Master the Amharic Fidel Now: EasyAmharic.com Part 2
Additional Facts About the Amharic Fidel:
Similar Amharic alphabets: ህ፣ ሕ & ኅ (H)
There are three ህ (H) types of h’s in the Amharic alphabet that have the same sound and meaning but different shapes.
| ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ |
| ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ |
| Ha | Hu | Hi | Ha | Hie | H | Ho |
Only the first ህ / h is commonly used in Amharic.
ሥ / ስ (s)
There are two types of ሥ / s also. They have the same sound and meaning but different shapes.
| ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ |
| ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ |
| Se | Su | Si | Sa | Sie | S | So |
The Fidel “ስ / s” is we commonly use. ወደላይ የተገለበጠ ስሞል ኤም የሚመስለውን “ሠ” ብዙም አንጠቀምበትም።
እ / ዕ (E)
| አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ |
| ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ |
| A | U | I | A | Aie | I | O |
The first letter “አ / A” is the most commonly used. But the second “ዐ / A” is usually used by Muslims and Tigres, because it is a throaty sound. Amharic does not have an alphabet that can be read by throat. And the Muslims use it to represent the Arabic letter (ع).
ጽ & ፅ (Ts)
| ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ |
| ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ |
| Tse | Tsu | Tsi | Tsa | Tsie | Ts | Tso |
But the fact that these same Fidel are rarely used by Amharic speakers does not mean that the Fidel are unnecessary. Because other ethnic groups like Tigre and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Muslims use them.
4 (four) Fidels added to Amharic Fidel Gebeta:
ጵ / p
“ጵ” is a Greek sound, not Amharic. The Fidel was created to represent the Greek letter “π” and its sound. Example:
| Πέτρος = ጴጥሮስ = Peter |
| Παύλος = ጳውሎስ = Paul |
| Επίσκοπος = ጳጳስ = Bishop |
The first one is “ኸ / Kh”. This Fidel is not Amharic or Geez, but it is Tigrigna. People who speak Tigrinya and Arabic use this alphabet a lot. The Fidel “ኸ / Kh” represents the Arabic letter “خ” and is widely used by Amharic speaking Muslims.
| ኸ Khe | ኹ Khu | ኺ Khi | ኻ Kha | ኼ Khie | ኽ Kh | ኾ Kho |
Let’s look at the words used by Amharic speaking Muslims.
| ኸ Khe | ኸይር (ጥሩ፣ የተሻለ)፣ ኸውለት (የሴት ልጅ ስም) Khair (good, better) Khawlat (girl’s name) |
| ኹ Khu | ኹወይሊድ Khuwaylid (the father of Khadijah) |
| ኺ Khi | ኺታም (መጨረሻ) khitam (end) |
| ኻ Kha | ኻሊድ (የሙስሊም ወንድ ልጆች ስም) Khalid (Muslim boys name) |
| ኼ Khie | አኼራ (የሰማይ ቤት) |
| ኽ Kh | ሸይኽ (ትልቅ ሰው ወይም የሙስሊም ምሁር) Sheikh (an elder or Muslim scholar) |
| ኾ Kho |
“ፕ / p”
The letter “ፕ / P” is not Amharic either. It is an alphabet created to represent English and Italian letters. For example, the nouns “Polis, Pasta, or Vite” do not have other Amharic nouns. That’s what we call them in their original language.
| ፐ Pe | ፑ Pu | ፒ Pi | ፓ Pa | ፔ Pie | ፕ P | ፖ Po |
We use the word “ፕ / P” to pronounce the following words:
| ፐ Pe | ፐርሰንት percent |
| ፑ Pu | ፑቲን፣ አውትፑት፣ ኢንፑት Putin, output, input |
| ፒ Pi | ፒንሳ፣ ፒጃማ፣ ፒን (ሚስጥር ቁጥር) Pliers, Pajamas, Pin (passcode) |
| ፓ Pa | ፓፓየ፣ ፓስታ Papaya, pasta |
| ፔ Pie | ፔፐር (ወረቀት) paper |
| ፕ P | ፕሬዚደንት፣ ፕሪንተር (ማተሚያ ማሽን) President, Printer |
| ፖ Po | ፖሊስ፣ ፖስታ፣ ፓስፖርት፣ ፖፖ Police, Post, Passport, Pop |
ቭ (v) is not from the Amharic Fidel also
The letter “ቨ / V” is also a letter inherited from a foreign language.
