The verb ኣሎ is to be used when you are describing the
location a person or object. This is different from the last verb you learned (ኢዩ) which is used for
describing a person or object. In English both meanings are conveyed with the single verb: 'to Be,' while in tigrigna there are two seperate verbs for these two seperate meanings. This verb is (like all Tigrigna verbs are) divided by person, number and gender.
| ኣሎ |
| Singular | Plural |
| 3rd | ኣሎ | he is | ኣለዉ | they are |
| ኣላ | she is | ኣለዋ | they are (f) |
| 2nd | ኣሎኻ | you are (m) | ኣሎኹም | you are |
| ኣሎኺ | you are (f) | ኣሎኽን | you are (f) |
| 1st | ኣሎኹ | I am | ኣሎና | we are |
Here are some Tigrigna examples of the verb ኣሎ with their English translations (the verbs are underlined in each one):
| ትግርኛ | Transliteration | Translation |
| a) | "እዚ ቈልዓ ኣብ ቤተ ትምህርቲ ኣሎ" | a) | "this child at school is" | a) | "This child is at school" |
| b) | "እዛ ጓል ንፍዕቲ ኢያ" | b) | "this girl smart is" | b) | "This girl is smart" |
| c) | "እቲ ጎቦ ዓቢ ኢዩ" | c) | "that mountain big is" | c) | "That mountain is big" |
| d) | "እታ መኪና ጽቡቕቲ ኢያ" | d) | "that car nice is" | d) | "That is a nice car" |
| e) | "እዞም ሰብኡት ከይዶም" | e) | "these men have left" | e) | "These men have left" |
| f) | "እዘን ኣንስቲ ሐጸርቲ ኢየን" | f) | "these women short are" | f) | "These are short women" |
| g) | "እቶም ኣሰቡት ኣብ ገዛ ኣለው" | g) | "those men in the house are" | g) | "Those men are in the house" |
| h) | "እተን ኣንስቲ ናብ ምጽዋእ ከይደን" | h) | "those women to Massawa went" | h) | "Those women went to Massawa" |
Source: http://www.memhr.org
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