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Amharic Lesson About Direction:
Today, we will start a new Amharic lesson about how to ask and give directions in Amharic. This is important when you want to find a location in Ethiopia.
By the end of the lesson, you will:
• Know key direction words and phrases in Amharic.
• Be able to ask for directions politely.
• Practice a real-life conversation in Amharic.
• Learn how to respond if someone asks you for directions.
So, now we’ll learn key direction words and phrases in Amharic.

🔑 Essential Amharic Direction Words

No.	አማርኛ (Amharic)	Transliteration	English
1.	መንገድ	mängäd	Road / way
2.	አቅጣጫ	aḳṭač̣a	Direction
3.	ቀኝ	ḳäñ	Right
4.	ግራ	gra	Left
5.	ቀኝ እጅ	ḳäñ əǧ	Right hand 🖐
6.	ግራ እጅ	gra əǧ	Left hand 🖐
7.	ወደቀኝ ዙር	wädäḳäñ zur	Turn right (masculine)
8.	ወደግራ ታጠፍ	wädägra taṭäf	Turn left (masculine)
9.	ወደቀኝ ዙሪ	wädäḳäñ zuri	Turn right (feminine)
10.	ወደግራ ታጠፊ	wädägra taṭäfi	Turn left (feminine)
11.	ቀጥታ	ḳäṭṭa	Straight
12.	አደባባይ	adäbabay	Roundabout
13.	ድልድይ	dələdəy	Bridge
14.	ፊት ለፊት	fit läfit	In front of / Straight ahead
15.	ኋላ	ḫʷala	Back / Behind
16.	በቤቱ ኋላ	bäbetu ḫʷala	Behind the house
17.	በስተጀርባ	bästägärba	Behind something
18.	በጀርባ በኩል	bägärba bäkkul	Behind something
19.	ጀርባ	gärba	Back part (of our body)
20.	ወገብ	wäggäb	Back part (of our body)
21.	ቅርብ	ḳərb	Near / close
22.	ባንኩ የት ነው?	banku yät näw?	Where is the bank?
23.	እዚህ አካባቢ ባንክ አለ/አለንዴ?	əzzih akkaba ə bank allä/allände?	Is there a bank around here?
24.	አካባቢ	akkaba ə	Around, area
25.	ጨረሽ?	čärräš?	Did you finish? (feminine)
26.	አዎ፣ ጨረስኩ። አዎ፣ ጨርሻለሁ።	awo, čärräsku. / awo, čärräšallähu.	Yes, I have finished.
27.	ሩቅ	ruḳ	Far
28.	ይቅርታ	yəḳərta	Excuse me / Sorry
29.	የት ነው?	yät näw?	Where is it?
30.	አባትህ የት ነው?	abbatəh yät näw?	Where is your father? (masculine)
31.	እናትሽ የት ናት?	ənnatəš yät nat?	Where is your mother? (feminine)
32.	መጽሐፍህ የት ነው?	mäṣəḫafəh yät näw?	Where is your book? (masculine)
33.	መጽሐፍሽ የት ነው?	mäṣəḫafəš yät näw?	Where is your book? (feminine)
34.	ስልክሽ ስንት ስንት ነው?	sələkəš sənt sənt näw?	What is your phone number? (feminine)
35.	ስምሽ ማን ነው?	səməš man näw?	What is your name? (feminine)
36.	ምግብ ቤቱ የት ነው?	məgəb betu yät näw?	Where is the restaurant?
37.	እንዴት ነው የምሄደው?	əndədet näw yämməhedäw?	How do I go there? (masculine)
38.	ወደ ሆስፒታሉ እንዴት ነው የምሄደው?	wädä hospitalu əndədet näw yämməhedäw?	How do I go to the hospital?
39.	ወደ ሆስፒታሉ በየት በኩል ነው የምሄደው?	wädä hospitalu bäyät bäkkul näw yämməhedäw?	Which way do I go to the hospital?
40.	ወደ ትምህርት ቤቱ በየት በኩል ነው የምሄደው?	wädä təmhərt betu bäyät bäkkul näw yämməhedäw?	Which way do I go to the school?
41.	ዳቦ ቤቱ የት ነው?	dabbo betu yät näw?	Where is the bakery?
42.	ወደ ዳቦ ቤቱ በየት በኩል ነው የምሄደው?	wädä dabbo betu bäyät bäkkul näw yämməhedäw?	Which way do I go to the bakery?
43.	መኪና ማቆሚያው የት ነው?	mäkina maḳoñaw yät näw?	Where is the parking?
44.	ወደ ግራ ታጠፍ።	wädä gra taṭäf.	Turn left. (masculine)
45.	ወደ ግራ ታጠፊ።	wädä gra taṭäfi.	Turn left. (feminine)
46.	ወደ ቀኝ ዙር።	wädä ḳäñ zur.	Turn right. (masculine)
47.	ወደ ቀኝ ዙሪ።	wädä ḳäñ zuri.	Turn right. (feminine)
48.	በዚህ በኩል ሂድ።	bäzzih bäkkul hid.	Go this way. (masculine)
49.	በዚህ በኩል ሂጅ።	bäzzih bäkkul hiǧ.	Go this way. (feminine)
50.	ቀጥታ ሂድ።	ḳäṭṭa hid.	Go straight. (masculine)
51.	ቀጥታ ሂጅ።	ḳäṭṭa hiǧ.	Go straight. (feminine)
52.	ቅርብ ነው?	ḳərb näw?	Is it close?
53.	አዎ፣ ቅርብ ነው።	awo, ḳərb näw.	Yes, it’s close.
54.	ሩቅ ነው?	ruḳ näw?	Is it far?
55.	ቅርብ ነው።	ḳərb näw.	It’s near here.
56.	ሩቅ አይደለም።	ruḳ aydälläm.	It’s not far.
57.	እዚህ ጋ ነው።	əzzih ga näw.	It’s over here.
58.	እዚያ ጋ ነው።	əzziya ga näw.	It’s over there.
59.	እዚህ ነው።	əzzih näw.	It’s here.
60.	እዚህ አይደለም።	əzzih aydälläm.	It’s not here.