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ሰማሁ/semahu/
I heard
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አልሰማሁም/elsemahum/
I didn’t hear
verbOpen
ሰማሁ
/semahu/
verbI heard
How to say I heard in Amharic

The Amharic word for I heard is ሰማሁ, pronounced semahu.

Ge'ez script
ሰማሁ
Transliteration
semahu
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
I heard
Forms
መስማት
to hear
መስማትም
and also to hear
መስማትህ
your hearing (m.sg.)
መስማትሽ
your hearing (f.sg.)
መስማታቸው
their hearing
መስማታችን
our hearing
መስማታችሁ
your hearing (pl.)
ሰማ
he heard
ሰማች
she heard
ስማ
listen
ሰማሽ
you (f.) heard
እሰማለሁ
I hear / I will hear
ይሰሙ
let them hear
ሊሰሙ
to hear
ይሰሙት
they/he hear it
ሊሰሙት
to hear it
ልሰማው
to hear it
ሰማህ
you (m.) heard
ይሰሙኝ
they/he hear me
ሰሙ
they heard
እሰማለህ
I hear you
ተሰማ
was heard
ትሰማለህ
you will hear
ሰሙት
they heard it
In context
ሙዚቃ ሰማሁ።
I listened to music.
ትምህርቱ ተጀምሯል በሚል ሰማሁ።
I heard saying the lesson has started.
ይሄዳሉ በሚል ሰማሁ።
I heard saying that they will go.
ሰማሁ (semahu): Amharic Meaning and Pronunciation | Gursha