ማለት

to say

አሏቸው

he told them

ማለትህ

you mean (m.sg.)

ማለትሽ

you mean (f.sg.)

ማለታቸው

they mean

ማለታችን

we mean

አልኩ

I said

እያልክህ

while I said to you (m.)

እያልክሽ

while I said to you (f.)

እያልን

while we said

እያልክሁ

while I told you (pl.)

አለች

she said

የሚል

that says

ብለህ

(you) saying / having said

አለች

she said;

እያልኩ

while I said

እያልክ

while you (sg.) said

አይበልሽ

may you not say

ማለትና

that is to say

ያልኩት

what I said

እያልኩት

while I said it

ይላሉ

they say

ማለታችሁ

you mean (pl.)

አቶ ግርማ ዋቄ ካርጎ ክፍል ዳይሬክተር ሳሉ አንድ ነፍሰ ቀጭን፣ ጎረምሳ ከወዲያ ወዲህ 'ቱር ቱር' ሲል ይመለከታሉ

When Ato Girma Wake was the director of the cargo division, a certain thin, mustached man was closely watching everything from then on, scrutinizing it in detail.

ቀደም ሲል ያ ቡድን ጥሩ ነበር።

That team used to be good.