ምዕራፍ ትሽዓተ ( me’raf she’dushte) Lesson 9 መስተዋድድ . ንኡስ-ምዕራፍሓደ (ne’us me’raf Hadde)

Objective

UNIT 1: Prepositions used as Prefix/ብቅድሚት ዝመጹ መስተዋድድ

Introduction

Prepositions in Tigrigna are of two kinds of Prepositions

We will deal first with prepositions used as prefix. These are again of two types.

One-syllable only. They are small in number. These are always written joined on the front of the word they go with.
Example/ምሳሌ

Lesson Vocabulary

Prepositions used as Prefix/ብቅድሚት ዝመጹ መስተዋድድ

More than one syllable: Other prepositions contain more than one syllable and they may be written either joined on to or separate from the following word. Here are some more useful two-syllables prepositions:

-	English
ኣብ	In,at (place or time)
	To, towards ( direction)
ካብ	From ( direction)
ስጋብ	As far as, up to. Until (place or time)
	Like,as (comparison)
ምስ	With ( accompaniment)
	To (place)

Example 1./ ምሳሌ

ንኡስ-ምዕራፍክልተ (ne’us me’raf kelete) | Postpositions

Often you find then combined with prepositions, as in the phases. Postpositions combine most frequently with the following prepositions.

Example /ምሳሌ