Amharic Sample Dialogue

Here are some Amharic dialogues extracted from the lessons we learned. These dialogues include common Amharic greetings and responses for different people at different times:

 Dialogue 1: Greeting a Male

A: ደህና ነህ? (Dehna neh?) How are you doing?

B: ደህና ነኝ፣ አንተስ እንዴት ነህ? (Dehna negn. Antes endet neh?) I am good. What about you?

A: ሰላም ነኝ። ሁሉ ሰላም? (Selam negn. Hulu selam?) I am fine. Is everything okay?

B: ሁሉም ሰላም ነው አልሐምዱሊላህ። (Hulum selam new Alhamdulilah.) Everything is fine, Alhamdulilh.

 Dialogue 2: Greeting a Female

• A: እንዴት ነሽ? (Endet nesh?) How are you doing?
• B: ሰላም ነኝ፣ አንችስ እንዴት ነሽ? (Selam negn, anchis endet nesh?) I am fine. What about you?
• A: ደህና ነኝ አልሐምዱሊላህ። ደወየት እየሄድሽ ነው? (Dehna negn, Alhamdulillah). Wedeyet eyehiedsh new?) I am great, Alhamdulillah.Where are you going?
• B: ወደቤቴ እየሄድኩ ነው። (Wedebietie eyehiedku new.) I am going to my home.

Dialogue 3: Greeting a Group of people

• A: እንዴት ናችሁ? (Endet nachihu?) How are you doing?
• B: ደህና ነን። (Dehna nen.) We are all fine.

Dialogue 4: Greeting an Older Person

• A: እንዴት ነዎት? (Endet newot?) How are you doing?
• B: ደህና ነኝ፣ አንተስ እንዴት ነህ? (Dehna negn. Antes endet neh?) I am good. What about you?
• ደህና ነኝ፣ አልሐምዱሊላህ። Dehna negn, Alhamdulillah. I’m fine, Alhamdulillah.

Dialogue 5: Informal Greeting

• A: ሰላም (Selam) Hello
• B: ፒስ ነው? (Peace new?) Are you fine?
• A: ፒስ ነው (peace new) I’m fine.

 Dialogue 6: Morning Greeting for Male

• A: እንደት አደርክ? (Endet aderk?) Good morning.
• B: ደህና አድሪያለሁ። (Dehna adrialehu.) I have a good night.

 Dialogue 7: Morning Greeting for Female

• A: እንደት አደርሽ? (Endet adersh?) Good morning.
• B: ደህና አድሪያለሁ። (Dehna adrialehu.) I have a good night.

Dialogue 8: Afternoon Greeting for Male

• A: እንደት ዋልክ? (Endet walk?) Good afternoon.
• B: ደህና ውያለሁ። (Dehna wuyalehu.) I have a good day.

 Dialogue 9: Afternoon Greeting for Female

• A: እንደት ዋልሽ? (Endet walsh?) Good afternoon.
• B: ደህና ውያለሁ። (Dehna wuyalehu.) I have a good day.

Dialogue 10፦ Evening Greeting for Male

• A፦ እንደት አመሸህ? (Endet amesheh?) Good evening.
• B፦ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። (Dehna amshichalehu.) I have a good evening.
• A፦ ጠፋህ Tefah / long time no see.
• B፦ አለሁ፣ ትንሽ ስራ በዝቶብኝ ነው። (Alehu, tinish sra beztobign new.) I am good. I was just overloaded with some work.