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I listed below 50 Basic Amharic Words with the Latin transliteration and the English meanings.

1. አማርኛ (Amarinya) – Amharic
2. ቋንቋ (Qwanqua) – Language
3. መማሪያ (Memariya) – Resource for learning
4. ቃል (Qal) – Word
5. ሀረግ (Hareg) – Phrase
6. አረፍተ ነገር (Arefta Neger) – Sentence
7. መማር (Memar) – To learn
8. ትምህርት (Timihirt) – Lesson/Education
9. ጥናት (Tinat) – Study
10. ማጥናት (Mat’nat) – To study
11. ሰዋሰው (Sewasew) – Grammar
12. ፈጣን (Fetan) – Fast/Quick
13. ንግግር (Niggr) – Speech/Conversation
14. መግባባት (Megbabat) – Communication
15. ጥያቄ (T’yaqie) – Question
16. ልምምድ (Limmd) – Practice
17. መልስ (Mels) – Answer
18. የቃላት ዝርዝር (Yeqalat Zirzir) – Vocabulary list
19. ቀላል (Qelal) – Easy
20. አስደሳች (Asdesach) – Fun/Pleasant
21. ቋንቋዎች (Quanquawoch) – Languages
22. ሀገር (Hager) – Country
23. አለም (Alem) – World
24. ሰላም (Selam) – Peace
25. እውቀት (Ewqet) – Knowledge
26. ስኬት (Sket) – Success
27. ማስተማር (Mastemar) – To teach
28. መምህር (Memhir) – Teacher
29. አስተማሪ (Astemari) – Teacher
30. ተማሪ (Temari) – Student
31. ዝርዝር (Zrzr) – List/Detail
32. ባህል (Bahl) – Culture
33. ፊደል (Fidel) – Alphabet
34. ማንበብ (Manbeb) – To read
35. መፃፍ (Mets’af) – To write
36. መስማት (Mesmat) – To listen
37. መናገር (Menager) – To speak
38. ግንኙነት (Ginignunet) – Connection/Relationship
39. ውይይት (Wuyyt) – Discussion
40. መረዳት (Meredat) – To understand
41. ማሰብ (Maseb) – To think
42. መጻሕፍት (Metsahift) – Books
43. ታሪክ (Tarik) – History/Story
44. እምነት (Imnet) – Belief/Faith
45. ህልም (Hilim) – Dream
46. ነገር (Neger) – Thing
47. ጊዜ (Gize) – Time
48. ሰአት (Se’at) – Hour/Clock
49. ቦታ (Bota) – Place
50. ቤት (Bet) – House/Home
51. ህይወት (Hiywot) – Life
52. ትምህርት ቤት (Tmhrt Bet) – School