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Lesson 9 of 10
Time and days in Amharic
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Amharic words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Amharic phrases in this lesson
- á ááa-HUN
- Now
- á áábe-HWA-la
- Later
- ááŹZA-re
- Today
- ááNE-ge
- Tomorrow
- áᏠááłZA-re MA-ta
- Tonight
- ááź?ME-che
- When?
- á áľááľ á°ááľ áá¨ááłá?be-SINT se-AT yi-ke-fe-TAL
- What time does it open?
- á ááľ á°ááand de-KEE-ka
- One moment, please
- á°ááde-KEE-ka
- Minutes
- á°ááľse-AT
- Hours
Literally "today evening".
Ethiopian clock time starts at dawn, so 7 am is one o'clock. Always check: "á á˘áľáŽáľáŤ á°ááľ?" (be-ee-tyo-PYA se-AT), in Ethiopian time?
Literally "one minute", what staff say when you should wait. It may be more than one.
Stays the same after a number: "á ááľáľ á°áá" (AM-mist de-KEE-ka), five minutes.
Also means clock and o'clock. "áááľ á°ááľ" (hu-LET se-AT) is two hours, or eight o'clock in Ethiopian time.