-ዚች
Amharic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]-ዚች • (-zzičč)
- Enclitic form of ይህች (yəhəčč)
Pronoun
[edit]-ዚች • (-zzičč)
- Enclitic form of ይህች (yəhəčč)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used when following a preposition. Otherwise, the simple demonstrative ይህች (yəhəčč) is used.
See also
[edit]Amharic demonstratives
| masculine | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| proximal | simple | ይህ (yəh) | ይህች (yəhəčč) | እነዚህ (ʾənnäzzih) |
| emphatic | ይህኛው (yəhəññaw) | ይችኛዋ (yəččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚህ (-zzih) | -ዚች (-zičč) | — | |
| distal | simple | ያ (ya) | ያች (yačč) | እነዚያ (ʾənnäzziya) |
| emphatic | ያኛው (yaññaw) | ያችኛዋ (yaččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚያ (-zziya) | -ዚያች (-zziyačč) | — | |
| *) See the respective entries for alternative forms | ||||
References
[edit]- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 21