| ቨ Ve | ቩ Vu | ቪ Vi | ቫ Va | ቬ Vie | ቭ V | ቮ Vo |
We almost don’t use this fiddle. We use this letter only when we want to pronounce the following words. There may be other words that I don’t remember right now:
| ቨ Ve | |
| ቩ Vu | |
| ቪ Vi | ቪላ፣ ቪቴ፣ ቪትዝ፣ ቪዛ፣ ቪአይፒ፣ ቪፒኤን፣ ቪዲዮ Villa, Vite, Vitz, Visa, VIP, VPN, Video |
| ቫ Va | ቫይረስ፣ ቫይብሬት፣ ቫዎል፣ ቫይታሚን፣ ቫዝሊን፣ ቫካንሲ Virus, Vibrate, Valve, Vitamin, Vaseline, Vacancy |
| ቬ Vie | ቬነስ፣ ቬንዙዌላ Venus, Venezuela |
| ቭ V | ላይቭ Live |
| ቮ Vo | ቮልቴጅ፣ አቮካዶ፣ Voltage, avocado, |
7 Weird Amharic Fidels:
If you can pronounce these six Amharic Fidels properly, then speaking Amharic won’t be difficult for you too. So that you can speak Amharic effortlessly, master these Fidels by practicing them over and over again.
| ኘ ኙ ኚ ኛ ኜ ኝ ኞ Gne Gnu Gni Gna Gnie Gn Gno |
| ጨ ጩ ጪ ጫ ጬ ጭ ጮ Che Chu Chi Cha Chie Ch Cho |
| ጠ ጡ ጢ ጣ ጤ ጥ ጦ Te Tu Ti Ta Tie T To |
| ጸ ጹ ጺ ጻ ጼ ጽ ጾ ፀ ፁ ፂ ፃ ፄ ፅ ፆ Tse Tsu Tsi Tsa Tsie Ts Tso |
| ጰ ጱ ጲ ጳ ጴ ጵ ጶ Pe Pu Pi Pa Pie P Po |
| ኸ ኹ ኺ ኻ ኼ ኽ ኾ Khe Khu Khi Kha Khie Kh Kho |
Read The whole Fidel Once Again.
Now read the letters from left to right, right to left, top to bottom and bottom to top. After that, you will learn some basic Amharic words. Therefore, do this work well first. Read it from left to right, right to left, top to bottom and bottom to top without getting bored. In this way, you can easily master Amharic fiddle.
| ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ |
| ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ |
| መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ |
| ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ |
| ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ |
| ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ |
| ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ |
| ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ |
| ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ |
| በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ |
| ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ |
| ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ |
| ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ |
| ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ |
| ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ |
| አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ |
| ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ |
| ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ |
| ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ |
| ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ |
| የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ |
| ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ |
| ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ |
| ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ |
| ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ |
| ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ |
| ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ |
| ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ |
| ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ |
| ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ |
| ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ |
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Amharic Fidels in use:
Don’t try to learn all the Amharic letters at a glance so that you don’t give up too soon. Be calm and study it starting from the basics. And it doesn’t take as long as you think.
Start making your Amharic vocabulary more complex and advanced by reading Amharic words and phrases listed below.
