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Sources for Amharic

The grammatical descriptions on this page are informed by the following published reference and descriptive grammars. Grammatical facts themselves are not subject to copyright; the scholars who documented them deserve attribution.

  1. Leslau, Wolf (1995). Reference Grammar of Amharic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-03372-X. xlv + 1044 pp. — Verb paradigms (compound imperfect §56, perfect §54), copula (§51), negation (§55.2), gerund (§59), relative clauses (§33), causative as- (§74), passive/reflexive tä- (§68), definite article (§38), direct object -n (§41), gender (§39).
  2. Leslau, Wolf (2000). Introductory Grammar of Amharic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-04271-0. xix + 232 pp. — Compound imperfect paradigm (§69), copula (§47), article (§37), gender (§38).
  3. Teferra, Anbessa & Grover Hudson (2007). Essentials of Amharic. Cologne: Köppe. ISBN 978-3-89645-573-4. — Past paradigm (Table 3.8), nonpast/compound imperfect (Table 3.10), negative forms (Table 3.9), converb (Table 3.13), causative (§3.7.8.1), passive/reflexive (§3.7.8.2), reciprocal (§3.7.8.3).

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