Learn Amharic ten words at a time
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Ten short games: the 102 most useful Amharic words and expressions you could live on for years, from greetings and ordering food to numbers, small talk and getting around. Play a lesson in the box beside its words, and the next one starts itself.
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
- แฐแแse-LAM
- Hello
- แฅแแฐแแ แ แฐแฉin-de-MIN a-DE-ru
- Good morning
- แฅแแฐแแ แ แแนin-de-MIN a-ME-shu
- Good evening
- แฐแ แ แแDEH-na HU-nu
- Goodbye
- แปแchaw
- See you
- แฅแฃแญแi-BAK-wo
- Please
- แ แแฐแแแแa-me-seg-NA-le-hu
- Thank you
- แแแ แ แญแฐแแMI-nim ay-DE-lem
- You're welcome
- แญแ แญแณyi-KIR-ta
- Sorry
- แคแ แญแตแฅแแTE-na yis-TIL-lign
- Excuse me
- แตแแฐแแแ แ แฐแต แฅแแแsi-le-te-wa-WEK-in des bi-LO-gnal
- Nice to meet you
Order anything by pointing
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu.
- ...แฅแแแแแi-fe-li-GA-le-hu
- I would like...
- แญแYI-he
- This one
- แตแแต แแ?SINT new
- How much is it?
- แแณแฅ แฅแฃแญแhi-SAB i-BAK-wo
- The bill, please
- แ แซแญแตbe-KARD
- By card
- แ แฅแฌ แแแแฅbe-TI-re gen-ZEB
- In cash
- แแWU-ha
- Water
- แกแBUN-na
- Coffee
- แปแญshai
- Tea
- แขแซBEE-ra
- Beer
- แซแ...YA-le
- Without...
Yes, no and the essentials
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it.
- แ แa-WO
- Yes
- แ แญay
- No
- แฅแบI-shee
- Okay
- แ แแแฃแแal-ge-BA-gnim
- I don't understand
- แฅแแแแแ แญแแแซแ?in-glee-ZIG-na yi-na-ge-RA-lu
- Do you speak English?
- แญแตแแแแ?yid-ge-MU-lign
- Can you repeat that?
- แแต แฅแแแฃ แฅแฃแญแKES bi-LEW i-BAK-wo
- Slowly, please
- แญแ แแแตแ แแ?YI-he MIN-din new
- What is this?
- ...แซแตแแแแแyas-fel-li-GE-gnal
- I need...
- แแจแฑแ แญแฝแแ?li-re-DUGN yi-chi-LA-lu
- Can you help me?
Counting to ten
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers.
- แ แแตand
- One
- แแแตhu-LET
- Two
- แถแตแตSOST
- Three
- แ แซแตa-RAT
- Four
- แ แแตแตAM-mist
- Five
- แตแตแตแตSID-dist
- Six
- แฐแฃแตse-BAT
- Seven
- แตแแแตSIM-mint
- Eight
- แแ แze-TEGN
- Nine
- แ แตแญA-sir
- Ten
Shops and hotels
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk.
- ...แ แ?A-le
- Do you have...?
- ...แจแต แแ?YET new
- Where is...?
- แญแแตKIFT
- Open
- แแZIG
- Closed
- แแตแณแ?fes-TAL
- A bag?
- แ แฃแ แแต แแBE-tam WUD new
- Too expensive
- แชแแญแฌแฝแ แ แแri-zer-VE-shin a-LEGN
- I have a reservation
- แแญแต แญแจแแซแ?KURS yi-chem-RAL
- Is breakfast included?
- แจแแญแแญ แแตแแญแต แแแตแ แแ?ye-WAI-fai PAS-word MIN-din new
- What's the wifi password?
- ...แฅแฝแแแ?i-chi-LA-le-hu
- Can I...?
Cafe and restaurant
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen.
- แแแแต แฐแ แ แจแดแle-hu-LET SEW te-re-PE-za
- A table for two
- แแ แฅแฃแญแME-nu i-BAK-wo
- The menu, please
- แแ แญแแญแฉแแ?MIN yi-mek-ru-GNAL
- What do you recommend?
- ...แ แแ แแal-be-LAM
- I don't eat...
- ...แ แแญแ แ แแฅแa-ler-JEE a-LE-bign
- I'm allergic to...
- แตแSI-ga
- Meat
- แถแฎDO-ro
- Chicken
- แ แณA-sa
- Fish
- แฃแแญ แแta-FACH new
- It's delicious
- แแคแแฝแle-te-NA-chin
- Cheers
Meeting people
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes.
- แฅแแดแต แแแต?in-DET NE-wot
- How are you?
- แฐแ แ แแแฃ แฅแแแ แฅแแญ แญแแตแแDEH-na negn, ig-zee-a-BHER yim-es-GEN
- I'm fine, thanks
- แฅแญแตแแต?ir-SI-wos
- And you?
- แตแแ แแ แแ?SIM-wo MAN new
- What's your name?
- แตแ ... แแSI-me ... new
- My name is...
- แจแจแต แแแต?ke-YET NE-wot
- Where are you from?
- แจ... แแke ... negn
- I'm from...
- แแตแแแแwe-di-JE-wa-le-hu
- I like it
- แแแ แแKON-jo new
- It's beautiful
- แฅแแณแ แฐแ แ แแกin-KWAN DEH-na ME-tu
- Welcome
Getting around
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet.
- แฝแแต แคแต แจแต แแ?SHINT bet YET new
- Where is the toilet?
- แแฐ ... แฅแแดแต แฅแแณแแ?WE-de ... in-DET i-he-DA-le-hu
- How do I get to...?
- แแฐ แแซWE-de GRA
- To the left
- แแฐ แแWE-de KEGN
- To the right
- แแฅแณke-TI-ta
- Straight ahead
- แฅแแ i-ZIH
- Here
- แฃแกแญ แฃแขแซba-BUR ta-BEE-ya
- Train station
- แ แแถแกแตaw-to-BUS
- Bus
- แ แแฎแแแ แแจแแซaw-ro-PLAN ma-re-FEE-ya
- Airport
- แ แแต แฒแฌแต แฅแฃแญแand ti-KET i-BAK-wo
- One ticket, please
Time and days
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please.
- แ แแa-HUN
- Now
- แ แแbe-HWA-la
- Later
- แแฌZA-re
- Today
- แแNE-ge
- Tomorrow
- แแฌ แแณZA-re MA-ta
- Tonight
- แแผ?ME-che
- When?
- แ แตแแต แฐแแต แญแจแแณแ?be-SINT se-AT yi-ke-fe-TAL
- What time does it open?
- แ แแต แฐแแand de-KEE-ka
- One moment, please
- แฐแแde-KEE-ka
- Minutes
- แฐแแตse-AT
- Hours
Help and emergencies
The words you hope to never need.
- แฅแญแฑแ!IR-dugn
- Help!
- แแชแ แฅแฉแแha-KEEM ti-RU-lign
- Call a doctor
- แแแตPO-lees
- Police
- แแตแแแต แคแตmed-HA-neet BET
- Pharmacy
- แแตแแณแhos-pee-TAL
- Hospital
- แ แแปแแte-fi-CHA-le-hu
- I'm lost
- แ แแแa-MO-gnal
- I don't feel well
- แฐแฐแญแแte-ser-KWAL
- It was stolen
- แ แตแธแณแญ แแas-che-KWAY new
- It's an emergency
- แฐแแte-WEGN
- Leave me alone