What is the simple aspect of Amharic?

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What is the simple aspect of Amharic?

Do you know why Amharic is easier than you think?

    • Because there are no such thing as rules for a letter and vowels, every letter does not change its sound or anything here and there. Of course, there is a “ሲጠብቅና ሲላላ” scenario, for example, like ሰባ, which means got fatten or ወፈረ, and 70, which means seventy, but it is very rare and simple to guess what that means from the context.

  • Of course, the meaning of an Amharic word varies depending on its pronunciation, but if you start practicing the spoken language of Amharic, you will learn those differences in a short period of time. So don’t worry about them a lot. 
    • And the Amharic words are very distinct to read, to spot at a glimpse of an eye. Look at the Amharic Fidel; they are very clear to read; “አማርኛ ቀላል ነው።” they are almost like English spellings.
    • If you also know another semantic language, like Tigrinya, that is another advantage. Amharic will be the easiest language for you because the Fidel is the same.
    • Just keep trying to immerse yourself, speak it to others, and listen to Amharic media, and you’ll see how much you’ll improve. Also, if you don’t know a word, ask. Asking makes you fool for five minutes only, but not asking makes you fool for your entire life. So, be careful not to hesitate to ask.
    • Maybe the one hard thing about Amharic is how fast people talk. Because Amharic is a very flexible language like English, a person whose tongue twists easily speaks it very quickly. And you know what? If you are a fast English speaker, you can speak Amharic at that same pace too.

Amharic sentences follow a subject–object–verb pattern.

Example:

Subject Object Verb
እኔ

Ene

አማርኛ

Amaragna

 እየተማርኩ ነው።

Eyetemarku new.

English usually follows a subject–verb–object pattern.

subject verb object
I

እኔ

 am learning

እየተማርኩ ነው።

 Amharic.

አማርኛ

Amharic has its own distinctive letters, like English, and they are easy to learn.

    • Nouns in Amharic can be either singular or plural, just like in English.

ቤት (Biet) = ቤቶች (Bietoch)
House = Houses

Amharic has around 12 subjective pronouns.

Amharic Subjective Pronouns

 English Subjective Pronouns

እኔ

 I

እኛ

 We

አንተ

 You

አንች  

 You

እናንተ

 You

እሱ

 He

እሷ

 She

እነሱ

 They

እርስዎ

 You (respectful)

አንቱ

 You (respectful)

እንትን

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