In this lesson, you will learn informal Amharic greetings and responses commonly used in casual, everyday conversations. You’ll practice different ways to ask and answer “How are you?” in informal settings, including gender-specific and plural forms. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to greet friends, family, and peers naturally and confidently in Amharic.

• ✔️አማን ነው? Aman new? Hey, how are you?
• ✔️ሰላም ነው? selma new? Are you at peace?
• ✔️አማን ነህ? Aman neh? Are you well?
• ✔️አላችሁ? (Alachihu?) Are you alive / fine? (For plural)
• ✔️አለህ? (Aleh?) Are you alive? (For male)
• ✔️አለሽ? (Alesh?) Are you alive? (For female)
• ✔️ሰላም (Selam) Hello
• ✔️ታዲያስ (Tadias) Hi 
• ✔️እ (E) So, what’s up?
• ✔️ፒስ ነው? (Peace new?) Are you fine?
• ✔️ደህና ነሽ ኣ? (Dehna nesh a?) You’re well. Yeah? (For female)
• ✔️ደህና ነህ ኣ? (Dehna neh a?) You’re well. Yeah? (For male)
• ✔️️ሰላምነህ ኣ? (Selam neh a?) You’re okay. Yeah? (For male)
• ✔️ሰላም ነሽ ኣ? (Selam nesh a?) You’re okay. Yeah? (For female)

Note: The word ኣ (a) at the end of a question means “yeah?” or “right?” and is used to make the greeting more casual and conversational.

Common Responses:

1. አለን (Alen) We are alive / fine.
2. አለሁልህ (Alehulh) I’m alive for you.
3. ፒስ ነው (peace new.) I’m fine.
4. ሰላም ነው። (Selam new.) It’s fine.
5. አለንልህ Alenlh (We are alive for you.) (For male)
6. አለሁልሽ (Alehulsh) I am alive for you. (For female)

Key Notes:

1. አለን means ደህና ነኝ or ደህና ነን. We are fine. / I’m fine.)
2. Use አለህ? (Aleh?) for males and
3. አለሽ? (Alesh?) for females. Both mean “Are you fine?”
4. Use አላችሁ? (Alachihu?) to ask a group, “Are you all alive?”
5. Respond with አለን (Alen), which means “We are alive” or “We’re good.”

In Amharic, it’s common for a single person to refer to themselves as እኛ (We) and say አለን (Alen) to mean “I’m good.” Don’t be confused if you hear this—it’s a cultural nuance!