m) will beትሆናሉ/thonalu/you (pl/formal) will beትሆኑ/thonu/you (pl) will be / they will beትሆኑላችሁ/thonulachhu/you (pl) will be for you (pl)ትሆኑኝ/thonuny/you (pl) will be for meትሆኑን/thonun/you (pl) will be (object marker)ትሆኑለት/thonulet/you (pl) will be for herትሆኑለው/thonulew/you (pl) will be for himይሆናሉም/yhonalum/they will be (indeed)ይሆናሉት/yhonalut/they will be itይሆናሉናም/yhonalunam/and they will be (indeed)ይሆናልና/yhonalna/for it will beይሆናልም/yhonalm/it will (indeed) beይሆናልኝ/yhonalny/it will be for meይሆናለው/yhonalew/he will be / it will beይሆናለት/yhonalet/she will be / for herይሆናለን/yhonalen/we will beይሆናላችሁ/yhonalachhu/you (pl) will beይሆናልዎት/yhonalwot/you will be (polite)ይሆኑናም/yhonunam/and they will be (indeed)ይሆኑም/yhonum/they will (indeed) beይሆኑን/yhonun/they will be (object‑focused)ይሆኑላቸው/yhonulachew/they will be for themይሆኑለን/yhonulen/they will be for usይሆኑለው/yhonulew/they will be for himእንሆንማ/inhonma/shall we be then?እንሆንም/inhonm/we will be (indeed)እንሆንናም/inhonnam/we will be then (indeed)እሆንም/ihonm/I will be (indeed)እሆንና/ihonna/I will be thenእሆንናም/ihonnam/I will be then (indeed)እሆንብለህ/ihonbleh/I will be for youእሆንብለው/ihonblew/I will be for himእሆንልሃለሁ/ihonlhalehu/I will be for youእሆንለት/ihonlet/I will be for herእሆንላቸው/ihonlachew/I will be for themእሆንለን/ihonlen/I will be for usእሆንለው/ihonlew/I will be for himእሆንልህ/ihonlh/I will be for you (m.sg.)ሆናለች/honalech/she will be / she becomesሆናለን/honalen/we will be / we becomeሆናለት/honalet/he will be / he becomesሆናሉ/honalu/they will be / they becomeሆኑና/honuna/and they became / and they didሆንኩ/honku/I became / I wasሆንህ/honh/you became (m.sg.)ሆንሽ/honsh/you became (f.sg.)ሆንኩት/honkut/I did it / I made him/it becomeሆኖአል/honoal/he has become / it has becomeሆኖአለን/honoalen/we have been / turned outሆኖአልን/honoaln/we have been / turned outሆኖነበረ/hononebere/it had been (he)እሆንለሁ/ihonlehu/I will be forእሆንለዎት/ihonlewot/I will be for you (pl./pol.)እሆንለች/ihonlech/I will be for herትሆን/thon/you will be / she will beትሆንለታለች/thonletalech/she will be for herናቸውም/nachewm/they are also / they are tooናችን/nachn/we areነውክን/newkn/are we?እንዳለሁ/indalehu/as I saidእንዲህሆኖ/indihhono/thusእንዳሉ/indalu/as they sayትሆናለችሁ/thonalechhu/you (pl.) will beነበሮት/neberot/it was for herእንዳይሆን/indayhon/so that it won’t beስንትሆናለች/snthonalech/how old will she beእንሆናለንም/inhonalenm/we will be (indeed)በመሆኑ/bemehonu/thereforeሆነች/honech/she becameነበርአት/neberat/it was her / she wasየሆነ/yehone/which is / that isየሚሆን/yemihon/that will be / that can beየሚሆኑ/yemihonu/that will be (pl.)ቢሆናም/bihonam/even if it isከሆነማ/kehonema/if it is thenከሆነም/kehonem/even if it is / if it is alsoሊሆናል/lihonal/it may beእስከሚሆን/iskemihon/until it becomesይሆኑና/yhonuna/for they will beሚሆን/mihon/that is/which isየሚሆኑት/yemihonut/those that areስለሆነ/slehone/thereforeእሆናላቸው/ihonalachew/they will beነበራትን/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 beingሆናል/honal/it has becomeእንደሌለ/indelayle/as if there is notነበርበት/neberbet/it was in/at itይሆን/yhon/it may beመሆንና/mehonna/and/because beingመሆናቸው/mehonachew/their