Amharic Phrases - Part three

A collection of useful phrases in Amharic. Click on the English phrases to see them in many other languages.

Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, m = said to men, f = said to women, pl = said to more than one person.

English	ኣማርኛ (Amharic)
Welcome	እንኳን ደህና መጣህ- i'nkwuan dehna metah (m) እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ- i'nkwuan dehna metash (f)
Hello	ሰላም (sälam) / ታዲያስ(tadiyass) - inf ጤና ይስጥልኝ (tena yste'lle'gn)- frm- for respecting expression
How are you?	እንደምን አለህ፧ (i'ndemin alleh?) - m እንደምን አለሸ፧ (i'ndemin allesh?) - f እንደምን አላችሁ፧ (i'ndemin allachihu?) - pl
I'm fine	ደህና ነኝ (dehna negn)
Long time no see	ረጂም ጊዜ ከተለያየን (rejim gize keteleyayen) -
What's your name? My name is ...	ስምህ ማን ነው፧ (simih man new?) - m ስምሸ ማን ነው፧ (simish man new?) - f የአርሰዎ ስም ማን ነው፧ (yärswo sim man new?) – frm - mostly for respecting expression
	የኔ ስም ... ነው:: (yenae sim ... new)
Where are you from?	እርስዎ ከየት ኖት፧ (i'rswo keyet not?) - frm
I'm from ...	እኔ ከ.... ነኝ፧ (i'nae ke ... negn) - frm
Pleased to meet you	ስለተዋወቅን ደስ ብሎኛል (siletewaweqin dess bilognal)
Good morning	እንደምን አደርህ? (i'ndemin aderik?) - m እንደምን አደርሽ? (i'ndemin aderish?) - f አንደምን አደሩ (əndämn adäru)- for respecting expression. [how was your night?]
Good afternoon	እንደምን ዋልክ? (i'ndemin walik?) - m እንደምን ዋልሽ? (i'ndemin walish?) - f አንደምን ዋሉ (əndämn walu) [how did you spend the day?]
Good evening	አንደምን አመሹ (əndämn amäshu)ምሽቱን እንዴት አሳለፍከው? -  mishitun i'ndet asalfekew? - m ምሽቱን እንዴት አሳለፍሽው? - Mishitun i'ndet asalefeshiw?- f [how did you spend the evening?]
Good night	መልካም አዳር (Mälkam adar)
Goodbye	ቻው (chaw) - inf, ደህና ሁን (dähna hun) - m ደህና ሁኚ (dähna hungi) - f ደህና ሁኑ (dähna hunu) - pl
Good luck	መልካም እድል (me’elkam edil)
Have a nice day	መልካም ቀን ይሁንልህ። (me’elkam ken yihunilih) (m) መልካም ቀን ይሁንልሽ። (me’elkam ken yihunilish) (f) መልካም ቀን ይሁንላችሁ። (me’elkam ken yihunilachehu) (pl)
Bon appetit	መልካም ምግብ (melkam megeb)
Bon voyage	መልካም ጉዞ ይሁንልህ:: (melkam guzo yehunelih)   - m መልካም ጉዞ ይሁንልሽ:: (melkam guzo yehunelesh ) - f
I don't understand	ገባኝ (gebany)
I don't understand	አልገባኝም (algebany'm)
Please speak more slowly	እባክህ ቀስ ብለህ ተናገር። (i’bakih kes bileh tenagger) - m እባክሽ ቀስ ብለሽ ተናገሪ። (i’bakish kes bilesh tenaggeri) - f
Please say that again	እባክህ ያልከዉን ድገምልኝ። (i’bakih yalekewin degemelegn!) እባክሽ ያልሽዉን ድገሚልኝ። (i’bakish yaleshiwn degemilign)
Do you speak Amharic?	አማርኛ ትችላለህ? (amarenya techelalleh?) m አማርኛ ትችያለሽ? (amarenya techiyallesh?) f
Yes, a little	አዎ፣ ትንሽ (Awe, tennish)
Excuse me	ይቅርታ (yiqirta)
How much is the price?	ሰንት ነው ዋጋው፧ (sent new wagaw?)
Sorry	አዝናለሁ። (aznallehu)
Please	እባክህ (i'bakih) - m እባክሸ (i'bakish) - f እባክዎን (i'bakwon) - frm- respect expression
Thank you	አመሰግናለሁ (ameseginalehugn) በጣም አመሰግናለሁኝ (betam ameseginalehugn)
Response (All right / OK)	ተቀብያለሁ። (te’kebeyalehu)
Where's the toilet?	መጸዳጃ ክፍል የት ነዉ? *metsedaja kifil yet new?)
This gentleman/lady will pay for everything	ለ ሁሉም ነገር ይህ/ይህች ሰዉየ/ሴትዮ/ ይከፍላል/ትከፍላለች። (le hulum neger yih/yihech sewuye/seteyo/ yikefilal/ tikefilalech)
Would you like to dance with me?	ከኔ ጋር መደነስ ትፈልጋለህ። (kene gar medenes tefelegaleh?) - m ከኔ ጋር መደነስ ትፈልጊያለሽ። (kene gar medenes tefelegiyalesh?) - f
I like you	እወድሀለሁ። (iwedihalehu) - m እወድሻለሁ። (iwedishalehu) - f
I love you	አፈቅርሻለሁ። (afekirishalehu) - f አፈቅርሀለሁ። (afekirhalehu) - m
Get well soon	ምህረቱን ያምጣልህ (mihretun yamitalih) - m ያምጣልሽ። (yamitalish) f "may god give you a speedy recover"
Go away!	ሂድ! (Hid)- m ሂጅ! (Hij) - f
Leave me alone!	ለቀቅ አርገኝ። (lekek argeng) - m ለቀቅ አርጊኝ። (lekek argign) - f
Help! Fire! Stop!	እርዳኝ (i'rdagn) - help me - m እርጂኝ (i'rejign) - help me- f እርዱኝ (i'rdugn) - help me - pl Fire! - i'sat Stope: koom - (m) kumi! (f)
Call the police!	ፖሊስ ጥራ። (police tira tiri!) - m ፖሊስ ጥሪ ። (police tira tiru!) - f ፖሊስ ጥሩ :: (poice tiru) - pl
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year	መልካም ገና (Melkam Gena) - Merry Christmas - celebrated on 7th January መልካም አዲስ አመት (Melkam Addis Amet) - Happy New Year - celebrated on 11th September
Happy Easter	መልካም ፋሲካ (me’elkam fasika)
Happy Birthday	መልከም ልደት (melkam ledet)

Source: http://www.omniglot.com, but some errors are modified by http://zethio.blogspot.com