| ፊደሎች፦ | Words and Phrases: |
| ሀ | ሀብት = Wealth |
| ሁ | ሁለት = Two ሁሉም? = all |
| ሂ | ሂሳብ = math |
| ሃ | ውሃ = Water |
| ሄ | ሄደ = he went |
| ህ | ትምህርት = education ህይወት = life |
| ሆ | ሆድ = Stomach |
| ሐ | ኢስሐቅ = Isaac |
| ሑ | |
| ሒ | ሒሳብ = Mathematics |
| ሓ | |
| ሔ | |
| ሕ | ሕንፃ = Building ኑሕ = Noah |
| ሖ | |
| ኀ | ኀይል = Power |
| ኁ | |
| ኂ | |
| ኃ | ኃላፊ = Head |
| ኄ | |
| ኅ | |
| ኆ | |
| ኸ | ኸይበር = Khyber (country) |
| ኹ | ኹራሳን = Khurasan (City) |
| ኺ | ኺታም = Khitam |
| ኻ | ኻሊድ = Khalid |
| ኼ | |
| ኽ | |
| ኾ | መኾን = to be |
| ለ | ለምን = Why |
| ሉ | ሉአላዊነት = Sovereignty |
| ሊ | ሊጥ = Dough |
| ላ | ላም = Cow |
| ሌ | ሌሊት = Night |
| ል | ልብስ = clothing |
| ሎ | ሎሚ = Lemon |
| መ | መልስ = Answer |
| ሙ | ሙዝ = banana |
| ሚ | ሚያዝያ = April |
| ማ | ማንበብ = to read |
| ሜ | ሜዳ= Field |
| ም | ምግብ = Food |
| ሞ | ሞት = Death |
| ሠ | ሠንጠረዥ = Table |
| ሡ | |
| ሢ | |
| ሣ | ሣጥን = Box |
| ሤ | |
| ሥ | ሥርዓት = System |
| ሦ | ሦስት = Three |
| ሰ | ሰው መሰል = Human-like anthropoid |
| ሱ | ሱቅ = Shop |
| ሲ | ሲሚንቶ = Cement |
| ሳ | ሳጥን = Box |
| ሴ | ሴት = woman |
| ስ | ስልጣን = Authority |
| ሶ | ሶስት = three |
| ረ | ረቂቅ = Abstract |
| ሩ | ሩቅ = Far away |
| ሪ | ፈጣሪ = Creator |
| ራ | ራሱን ተቆጣጠረ = Bear up himself |
| ሬ | ሬት = Alovera |
| ር | ርካሽ = Cheap |
| ሮ | ሮጠ = He ran |
| ሸ | ሸሚዝ = Shirt |
| ሹ | ሹራብ = Sweater |
| ሺ | ሺህ = thousand |
| ሻ | ሻይ = Tea |
| ሼ | ሼይኽ = Sheikh |
| ሽ | ሽማግሌ = old man |
| ሾ | ሾርባ = Soup |
| ቀ | ቀላል = Simple |
| ቁ | ቁልፍ = Key |
| ቂ | ቂጣ = Bread |
| ቃ | ቃል = Word |
| ቄ | ቄስ = Priest |
| ቅ | ቅጠል = Leaf |
| ቆ | ቆረቆረ = He knoked |
| ከ | ከረሜላ = Candy |
| ኩ | ኩኪስ = Cookies |
| ኪ | ኪስ = Pocket |
| ካ | ካርቶን = Cartoon |
| ኬ | ኬላ = Checkpoint |
| ክ | ክረምት = Winter |
| ኮ | ኮላ = Colla |
| በ | በግ = sheep |
| ቡ | ቡና = Coffee |
| ቢ | ቢላዋ = Knife |
| ባ | ባቡር= Train |
| ቤ | ቤት = at home |
| ብ | ብረት= Metal |
| ቦ | ቦርሳ= Bag |
| ቸ | ቸር = Kind ቸልተኛ= indifferent |
| ቹ | ለሰዎቹ = For the people ቤተሰቦቹ = his families |
| ቺ | ቺንጋ = Chinga ይህቺ = this one |
| ቻ | ቻይ (ታጋሽ) = patient ቻው chaw – goodby |
| ቼ | መቼ = When ልጆቼ = my children |
| ች | ችግር = Problem |
| ቾ | ቾክ = Chalk ተመልካቾች = viewers |
| ጨ | ጨዋ = Gentle ጨው = salt / ጨካኝ = cruel |
| ጩ | ጩኸት = Scream ጫጩት = Chicken |
| ጪ | ጪስ = Smoke |
| ጫ | ጫማ = Shoes |
| ጬ | |
| ጭ | ጭንቅላት = Head አጭበርባሪ = Scammer |
| ጮ | ምንጮች = Sources |
| ነ | ነዳጅ = Fuel ነገር = stuff |
| ኑ | ኑዛዜ = death note |
