Introduction to Subjects
Amharic, just like French and Spanish, has masculine, feminine, informal (familiar), and formal forms of subjects and verbs. For example, if you are talking to your younger sister, you refer to her as (informal version of the subject "you"), or if you are talking about her as a third person you use (informal version of the subject "she"). You use the same subjects to refer to all informal females. However, if you are talking to an elder lady from out of town for example (or any lady that you are on formal bases with), then you use (formal version of the subject "you"), or(formal version of the subject "her") to show respect.
Here is an example sentence. In the blue box below, you are referring to ...