- Ask a simple question: “Do you know how many months we have in Ethiopia?”
- Compare Ethiopian calendar vs. Gregorian briefly (13 months, 30 days each, plus Pagume).
- It’s currently 7 or 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar because of different calculations for the birth of Jesus.
- ጳጉሜ is the final month in Ethiopian and it’s very short. It has only five days, or six days in a leap year.
- In the Ethiopian calendar, the first 12 months have 30 days each, and the 13th month, Pagume, has 5 or 6 days depending on the year.
- መስከረም (Meskerem) / September is the Ethiopian new year.
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The main rainy season called ክረምት (Kremt).
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The dry season is called በጋ (Bega).
| Amharic (Transcription) | English | Gregorian Calendar Equivalent (Approximate) |
|---|---|---|
| መስከረም (Meskerem) | September | September 11 – October 10 |
| ጥቅምት (Tqmt) | October | October 11 – November 9 |
| ኅዳር (Hdar) | November | November 10 – December 9 |
| ታኅሣሥ (Tahsas) | December | December 10 – January 8 |
| ጥር (Tr) | January | January 9 – February 7 |
| የካቲት (Yekatit) | February | February 8 – March 9 |
| መጋቢት (Megabit) | March | March 10 – April 8 |
| ሚያዝያ (Miyazya) | April | April 9 – May 8 |
| ግንቦት (Gnbo) | May | May 9 – June 7 |
| ሰኔ (Senie) | June | June 8 – July 7 |
| ሐምሌ (Ḥamlie) | July | July 8 – August 6 |
| ነሐሴ (Nehasie) | August | August 7 – September 6 |
| ጳጉሜን (Ṗagume) | (13th Month) | September 6 – September 10 (or 11) |
- መንዝ በአማርኛ ምንድን ነው?
- ዛሬ ወሩ ማን ነው?
- ዛሬ ስንተኛው ወር ማን ነው?
- ቀን ስንት ነው?
- How do you pluralize the Ethiopian word ‘ወር’?
- በኢትዮጵያ አዲስ አመት የሚጀምረው መቼ ነው?
- በጋ (Bega) ምንድን ነው?
- ክረምት (Kremt) ምንድን ነው?