| ኒ | ኒካህ (የእስልምና ሃይማኖት የጋብቻ ውል ሰርአት) Nikah (Islamic marriage contract) |
| ና | ናት = she is |
| ኔ | እኔ = I |
| ን | ንስሃ = Repentance |
| ኖ | ኖረ = He lived መኖሪያ = abode |
| ኘ | አገኘ = He found |
| ኙ | አገኙ = They found |
| ኚ | አትመኚው = Don’t believe him (for female) |
| ኛ | እኛ = We አንደኛ = first |
| ኜ | አምኜ = I believe |
| ኝ | ነኝ = am |
| ኞ | ሞኞች = Fools |
| አ | አንድ = one |
| ኡ | ኡኡታ (ጩኸት) = Scream |
| ኢ | ኢማም (የኡስሊሞች መሪ) Imam (leader of Muslims) |
| ኣ | ኣሁን = Now |
| ኤ | ኤሌክትሪክ = Electricity |
| እ | እህት = sister |
| ኦ | ኦሪት= Torah |
| ዐ | ዐዋቂ = Knowledgeable |
| ዑ | ዑምራ = Umrah |
| ዒ | ኢስማዒል = Ismail ዒምራን (የማሪያም አባት) = Imran (Mary’s father) ዒሳ (የመርየም ልጅ) = Isa (Mary’s son “Jesus”) |
| ዓ | ተዓምራቶች = Miracles |
| ዔ | |
| ዕ | በዕውቀ = In knowledge ዕውር = blind |
| ዖ | ጣዖት = An idol |
| ወ | ወይም = Or ወፍራም = thick |
| ዉ | ተዉ = Stop or give up |
| ዊ | ኢትዮጵያዊ = Ethiopian አሜሪካዊ = American |
| ዋ | ተዋዋሉ = They agreed |
| ዌ | ዌብሳይት (ድህረ ገጽ) = Website |
| ው | ውል = A contract ውሸት = a lie |
| ዎ | እርስዎ = You ሰዎች = the people |
| ዘ | ዘላለም = Forever |
| ዙ | ብዙ = a lot |
| ዚ | ዚፕ = Zip |
| ዛ | ዛሬ = Today |
| ዜ | ዜግነት = Citizenship |
| ዝ | ዝሆን = Elephant |
| ዞ | ወንዞች = Rivers ዞን ዛንዚዛባር |
| ዠ | |
| ዡ | በሰንጠረዡ ውስጥ = In the table |
| ዢ | ዢዋዥዌ Zxiwazxiwei (It is a kind of game that children play) |
| ዣ | ዣንጥላ = An umbrella መጓጓዣ = a transportation |
| ዤ | |
| ዥ | ቪዥን = Vision ቴሌቪዥን = Television ሰንጠረዥ = Table |
| ዦ | |
| የ | የኔ የለውም = Mine doesn’t have it |
| ዩ | የተለያዩ = Various |
| ዪ | |
| ያ | ያህል = As much as |
| ዬ | ጌታዬ ሆይ / “My Lord መርየም ብዬ ስም አወጣሁላት I have named her Mary, (“My Lord, I have named her Mary.) |
| ይ | ይልቅ Instead |
| ዮ | ተመሳሳዮች = Similar የኢትዮጵያ = Ethiopian |
| ደ | ደላላ = Broker |
| ዱ | ዱቄት = flour |
| ዲ | ዲናር = Dinar |
| ዳ | ዳቦ = Bread |
| ዴ | እንዴት = how |
| ድ | ድሃ = Poor ድል = victory ድምፅ = voice |
| ዶ | ወንዶች = Men ዶሮ = hen |
| ጀ | መጀመሪያ = First ጀርባ = back |
| ጁ | ተዘጋጁ = Get ready ልጁ = the boy በእጁ = in his hand |
| ጂ | ጂን = Dimon |
| ጃ | ደረጃ = Level |
| ጄ | ጄኔራል = General |
| ጅ | ጅጅጋ = Jijiga (city) ጅብሪል (መላይካ) = Gabriel (Angel) |
| ጆ | ጆሮ = ear |
| ገ | ገሃነም = Hell |
| ጉ | ጉርምስና = Adolescence ጉራ = boast |
| ጊ | ጊዜ = Time ጊዜያዊ = temporary |
| ጋ | ጋሪ = A cart |
| ጌ | ጌጣጌጥ = jewelry |
| ግ | ግለሰብ = Individual |
| ጎ | ጎመን = Cabbage ፍላጎት = desire |
| ተ | ተማሪ = A student ተዓምር = a miracle |
| ቱ | እውነቱ ይህ ነው = This is the truth |
