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Greetings

	ሰላም ጤና ይስጥልኝ selam tena jistilign	Hello!
	እንደምን አደራችሁ indemin aderatschu	Good morning! (sg/pl)
	እንደምን ዋላችሁ indemin walatschu	Hello! (sg/pl)
	እንደምን አመሻችሁ indemin ameschatschu	Good evening! (sg/pl)
	ደህና እደሩ dehna ideru	Good night! (sg/pl)
	ቻው tschao	Bye! (infml)
	ደህና ሁኑ dehna hunu	Good bye! (fml.)

Important vocabulary

	አዎ aw	yes
	አይ aj	no
	ምን አልባት min albat	maybe
	እሺ ischi	OK
	አመሰግናለው ameseginalew	Thank you!
	ምንም አይደል minim ajdel	You're welcome! (m/f)
	ይቅርታ... jikirta	Excuse me, … (sg/pl)
	በጣም አዝናለው betam asnalew	I'm sorry. (m/f)
	...አለኝ (...የለኝም) ... alegn (jelegnm)	I have … / I don't have ...
	...አለን (...የለንም) ... alen (jelenim)	We (don't) have …
	...አለ (... የለም) ... ale (jelem)	There is (no) ...

Introducing yourself

	...እባላለው ... ibalalew	My name is ...
	የመጣሁት ከ ... ነው። jemetahut ke ... new	I'm from ...
	እድሜዬ ... ነው። idmeje ... new	I'm ... years old.
	ባለትዳር ነኝ ባለትዳር አይደለሁም baletidar negn baletidar ajdelehum	I am married. / I am not married.
	ብቻዬን ነው የምጓዘው ብቻዬን አይደለም የምጓዘው። bitschajen new jemiguasew bitschajen ajdelem jemiguasew	I am traveling alone. / I am not traveling alone. (m/f)
	የምጛዘው ከ ... ጋር ነው። jemiguasew ke ... gar new	I'm traveling with ...
	እኔ ine	I
	አንተ ante	you (for addressing a man)
	አንቺ antschi	you (for addressing a women)
	እርሶ irso	you
	እሱ issu	he
	እሷ issua	you
	እሳቸው isatschew	he / she (fml.)

Comprehension

	አማርኛ አልናገርም. amarigna alinagerim.	I don't speak any Amharic.
	አልገባኝም algebagnim	I don't understand that. (m/f)
	... ይናገራሉ? ... jinageralu?	Do you speak …? (m/f)
	... ተናጋሪ አለ? ... tenagari ale?	Does anyone here speak ...?
	እንግሊዘኛ inglisegna	English
	ፈረንሳይኛ ferenssajigna	French
	እባክዎትን ይጻፉልኝ ibakwotin jitsafulign	Could you write that down please. (m/f)
	ሊደግሙልኝ ይችላሉ lidegmulign jitschilalu	Could you please repeat that. (m/f)
	አንድ አፍታ ይቆዩኝ and afta jikojugn	Just a moment please.

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