Amharic foundations

Language course · 52 lessons · 2,911 entries

Build an Amharic vocabulary you can use in sentences.

The opening unit brings together basic sentence vocabulary and classroom expressions. Read the Ethiopic form alongside its supplied English meaning and transliteration, then cover one column and try to recall it.

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Examples from the lessons

Compare the original written form with the supplied reading or equivalent. Try covering the answer column before checking it.

Written formReadingMeaning or equivalent
ጤናt’enahealth
ይስጥልኝjəsət’ələɲəlet him give for me
ጤና ይስጥልኝ።t’ena jəsət’ələɲə.Hello or Goodbye (general greeting)
እንደምንʔənədemənəhow
እንደገና!ʔənədegena!Again!
ይድገሙት!jədəgemutə!repeat it!
ልክləkəcorrect
ነውnäwə(he

How to practice

Start with a small group of words. Say the target form aloud when audio is available, and return to it in the surrounding lesson rather than treating a transliteration as a replacement for reading the script.

Course outline

Use the outline to choose what to preview. Starting the interactive course begins with the first lesson; later lessons become available as you continue.

  1. Unit 1 · Basic Sentences
  2. Unit 1 · Classroom Expressions
  3. Unit 1 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  4. Unit 1 · Pronunciation Drills Vocabulary
  5. Unit 2 · Basic Sentences
  6. Unit 2 · Numbers
  7. Unit 2 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  8. Unit 2 · Pronunciation Drills Vocabulary
  9. Unit 3 · Basic Sentences
  10. Unit 3 · Classroom Expressions
  11. Unit 3 · Structure Sentences
  12. Unit 3 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  13. Unit 3 · Pronunciation Drills Vocabulary
  14. Unit 4 · Basic Sentences
  15. Unit 4 · Classroom Expressions
  16. Unit 4 · Structure Sentences
  17. Unit 4 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  18. Unit 4 · Pronunciation Drills Vocabulary
  19. Unit 5 · Basic Sentences
  20. Unit 5 · Structure Sentences
  21. Unit 5 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  22. Unit 6 · Basic Sentences
  23. Unit 6 · Structure Sentences
  24. Unit 6 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  25. Unit 6 · SubstitutionCorrelation Drill
  26. Unit 7 · Basic Sentences
  27. Unit 7 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  28. Unit 8 · Basic Sentences
  29. Unit 8 · Numbers
  30. Unit 8 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  31. Unit 9 · Basic Sentences
  32. Unit 9 · Useful Words
  33. Unit 9 · Structure Sentences - Negative
  34. Unit 9 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  35. Unit 10 · Basic Sentences
  36. Unit 10 · Numbers
  37. Unit 10 · Grammatical Notes Vocabulary
  38. Unit 11 · Basic Sentences
  39. Unit 11 · Grammatical Notes
  40. Unit 12 · Basic Sentences
  41. Unit 12 · Grammatical Notes
  42. Unit 13 · Basic Sentences
  43. Unit 13 · Days Of The Week
  44. Unit 13 · Names Of The Months
  45. Unit 13 · Names Of The Seasons
  46. Unit 13 · Names Of The Years
  47. Unit 13 · Structure Sentences
  48. Unit 13 · Grammatical Notes
  49. Unit 14 · Basic Sentences
  50. Unit 14 · Useful Words
  51. Unit 14 · Structure Sentences
  52. Unit 14 · Grammatical Notes

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