beingእያለሁ/iyalehu/while I amካልሆነ/kalhone/if not / if it is notቢሆንም/bihonm/even ifባይሆን/bayhon/if it were notእሆናለዎት/ihonalewot/I will be for you (polite)ትሆኑለን/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 notነበርላቸው/neberlachew/she had them / it was for themነበርላት/neberlat/she had it / it was for herነበርለት/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 theyእያሉ/iyalu/while they areእያለች/iyalech/while she isእያለን/iyalen/while we areእያሉት/iyalut/while they/you (pol.) are itትሆኑልኝ/thonulny/you (pl) will be for meእያልተው/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)ይሆናላቸው/yhonalachew/they will be (polite/for them)ሆነ/hone/became / happenedነበረችን/neberechn/she was (we)እንዳልነበረ/indalnebere/as it wasn’tይሆኑ/yhonu/they will beትሆናላቸው/thonalachew/she will be for themነበርዋል/neberwal/she has had itነውና/newna/because it isሆናለሁ/honalehu/I will be / I becomeነበሩላቸው/neberulachew/they were for themእሆናላችሁ/ihonalachhu/you will be (pl.)ነውታ/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)ይሆናል/yhonal/it will beሆኖች/honoch/they have becomeእሆናለሁም/ihonalehum/I will be (indeed)ነበርላችሁ/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)እንሆናላችሁ/inhonalachhu/we will be (for you pl.)እሆንልሽ/ihonlsh/I will be for you (f.sg.)ይሆናለች/yhonalech/she will beነውም/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/isይሆናሉልህ/yhonalulh/they will become for youነበሩበው/neberubew/they were in/with him/itነበረው/neberew/he was / it was (him)ነበርክ/neberk/you were (m.)እንሆናለው/inhonalew/we will be (for him)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.)እንሆናለት/inhonalet/we will be for herእንዳለ/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 wasትሆናልኝ/thonalny/you (m/f) will be for meይሆኑላት/yhonulat/they will be for herሆነህ/honeh/you became (m.sg.)ነበራችሁ/neberachhu/you (pl) hadትሆናል/thonal/she will be / it will beነበረብዎ/neberebwo/you had it (polite)ይሆኑታል/yhonutal/they will be (to her)እንዲሆኑ/indihonu/so that they becomeመሆንም/mehonm/also to beእንሆናላቸው/inhonalachew/we will be for themነበርልኝ/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 usይሆናልናም/yhonalnam/and it will be (indeed)እንድትሆን/indthon/so that you beነሱ/nesu/they areሊሆንልዎት/lihonlwot/may be for youትሆንላችሁ/thonlachhu/you (pl) will beነበረበትም/neberebetm/it was there/at him tooእንዴትሆናለታል/indaythonaletal/how will it beያልሆነ/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/becameእሆናሉ/ihonalu/they will beሳለ/sale/while he wasእሆንልዎት/ihonlwot/I will be for you (polite/plural)ይሆኑት/yhonut/they will be it / for himይሆናሉኝ/yhonaluny/they will be for meእንዲሆንም/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.)እንሆናለን/inhonalen/we will beብትሆን/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 ነበራቸውን mean in English?
ነበራቸውን (neberachewn) means "they were them (obj)" in English.
How do you pronounce ነበራቸውን?
ነበራቸውን is pronounced neberachewn.
What part of speech is ነበራቸውን?
ነበራቸውን is a verb in Amharic.
What is the dictionary form of ነበራቸውን?
ነበራቸውን is a form of መሆን (mehon), meaning "to be".
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