7 basic Amharic words begin with ሆ / Ho

Selam! 👋 Welcome back to our Amharic Words series, lesson 5! In today’s lesson, you’ll learn 7 Amharic basic words that begin with the letter ሆ—‘Ho.’

And there is also a short quiz at the end. So stick around until the end to test your understanding of these words!

Each word is helpful, but I want you to pay close attention to the example sentences. That’s where the real value is because that’s how you learn to speak naturally.

And you can download the PDF of the words and example sentences from ‘Ha’ to ‘Ho’ here for free.

1. ሆድድ = stomach, belly

• ሆዴ በጣም ጮኸ። My stomach rumbled loudly.

2. ሆቴል = hotel

• እዚህ አካባቢ የሚመች ሆቴል አለ። There is a good hotel around here.

3. ሆስፒታል = hospital

• በጠና ስለታመምኩ ወደ ሆስፒታል ሄድኩ። I went to the hospital because I was very sick.

4. ሆኗል = he/it became

የአየሩ ሁኔታ በጣም ቀዝቃዛ ሆኗል። The weather has become very cold.

5. ሆዳም = Gluttonous

• በጣም ሆዳም አትሁን። Don’t be very gluttonous.

6. ሆኖ = to have been

• መረጃውን ቅንነት በጎደላቸው ሰዎች የተሰራጨ ሆኖ አገኘሁት። I found the information to have been spread by people who lack sincerity/integrity.
• ምን ሆኖ ነው? What happened to him?

7. ሆን ብለው = Deliberately

• እነሱ ሆን ብለው የተሳሳተ መረጃ ለህዝብ ያሰራጫሉ። They deliberately spread inaccurate information among the population.

Great job today! We just learned 7 common Amharic words starting with ‘Ho’—and even more important, you saw how to use them in real-life sentences.

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