• • Amharic script consists of around 34 consonant characters (Fidel).
  • Each character except the consonants represents a consonant-vowel combination, unlike English where letters represent either a consonant or a vowel.

The Amharic Fidel are organized into rows, each row following specific patterns:

• • First Row: Simple letters pronounced with “eh, e”.
  • Second Row: Small mark on the right side indicating the vowel sound “u”.
  • Third Row: Right-pointing suffix indicating the vowel sound “i”.
  • Fourth Row: Shortest leg on the left indicating the vowel sound “a”.
  • Fifth Row: Ring on the right leg indicating the vowel sound “ie”.
  • Sixth Row: Consonant letters without vowel additions, read as consonants alone.
  • Seventh Row: Characters with rings on the right or specific leg arrangements indicating the vowel sound “o”.

• • Distinctive Features:
    • • This post explains that the seventh row of Amharic fidels have specific markers such as a ring on the right side of the character.
      • Two-legged letters in this row have the shortest leg on the right.
      • One-legged letters have a ring mark on their head.

• • Pronunciation Clue:
    • • All these fidels in the seventh row are pronounced with the vowel sound “o”.

• • Examples Provided:
    • • Examples like “ሆ” (ho), “ሎ” (lo), “ሮ” (ro), and “ኖ” (no) for two-legged letters.
    • • Examples like “ሶ” (so), “ቦ” (bo), and “ሾ” (sho) for two-legged letters with the shortest leg on the right.
    • • Examples like “ቆ” (Qo), “ቾ” (Cho), and “ቶ” (To) for one-legged letters with a ring on their head.

By understanding these distinctive patterns and practicing with the provided examples, you can more easily identify and differentiate the seventh row of Amharic fidels from others.

Listen to the audios, and repeat after me until you can pronounce each one correctly.

Homework:

Connecting Amharic fidels together to make meaningless words.

I want you to take two or three of the letters we learned and write them down on your paper. For example, you could write ‘Bal’, ‘tew’’ or ‘Abatie’.

Keep making up new fake words on your page using two letters each time. Don’t worry about what they mean, just focus on putting the sounds together.

You will need to practice saying the words out loud too. When you’re done, send them to me through WhatsApp or Telegram. I will look to them and give you gold stars for the best made up words!

Okay, you can begin your nonsense word writing now! I’m excited to see what creative words you come up with.

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