Colloquial Amharic

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic as it is written and spoken today. This third edition offers new and updated vocabulary and key revisions to the text to reflect changes in language and culture.

Introduction
1 sä lamta
Greetings
2 bä tï mhï rt bet
At school
3 dï ngä tä ñ ñ a gï nï ñ ñ unnä t
A chance meeting
4 wä dä gä bä ya mä hed
Going shopping
5 yä ruk t ï rri
A long-distance call
6 š ï rï š š ï r mak k ä d
Planning a trip
7 dä bdabbe mä s af
Writing a letter
8 turizm bä ityop p ï ya
Tourism in Ethiopia
9 bï herawi mï gï b bet
An Ethiopian restaurant
10 wä dä hospital mä hed
Going to the hospital
11 bï herawi bä al
A national holiday
12 gubï ñ ñ ï t bä Addis Abä ba
A tour of Addis Ababa
13 mä s hetï nna gazet a
Magazines and newspapers
14 andand yä mä s het mä t at ï fö
Some magazine articles