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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 have … / 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.
 

Numbers

 
ዜሮ
zero
zero
አንድ
and
one
ሁለት
hulet
two
ሶሥት
sost
three
አራት
arat
four
አምስት
amist
five
ስድስት
sidist
six
ሰባት
sebat
seven
ስምንት
simint
eight
ዘጠኝ
setegn
nine
አስር
asir
ten
አስራ አንድ
asra and
eleven
አስራ ሁለት
asra hulet
twelve
አስራ ሶሥት
asra sost
thirteen
አስራ አራት
asra arat
fourteen
አስራ አምስት
asra amist
fifteen
አስራ ስድስት
asra sidist
sixteen
አስራ ሰባት
asra sebat
seventeen
አስራ ስምንት
asra simint
eighteen
አስራ ዘጠኝ
asra setegn
nineteen
ሃያ
haja
twenty
ሃያ አንድ
haja and
twenty-one
ሰላሳ
selasa
thirty
አርባ
arba
forty
ሀምሳ
hamsa
fifty
ስልሳ
silsa
sixty
ሰባ
seba
seventy
ሰማንያ
semanija
eighty
ዘጠና
setena
ninety
መቶ
meto
one hundred
አንድ ሺህ
and schih
one thousand
አንድ ሚልዮን
and milion
one million
ጥንድ
tind
some / a couple
 

 

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