Subject–verb agreement

የባለቤትና የግሥ ስምምነት (subject–verb agreement)

ግሡ ከባለቤቱ ጋር መስማማት አለበት፦ she works, they work፤ there is one, there are two፤ everyone is። አብዛኞቹ ስሕተቶች ከ he/she/it -s እና ከአስቸጋሪ ባለቤቶች ይመጣሉ።

he, she, it + -s

አማርኛ በእያንዳንዱ ግሥ ላይ ሰውን ያሳያል (እሠራለሁ፣ ይሠራል፣ ትሠራለች፣ ይሠራሉ)፤ ስለዚህ ሐሳቡ አዲስ አይደለም። እንግሊዝኛ ግን በአንድ ቦታ ብቻ ያሳያል፦ በአሁን ቀላል ከ he, she, it ወይም ከአንድ ሰው ወይም ነገር ጋር። -s (ወይም -es) ይጨምሩ፣ does, doesn't, has እና is ይጠቀሙ።

I / you / we / they	he / she / it	Spelling rule
work	works	most verbs: + s
watch, fix, go, do	watches, fixes, goes, does	-ch, -sh, -s, -x, -o: + es
study, carry	studies, carries	consonant + y: y → ies
play, pay	plays, pays	vowel + y: + s
have	has	irregular
am (I) / are	is	be
don't	doesn't	negative

አንድ -s ብቻ፦ ከ doesn't ወይም does ጋር ዋናው ግሥ -s የለውም፦ She doesn't work። Does he know?
ስም ወይም ነጠላ ስም he/she/it ነው፦ My mother works። The bus leaves at six።
ሞዳሎች በፍጹም -s አይወስዱም፦ She can, he must።

My husband works at the airport.
She studies English at night.
The clinic opens at eight.
He doesn't have a car.
Does your daughter like her school?

There is እና there are

በ there is / there are ግሡ ከኋላው ከሚመጣው ስም ጋር ይስማማል። ነጠላና የማይቆጠሩ ስሞች there is ይወስዳሉ፤ ብዙ ቁጥር ስሞች there are ይወስዳሉ። በዝርዝር ውስጥ የሚወስነው የመጀመሪያው ስም ነው።

	Singular / uncountable	Plural
+	There is (There's) a pool.	There are two bedrooms.
−	There isn't any parking.	There aren't any buses after midnight.
?	Is there a laundry room?	Are there any jobs?
past	There was a problem.	There were ten people.
list	There is a sofa and two chairs.	There are two chairs and a sofa.

የማይቆጠሩ ስሞች ነጠላ ናቸው፦ There is some water። There's a lot of traffic።
በንግግር there's ብዙ ጊዜ ከብዙ ቁጥር ጋር ይሰማል፤ በጽሑፍ ግን there are ይጠቀሙ።

There are three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
There is a bus stop in front of the building.
Is there a pharmacy near here?
There were a lot of people at the festival.

አስቸጋሪ ባለቤቶች

አንዳንድ ባለቤቶች ብዙ ቁጥር ይመስላሉ፣ ግን ነጠላ ግሥ ይወስዳሉ፤ በተቃራኒውም። everyone, nobody, each እና every ነጠላ ናቸው። people እና police ብዙ ቁጥር ናቸው። በአሜሪካ እንግሊዝኛ እንደ family, team እና staff ያሉ የቡድን ስሞች ብዙ ጊዜ ነጠላ ግሥ ይወስዳሉ። በ either…or እና neither…nor ግሡ ከቅርቡ ስም ጋር ይስማማል። በባለቤቱና በግሡ መካከል ያሉ ቃላት አይለውጡትም፦ The price of the apartments is high።

Subject	Verb	Example
everyone, everybody, someone, nobody, nothing	singular	Everyone is here. Nobody knows.
each, every + noun	singular	Each room has a window. Every child needs a coat.
one of + plural noun	singular	One of my friends lives in Denver.
either / neither of + plural noun	singular (formal)	Neither of the elevators is working.
either…or / neither…nor	agrees with the nearer noun	Either my brother or my parents are coming.
family, team, staff, company (US)	usually singular	My family is in Addis. The team is winning.
people, police, children	plural	The people are friendly. The police are here.
news, money, information	singular	The news is good. The money is in the bank.
amounts of money, time, distance	singular	Ten dollars is enough. Two hours is too long.

እውነተኛውን ባለቤት ይፈልጉ፦ The list of names is (are አይደለም) on the wall።
በ and የተያያዙ ሁለት ባለቤቶች ብዙ ቁጥር ናቸው፦ My wife and I are from Bahir Dar።

Everybody needs a photo ID.
Each apartment has its own parking space.
The police are looking for the driver.
Neither the manager nor the workers know the new schedule.
Twenty dollars is too much for a haircut.

የተለመዱ ስህተቶች

ስህተት	ትክክል	ለምን
~~She work at the airport.~~	She works at the airport.	he/she/it + -s in the present simple.
~~He don't like coffee.~~	He doesn't like coffee.	he/she/it take doesn't.
~~There is three bedrooms.~~	There are three bedrooms.	A plural noun after there: there are.
~~Everyone are here.~~	Everyone is here.	everyone is singular.
~~The people is friendly.~~	The people are friendly.	people is plural.
~~One of my friends live in Denver.~~	One of my friends lives in Denver.	The subject is one, so the verb is singular.

ልምምድ

እያንዳንዱ መልስ ወዲያው ከምክንያቱ ጋር ይታረማል። እዚህ ምንም አይቀመጥም።

My sister ___ at a hospital.
He ___ like spicy food. (negative, short form)
There ___ two parks near my house.
There ___ a pharmacy on the corner. (one word)
Everybody ___ the answer.
The news ___ good today.
Each student ___ a laptop. (has / have)
Either my brother or my parents ___ going to pick you up.
One of my coworkers ___ from Eritrea.
The price of the apartments ___ too high. (is / are)
The police ___ outside the building.