ኩም (a) -kən ክን example kətabkum ክታብኩም/ክታብክን- your book; (b) with masc. nāykum ናይኩም , with fem. nāykən ናይክን; their - -om -ኦም example kətābom ክታቦም- their book; (b) with masc. nāyom,ናዮም with fem. nāyan ናየን. The verb "to be": ana halleco (o) tu - አና ሀለኮ I am; negative: ihalleco ኢሀለኮ- I'm not; enta halleco (o) tu - እንታ ህሌካ you (sing. masc.) are; neg. ihalleco ኢሀለኮ- you're not; enti hallechi tu - እንቲ ሀሌኪ you (sing. fem.) are; neg. ihalleco ኢሀለኮ; hötu halla tu ህቱ ሀላ- he is; neg. ihalla ኢሀላ; höta hallet tu ህታ ሀሌት - she is; neg. ihallet ኢሀሌት; henna hallena tu ሕና ሀሌና - we are; neg. ihallena ኢሀሌና; entum hallecum tu እንቱም ሀሌኩም- you (pl. masc.) are; neg. ihallecum ኢሀሌኩም; entim hallechen tu እንትን ሀሌክን- you (pl. fem.) are; neg. ihallecum ኢሀሌክን; hötön hallaa tom ህተን ሀሌያ- they (masc.) are; neg. ihallao ኢሀሌያ; hötön halleia ten ህተን ሀሌያ - they (fem.) are; neg. ihallao ኢሀሌያ. The verb "to be", past tense: ...alco ዐልኮ- I was; negative: iálco ኢዐልኮ- I wasn't; ...alca ዐልካ- you (sing. masc.) were; neg. iálca ኢዐልካ; ...alchi ዐልኪ- you (sing. fem.) were; neg. iálca ኢዐልኪ; ...ala ዐላ- he was; neg. iála ኢዐላ; ...alet ዐለት- she was; neg. iállet ኢዐለት; ...alna ዐልና- we were; neg. iálna ኢዐልና; ...alcum ዐልኩም- you (pl. masc.) were; neg. iálcum ኢዐልኩም; ...alchen ዐልክን- you (pl. fem.) were; neg. iálcum ኢዐልክን; ...alou ዐለው- they (masc.) were; neg. iálou ኢዐለው; ...alaia ዐለያ- they (fem.) were; neg. iáleia ኢዐለያ. The verb "to have": Uoro chitab bi-e ዎሮ ኪታብ ብየ - I have a book Uoro chitab bö-ca ዎሮ ክታብ ብካ- You (sing. masc.) have a book, and so on, with the last word in each case: ...be-chi ብኪ - you (sing. fem.), etc. ...bu ቡ - he... ...ba በ - she... ...be-na ብና- we... ...be-cum ብኩም- you (pl. masc.)... ...be-chin ብክን- you (pl.fem.) ... ...bom ቦም- they (masc.)... ...ben በን- they (fem.)... The verb "to have": past tense, using a feminine noun as an example: Hatte bēt álet-ilu ሐተ ቤት ዐልት እሉ - He had a house Hatte bēt álet-ilka ሐተ ቤት ዐልት እልካ- You (sing. masc.) you had a house, and so on, with the last word in each case: ...el-ki እልኪ - you (sing. fem.) had a house, ...álet-ollu ዐለት እሉ- he had, etc. ...el-la ዐለት እላ- she had... ...ilna ዐለት እልና- we had... ...elkum ዐለት እልኩም-