Learn the Amharic Fidel First

The Fidel is the foundation of written Amharic. When you learn the Amharic Fidel, you also learn how to pronounce Amharic properly and how to write it.

By learning the script from the beginning, you’re laying a solid foundation for understanding how the language is written and pronounced. This can make it easier to progress to more advanced aspects of the language later on.

There are also some ድቃላ ሆሄያት (I think the term “hybrid letters” would be their equivalent meaning but I am not sure.) And we use them sometimes. I listed them on the right side. We’ll see them with some examples. But first, let’s study the main Fidel:

ሀ Ha	ሁ Hu	ሂ Hi	ሃ Ha	ሄ Hie	ህ H	ሆ Ho	ድቃላ ሆሄያት (hybrid letters)
ለ Le	ሉ Lu	ሊ Li	ላ La	ሌ Lie	ል L	ሎ Lo	ሏLua (to say: “አሏቸው they said to them or they have / they possess them.”
ሐ Ha	ሑ Hu	ሒ Hi	ሓ Ha	ሔ Hie	ሕ H	ሖ Ho
መ Me	ሙ Mu	ሚ Mi	ማ Ma	ሜ Mie	ም M	ሞ Mo	ሟ Mua ሟሟ፣ አሟላ፣ አሟታል፣ አሟሟቱ
ሠ Se	ሡ Su	ሢ Si	ሣ Sa	ሤ Sie	ሥ S	ሦ So
ረ Re	ሩ Ru	ሪ Ri	ራ Ra	ሬ Rie	ር R	ሮ Ro	ሯRua ፀጉሯ፣ እግሯ፣ አገሯ፣
ሰ Se	ሱ Su	ሲ Si	ሳ Sa	ሴ Sie	ስ S	ሶ So	ሷSua እሷ፣ ፈሷ አመለጣት
ሸ She	ሹ Shu	ሺ Shi	ሻ Sha	ሼ Shie	ሽ Sh	ሾ Sho	ሿሿሚ፣ ተሿሚ
ቀ Qe	ቁ Qu	ቂ Qi	ቃ Qa	ቄ Qie	ቅ Q	ቆ Qo	ቋQua ቋንቋ፣ ቋጥኝ፣ ቋር
በ Be	ቡ Bu	ቢ Bi	ባ Ba	ቤ Bie	ብ B	ቦ Bo	ቧBua ቧልት፣ ቧንቧ፣ ወገቧ፣ አስገቧት
ቨ Ve	ቩ Vu	ቪ Vi	ቫ Va	ቬ Vie	ቭ V	ቮ Vo	We almost don’t use this Fidel .
ተ Te	ቱ Tu	ቲ Ti	ታ Ta	ቴ Tie	ት T	ቶ To	ቷTua አባቷ፣ እናቷ፣አክስቷ፣ አጎቷ፣ እህቷ
ቸ Che	ቹ Chu	ቺ Chi	ቻ Cha	ቼ Chie	ች Ch	ቾ Cho	ቿChua ዘመዶቿ፣ ወገኖቿ፣ አጎቶቿ
ኀ Ha	ኁ Hu	ኂ Hi	ኃ Ha	ኄ Hie	ኅ H	ኆ Ho	ኋHua ኋላ ቀር፣ ከኋላ፣ በኋላ፣ የኋላ
ነ Ne	ኑ Nu	ኒ Ni	ና Na	ኔ Nie	ን N	ኖ No	ኗNua አኗኗር፣ አኗኗረ፣
ኘ Gne	ኙ Gnu	ኚ Gni	ኛ Gna	ኜ Gnie	ኝ Gn	ኞ Gno
አ A	ኡ U	ኢ I	ኣ A	ኤ Aie	እ I	ኦ O	ኧኧረ!
ከ Ke	ኩ Ku	ኪ Ki	ካ Ka	ኬ Kie	ክ K	ኮ Ko	ኳ Kua አንኳኳ፣ ኳስ፣
ኸ Khe	ኹ Khu	ኺ Khi	ኻ Kha	ኼ Khie	ኽ Kh	ኾ Kho	We use rarely this Fidel .
ወ We	ዉ Wu	ዊ Wi	ዋ Wa	ዌ Wie	ው W	ዎ Wo
ዐ A	ዑ U	ዒ I	ዓ A	ዔ Aie	ዕ I	ዖ O
ዘ Ze	ዙ Zu	ዚ Zi	ዛ Za	ዜ Zie	ዝ Z	ዞ Zo	ዟ Zua ተዟዙሮ ጠየቀ፣
ዠ Zhe	ዡ Zhu	ዢ Zhi	ዣ Zha	ዤ Zhie	ዥ Zh	ዦ Zho	ይህ ፊደል አልፎ አልፎ ነው አገልግሎት ላይ የሚውለው።
የ Ye	ዩ Yu	ዪ Yi	ያ Ya	ዬ Yie	ይ Y	ዮ Yo
ደ De	ዱ Du	ዲ Di	ዳ Da	ዴ Die	ድ D	ዶ Do	ዷDua ዘመዷ፣ መንገዷ፣ ገመዷ፣ ወሰዷት
ጀ Je	ጁ Ju	ጂ Ji	ጃ Ja	ጄ Jie	ጅ J	ጆ Jo
ገ Ge	ጉ Gu	ጊ Gi	ጋ Gaface	ጌ Gie	ግ G	ጎ Go	ጓGua አጓጊ፣ ያጓጓል፣ የሚያጓጓ
ጠTe	ጡTu	ጢTi	ጣTa	ጤTie	ጥT	ጦ To	ጧ Tua ጧት፣ ሰጧት
ጨ Che	ጩ Chu	ጪ Chi	ጫ Cha	ጬ Chie	ጭ Ch	ጮCho	ጯ Chua ምንጯ
ጰ Pe	ጱ Pu	ጲ Pi	ጳ Pa	ጴ Pie	ጵ P	ጶ Po	This Fidel has a strange sound. We use it to ኢትዮጵያ፣ ላጲስ፣ ጳጳስ፣ and ጴጥሮስ
ጸ Tse ጸር	ጹ Tsu ጹም	ጺ Tsi ጺም	ጻ Tsa ጻር	ጼ Tsie	ጽ Ts ጽልመት	ጾ Tso ተዋዕጾ
ፀ Tse	ፁ Tsu	ፂ Tsa	ፃ Tsa	ፄ Tsie	ፅ Ts	ፆ Tso
ፈ Fe	ፉ Fu	ፊ Fi	ፋ Fa	ፌ Fie	ፍ F	ፎ Fo	ፏ Fua ፏ በል፣ ፏፏቴ፣ አፏ፣ ካፏ
ፐ Pe	ፑ Pu	ፒ Pi	ፓ Pa	ፔ Pie	ፕ P	ፖ Po