Amharic Words You’ll Recognize When You Visit Ethiopia
እንኳን ደህና መጣህ። (ənkwan dähna mäṭṭah) male Welcome
እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ። (ənkwan dähna mäṭṭaš) female Welcome
ሰላም። (sälam) Hello
እንደምን አለህ(Endemn Aleh) for Male How are you?
እንደምን አለሽ(Endemn Alesh) for Female How are you
ስምህ ማን ነው፧ (semeh man näw?) What’s your name
ስምሽ ማን ነው፧ (semeh man näw?) what’s your name
የኔ ስም… ነው (yäne sim … näw) My Name is –
ከየት ነህ፧ (käyät näh?) where are you from?
እኔ ከ … ነኝ። (ene kä … näň) I am from
እንደምን አደርክ? (endämen addärk?)Good Morning
እንደምን ዋልክ? (endamen walik?) Good Afternoon
አንደምን አመሸህ? (indämen amäššäh?) Good Evening
ደህና እደር (dähna där) Good Night
ቻው (chaw) Good Bye
ብላ (bela) Have a nice meal
ገባኝ (gäbbaň) I understand
አልገባኝም (algäbbaňem) I don’t understand
አላውቅም (alawqəm) I don’t know
እባክህ ቀስ ብለህ ተናገር (əbakəh qässə bəlläh tänagär) Please speak slowly
እባክህ (əbakəh) Please
አመሰግናለሁ (amäsäggänallähw) Thank you
ሽንት ቤት የት ነው? (šəntə bet yätə näw) where is the toilets
ከኔ ጋር መደነስ ትፈልጋለህ። (käne gar mädänäs təfälləgalläh?) would you like a dance with me?
አፈቅርሻለሁ። (əfäqrəšallähw) I love you
ቁም! (qum) stop
መኪና (mäkina) “Car“
ከረሜላ (kärämela) “Sweets“
አናናስ (ananas) “Pineapple
ቢራ (bira) “Beer“,
ቤት (bet) The word for “House
ደቂቃ (däk’ik’a) “Minute
ሰዓት (sä’at) “Hour“, “Watch
ሐሙስ (hamus) “Thursday“
እሑድ (ïhud) “Sunday
አንተ (antä) “You“ (masculine
ቅርብ (k’ïrb) “Near“,
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