Amharic Nouns

Welcome to the third Amharic lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed bygrammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Amharic to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes   ድንች [dənəčə]	tomatoes   ቲማቲም [timatimə]	onions   ሽንኩርት [šənəkurətə]	carrots   ካሮት [karotə]
fruits   ፍራፍሬ [fərafəre]	apples   ፖም [pomə]	bananas   ሙዝ [muzə]	oranges   ብርቱካን [bərətukanə]

Nouns Grammar Rules

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Amharic Alphabet

Amharic Alphabet

Today I will teach you the Amharic alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Amharic letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Amharic contains many letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.

ሐ	[hä] like hä	ኀ	[hä] like hä	ሃ	[ha] like ha	ሓ	[ha] like ha	ኃ	[ha] like ha
ሁ	[hu] like hu	ሑ	[hu] like hu

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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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Oromo Verbs

 Welcome to the 10th lesson about verbs in Oromo. We will first learn about the present tense, followed by the past tense, and future tense. We will also analyze some grammar rules, and finally practice how to ask for direction in Oromo.

Verbs are used to express an action (I swim) or a state of being (I am). The present tense in Oromo conveys a situation or event in the present time. Here are some examples:

Present Tense	Oromo
I speak English	ingiliffa nan dubbadha
you speak French	afaan faransaayi dubbata
he speaks German	afaan jarmanii dubbata
she speaks Italian	afaan xaliyaani dubbatti
we speak Arabic	afaan arabaa dubbanna
they speak Chinese	afaan chayina dubbatu

The past tense in Oromo conveys a situation or event in the past time. Here are some examples:

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