Amharic Adjectives

Amharic Adjectives

Welcome to the second Amharic lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Amharic to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

black   ጥቁር [t'əqurə]	grey   ግራጫ [gərač'a]	white   ነጭ [näč'ə]	blue   ስማያዊ [səmayawi]
green   አረንጓዴ [ʾäränəgäde]	yellow   ቢጫ [bič'a]	red   ቀይ [qäyə]	brown   ቡና አይነት [buna ʾäyənätə]

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules	Amharic + Pronunciation
my house is white [noun + adjective]	ቤቴ ነጭ ነው  [bete näč'ə näwə]
your country is big [noun + adjective]	አገርህ ትልቅ ነው  [ʾägärəhə tələqə näwə]
new books are expensive [plural + adjective]	አዲስ መፅሃፍት ውድ ናቸው  [ʾädisə mäs'əhafətə wədə načäwə]
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective]	እዚህ ደስተኞች ነን  [ ʾəzihə däsətäñočə nänə]
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural]	ሶስት ቡችላዎች አሏት  [sosətə bučəlawočə ʾälätə ]
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective]	ቋንቋው በጣም ቀላል ነው  [ qwanəqwawə bät'amə qälalə näwə]
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective]	ትንሽ አረንጓዴ ቤት አለኝ  [tənəšə ʾäränəgäde betə ʾäläñə ]

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold   ብርዳማ [bərədama]	hot   ሞቃታማ [moqatama]	cloudy   ደመናማ [dämänama]	rainy   ዝናባማ [zənabama]
snowy   በረዶማ [bärädoma]	sunny   ፀሃያማ [s'ähayama]	windy   ነፋሻማ [näfašama]	warm   ሞቃት [moqatə]

Conversation in Amharic

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English	Amharic	Pronunciation
hi	ሃይ	[hayə]
how are you?	እንዴት ነህ?	[ʾənədetə nähə? ]
I'm good, thank you	ደህና ነኝ, አመሰግናለው	[dähəna näñə, ʾämäsägənaläwə]
and you?	አንተስ?	[ʾänətäsə?]
what is your name?	ስምህ ማነው?	[səməhə manäwə?]
my name is Maya	ማያ	[ maya ]
nice to meet you	አንተን በማግኘቴ ደስ ብሎኛል	[ʾänətänə bämagəñäte däsə bəloñalə ]

I hope you enjoyed this lesson about adjectives in Amharic. If you have any question about this lesson please contact mehere. The next lesson is below.

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