| ቲ | ቲማቲም = Tomato ክርስቲያን = Christian |
| ታ | ታናሽ = Younger ታዛዥ = obedient |
| ቴ | ቤቴ = My house ቴሌብር = Telebirr |
| ት | ትምህርት = education |
| ቶ | ምልክቶች = Symptoms ምክንያቶች = causes |
| ጠ | ተጠነቀቁ = Be careful መረጠ = he chose |
| ጡ | ከመጡ = If they come አምጡ = bring it |
| ጢ | ኀጢአት = sin |
| ጣ | ሰይጣን = Satan ይሰጣል = gives |
| ጤ | ጤና = health ጤነኛ = healthy |
| ጥ | ጥምጣም = Turban ጥቃት = attack |
| ጦ | ጦር = Army ጦርነት = war ጦጣ = |
| ጸ | ጸጋ = Grace ገለጸ = explained አመጸኛ = rebellious |
| ጹ | ንጹሕ = pure ፍጹም = perfect በፍጹም = absolutely |
| ጺ | ጺም = Beard |
| ጻ | ጻፉት = Write it down |
| ጼ | ግሳጼ = Reminder |
| ጽ | ምጽዋት = Alms መጽሐፍ = Book |
| ጾ | ጾም = Fasting አንቀጾች = verses |
| ፀ | ፀሀይ = Sun ፀሎት = prayer ፀጉር = hair |
| ፁ | ፍፁም = Perfect |
| ፂ | ፂም = Beard |
| ፃ | ፃፍ = write ፃድቅ = righteous |
| ፄ | አፄ (የክርስቲያን መሪዎች የማዕረግ ስም) Emperor (title of Christian leaders) |
| ፅ | ፅናት = persistence |
| ፆ | ፆም ፆመ = He fasted |
| ጰ | |
| ጱ | |
| ጲ | ላጲስ = Rubber |
| ጳ | ጳጳስ = Bishop |
| ጴ | ጴጥሮስ = Peter |
| ጵ | የኢትዮጵያ = Ethiopia |
| ጶ | |
| ፈ | ፈጣሪ = God ፈጣን = Fast ፈፀመ = Committed |
| ፉ | ፉከራ = bragging ፉክክር = Competition አለፉ = They passed |
| ፊ | ፊርማ = Signature ፊት = face |
| ፋ | የከፋ = The worst |
| ፌ | ፌንጣ = grasshopper |
| ፍ | ፍላጎት = Desire ፍቅር = love |
| ፎ | ፎጣ = A towel ፎከረ = Boasted |
| ፐ | ፐርሰንት = Persent |
| ፑ | ፑሽአፕ = Push Up |
| ፒ | ፒያሳ = Piasa ፒን = Pin |
| ፓ | ፓስፖርት = Passport ፓርክ = Park |
| ፔ | ቴንሲዮን = Pension ፔፕሲ = Pepsi |
| ፕ | ዋትስአፕ = WhatsApp |
| ፖ | ፖሊስ = Police ፖስታ = Post |
Part Three (3) ድቃላ ሆሄያት (hybrid letters)
Support Me Please
My name is Muhammad, and I live in Addis Ababa. I have no income from advertising or sales. I don’t have any extra work, either. I used to work as a painter, I quit because it was exhausting and does not cover my daily expenses. Now I have started teaching Amharic online. But I am still in a financial struggle as before. Life is challenging in Ethiopia. So, I need your help. Your support helps me to focus teaching more effectively. Thanks in advance.
You can send me any amount you want using the following online banks:
My Bank Accounts:
Account No.:1000589387515 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
Name: Muhammed Umer Yasin
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Name: Mehammed Umer Yasin
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