Amharic Beginner Vocabulary

Essential Amharic greetings, everyday nouns, and basic phrases for absolute beginners, written in Ge'ez script with romanization.

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40 basic cards for Beginner Amharic. It opens with "ሰላም (selam)" and "ጤና ይስጥልኝ (tena yistilign)". More Amharic at other levels is listed below.

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ሰላም (selam): Show answer
Hello, or peace
ጤና ይስጥልኝ (tena yistilign): Show answer
Hello (formal greeting)
እንዴት ነህ (endet neh): Show answer
How are you? (asked to a man)
እንዴት ነሽ (endet nesh): Show answer
How are you? (asked to a woman)
ደህና ነኝ (dehna negn): Show answer
I am fine
አመሰግናለሁ (ameseginalehu): Show answer
Thank you
እባክህ (ebakih): Show answer
Please (asked of a man)
አዎ (awo): Show answer
Yes
አይደለም (aydelem): Show answer
No, it is not
ይቅርታ (yikirta): Show answer
Sorry, or excuse me
ደህና ሁን (dehna hun): Show answer
Goodbye (said to a man who is staying)
ደህና ዋል (dehna wal): Show answer
Goodbye, have a good day (said to a man during the day)
እናት (enat): Show answer
Mother
አባት (abat): Show answer
Father
ወንድም (wendim): Show answer
Brother

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