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Learn Amharic Greetings in detail in Part 2.
Formal Amharic Greeting In The Morning:
- እንደት አደሩ? Endet aderu? Good morning.
- ደህና አደሩ? Dehna aderu? Good morning.
- ደህና አድረዋል? Dehna adrewal? Good morning.
- ሰላም አደሩ? Selam aderu? Good morning.
- ሰላም አድረዋል? Selam adrewal? Good morning.
Response:
- ደህና አድሪያለሁ። I have a good night.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አድሪያለሁ። Alhamdulillah, dehna adrialehu. Alhamdulillah, I have a good night.
ከሰአት በኋላ የሚቀርብ ሰላምታ (At the afternoon) for male:
- እንደት ዋልክ? Endet walk? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ዋልክ? Dehna walk? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ውለሃል? Dehna wulehal? Good afternoon.
- ሰላም ዋልክ? Selam walk? Good afternoon.
Response:
- ደህና ውያለሁ። Dehna wuyalehu. I have a good day.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ውያለሁ። Alhamdulillah, dehna wuyalehu. Alhamdulillah, I had a good day.
- እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ውያለሁ። Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna wuyalehu. Thank God I’m fine.
For female:
- እንደት ዋልሽ? Endet walsh? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ዋልሽ? Dehna walsh? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ውለሻል? Dehna wuleshal? Good afternoon.
- ሰላም ዋልሽ? Selam walsh? Good afternoon.
For plural:
- እንደትዋላችሁ? Endet walachihu? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ዋላችሁ? Dehna walachihu? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ውላችኋል? Dehna wulachihual? Good afternoon.
- ሰላም ዋላችሁ? Selam walachihu? Good afternoon.
Response:
- ደህና ውለናል። Dehna wulenal. We have a good day.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ውለናል። Alhamdulillah, dehna wulenal. Alhamdulillah, we had a good day.
For formal:
- እንደት ዋሉ? Endet walu? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ዋሉ? Dehna walu? Good afternoon.
- ደህና ውለዋል? Dehna wulewal? Good afternoon.
- ሰላም ዋሉ? Selam walu? Good afternoon.
ማታ ላይ የሚቀርብ የሰላምታ አይነት (At night) For male
- እንደት አመሸህ? Endet amesheh? Good evening.
- ደህና አመሸህ? Dehna amesheh? Good evening.
Response:
- ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። Dehna amshichalehu. I have a good evening.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። Alhamdulillah dehna amshichalehu. Alhamdulillah, I have a good evening.
For female:
- እንደት አመሸሽ? Endet ameshesh? Good evening.
- ደህና አመሸሽ? Dehna ameshesh? Good evening.
- ደህና አምሽተሻል? Dehna amshteshal? Good evening.
- ሰላም አመሸሽ? Selam ameshesh? Good evening.
Response:
- ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። Dehna amshichalehu. I have a good evening.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። Alhamdulillah, dehna amshichalehu. Alhamdulillah, I have a good evening.
For plural:
- እንደት አመሻችሁ? Endet ameshachihu? Good evening.
- ደህና አመሻችሁ? Dehna ameshachihu? Good evening.
- ደህና አምሽታችኋል? Dehna amshtachihual? Good evening.
- ሰላም አመሻችሁ? Selam ameshachihu? Good evening.
Response:
- ደህና አምሽተናል። Dehna amshitenal. I have a good evening.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽተናል። Alhamdulillah, dehna amshitenal. Alhamdulillah, I have a good evening.
For formal:
- እንደት አመሹ? Endet ameshu? Good evening.
- ደህና አመሹ? Dehna ameshu? Good evening.
- ደህና አምሽተዋል? Dehna amshtewal? Good evening.
- ሰላም አመሹ? Selam ameshu? Good evening.
Response:
- ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። Dehna amshichalehu. I have a good evening.
- አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። Alhamdulillah, dehna amshichalehu. Alhamdulillah, I have a good evening.
Dialogue:
Here are some dialogues extracted from the lesson we learned. These dialogues include common greetings and responses for different, people, in different time:
Dialogue 1: Greeting a Male
Person A: ደህና ነህ? (Dehna neh?) How are you doing?
Person B: ደህና ነኝ፣ አንተስ እንዴት ነህ? (Dehna negn. Antes endet neh?) I am good. What about you?
Person A: ሰላም ነኝ። ሁሉ ሰላም? (Selam negn. Hulu selam?) I am fine. Is everything okay with you?
Person B: ሁሉም ነገር ሰላም ነው አልሐምዱሊላህ። (Hulum neger selam new Alhamdulilah.) Everything is fine, Alhamdulilh.
Dialogue 2: Greeting a Female
Person A: እንዴት ነሽ? (Endet nesh?) How are you doing?
Person B: ሰላም ነኝ፣ አንችስ እንዴት ነሽ? (Selam negn, anchis endet nesh?) I am fine. What about you?
Person A: ደህና ነኝ አልሐምዱሊላህ። ደወየት እየሄድሽ ነው? (Dehna negn, Alhamdulillah). Wedeyet eyehiedsh new?) I am great, Alhamdulillah.Where are you going?
Person B: ወደቤቴ እየሄድኩ ነው። (Wedebietie eyehiedku new.) I am going to my home.
Dialogue 3: Greeting a Group
Person A: እንዴት ናችሁ? (Endet nachihu?) How are you doing?
Group: ደህና ነን። (Dehna nen.) We are good.
Dialogue 4: Greeting an Older Person
Person A: እንዴት ነዎት? (Endet newot?) How are you doing?
Person B: ደህና ነኝ፣ አንተስ እንዴት ነህ? (Dehna negn. Antes endet neh?) I am good. What about you?
Dialogue 5: Informal Greeting
Person A: ሰላም (Selam) Hello
Person B: ፒስ ነው? (Peace new?) Are you fine?
Person A: ፒስ ነው (Peace new) I’m fine.
Dialogue 6: Morning Greeting for Male
Person A: እንደት አደርክ? (Endet aderk?) Good morning.
Person B: ደህና አድሪያለሁ። (Dehna adrialehu.) I have a good night.
Dialogue 7: Morning Greeting for Female
Person A: እንደት አደርሽ? (Endet adersh?) Good morning.
Person B: ደህና አድሪያለሁ። (Dehna adrialehu.) I have a good night.
Dialogue 8: Afternoon Greeting for Male
Person A: እንደት ዋልክ? (Endet walk?) Good afternoon.
Person B: ደህና ውያለሁ። (Dehna wuyalehu.) I have a good day.
Dialogue 9: Afternoon Greeting for Female
Person A: እንደት ዋልሽ? (Endet walsh?) Good afternoon.
Person B: ደህና ውያለሁ። (Dehna wuyalehu.) I have a good day.
Dialogue 10፦ Evening Greeting for Male
Person A፦ እንደት አመሸህ? (Endet amesheh?) Good evening.
Person B፦ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ። (Dehna amshichalehu.) I have a good evening.
Person A፦ ጠፋህ Tefah / long time no see.
Person B፦ አለሁ፣ ትንሽ ስራ በዝቶብኝ ነው። I am good. I was just overloaded with some work. (Alehu, tinish sra beztobign new.)