I listed below 50 Basic Amharic Words with the Latin transliteration and the English meanings.
- አማርኛ (Amarinya) – Amharic
- ቋንቋ (Qwanqua) – Language
- መማሪያ (Memariya) – Resource for learning
- ቃል (Qal) – Word
- ሀረግ (Hareg) – Phrase
- አረፍተ ነገር (Arefta Neger) – Sentence
- መማር (Memar) – To learn
- ትምህርት (Timihirt) – Lesson/Education
- ጥናት (Tinat) – Study
- ማጥናት (Mat’nat) – To study
- ሰዋሰው (Sewasew) – Grammar
- ፈጣን (Fetan) – Fast/Quick
- ንግግር (Niggr) – Speech/Conversation
- መግባባት (Megbabat) – Communication
- ጥያቄ (T’yaqie) – Question
- ልምምድ (Limmd) – Practice
- መልስ (Mels) – Answer
- የቃላት ዝርዝር (Yeqalat Zirzir) – Vocabulary list
- ቀላል (Qelal) – Easy
- አስደሳች (Asdesach) – Fun/Pleasant
- ቋንቋዎች (Quanquawoch) – Languages
- ሀገር (Hager) – Country
- አለም (Alem) – World
- ሰላም (Selam) – Peace
- እውቀት (Ewqet) – Knowledge
- ስኬት (Sket) – Success
- ማስተማር (Mastemar) – To teach
- መምህር (Memhir) – Teacher
- አስተማሪ (Astemari) – Teacher
- ተማሪ (Temari) – Student
- ዝርዝር (Zrzr) – List/Detail
- ባህል (Bahl) – Culture
- ፊደል (Fidel) – Alphabet
- ማንበብ (Manbeb) – To read
- መፃፍ (Mets’af) – To write
- መስማት (Mesmat) – To listen
- መናገር (Menager) – To speak
- ግንኙነት (Ginignunet) – Connection/Relationship
- ውይይት (Wuyyt) – Discussion
- መረዳት (Meredat) – To understand
- ማሰብ (Maseb) – To think
- መጻሕፍት (Metsahift) – Books
- ታሪክ (Tarik) – History/Story
- እምነት (Imnet) – Belief/Faith
- ህልም (Hilim) – Dream
- ነገር (Neger) – Thing
- ጊዜ (Gize) – Time
- ሰአት (Se’at) – Hour/Clock
- ቦታ (Bota) – Place
- ቤት (Bet) – House/Home
- ህይወት (Hiywot) – Life
- ትምህርት ቤት (Tmhrt Bet) – School
