Master the Amharic Fidel Now: Amarigna Fidel Part 1
The Amharic language has 34 consonant letters and 204 vowel letters. When you combine these characters together, you will get 238 consonant-vowel combinations. This means that each combination forms both a consonant sound and a vowel sound together.
In other writing systems like the English alphabet, each letter usually represents either a consonant or a vowel sound. They are not mixed with each other like the Amharic Fidel. They are separate in themselves. For example, the letter ‘b’ represents only a consonant sound, while the letter ‘a’ represents only a vowel sound.
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In contrast, the Amharic script uses characters that combine both a consonant and a vowel into a single symbol. For instance, the Amharic character ‘ሀ’ represents the consonant sound ‘h’ combined with the vowel sound ‘a’. Similarly, ‘ለ’ represents ‘l’ + ‘a’, ‘መ’ represents ‘m’ + ‘a’, and so on. But don’t be afraid that you won’t memorize them because of their quantity. You will know them because I will show you how to learn them easily.
The 7 facts you should to know about Amharic Fidel are:
The letters in the first row are all simple letters with little addition to their bodies. They are pronounced like “ኧ” or “eh, e”.
The Amharic letters in the second row, except for “ሩ and ፉ,” have a small mark on their right side. This symbol makes them read as “u”. Example: ሁ Hu፣ ሉ Lu፣ ሙ Mu
All the Amharic letters except “ሪ ri, ዪ yi and ፊ fi” in the third row have a right-pointing suffix on their right leg. For example: ሂ hi፣ ሊ Li፣ ሚ, ሲ Si etc. This suffix makes the Amharic letter read as “i”.
The letters with two or more legs, such as “ሓ/ ha, ላ / la, ሳ/ sa, ባ /ba” in the fourth row, have the shortest leg on the left. That is why they are pronounced as “a”. You can look at them now.
All the Amharic letters in the fifth row have a ring on their right leg. This makes them read as “ie”. For example: ሄ Hie, ሌ Lie, ሜ Mie, ሤ, ሴ, Sie
But the Amharic Fidels in the sixth row are consonant letters. So we need to read them like “ህ H, ል L, ም M, ስ S, ር R”. For example: “ምስር / MSR, which means “Lentil” and “ስድስት / SDST” which means “Six”. If we add another vowel symboles to these Fidels, their shape, sound and meaning will change. The remaining 6 Fidels are vowel letters. They change their shape and sound due to the addition of vowel letters. (አ, ኡ, ኢ, ኣ, ኤ, ኦ, (a u i a ie o)
The letters in the seventh row, such as “ሆ / ho, ሎ/ lo, ሮ / ro, ኖ / no,” have a ring on the right. Two-legged letters like “ሶ / so, ቦ / bo, ሾ / sho” have the shortest leg on the right. And those with one leg Fidel like ቆ / Qo, ቾ / Cho, ቶ / To have a ring mark on their head. But they are all pronounced as “o”.
If you understand these facts well, you can learn and even memorize these Amharic Fidels very easily. Now, when you read the letters below, read them keeping in mind the facts that we have seen above. But if you have a problem with pronouncing these Fidel correctly, contact me onTelegram, I will give you a 2 hour paid tutor with only 10 Dollar.
I will teach you additional facts here about the Amharic Fidel but read the next table first.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ |
| ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ |
| He | Hu | Hi | Ha | Hie | H | Ho |
| ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ |
| Le | Lu | Li | La | Lie | L | Lo |
| መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ |
| Me | Mu | Mi | Ma | Mie | M | Mo |
| ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ |
| ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ |
| Se | Su | Si | Sa | Sie | S | So |
| ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ |
| Re | Ru | Ri | Ra | Rie | R | Ro |
| ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ |
| She | Shu | Shi | Sha | Shie | Sh | Sho |
| ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ |
| Qe | Qu | Qi | Qa | Qie | Q | Qo |
| ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ |
| Ke | Ku | Ki | Ka | Kie | K | Ko |
| በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ |
| Be | Bu | Bi | Ba | Bie | B | Bo |
| ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ |
| Che | Chu | Chi | Cha | Chie | Ch | Cho |
| ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ |
| Che | Chu | Chi | Cha | Chie | Ch | Cho |
| ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ |
| Ne | Nu | Ni | Na | Nie | N | No |
| ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ |
| Gne | Gnu | Gni | Gna | Gnie | Gn | Gno |
| አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ |
| ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ |
| A | U | I | A | Aie | I | O |
| ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ |
| We | Wu | Wi | Wa | Wie | W | Wo |
| ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ |
| Ze | Zu | Zi | Za | Zie | Z | Zo |
| ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ |
| Zhe | Zhu | Zhi | Zha | Zhie | Zh | Zho |
| የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ |
| Ye | Yu | Yi | Ya | Yie | Y | Yo |
| ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ |
| De | Du | Di | Da | Die | D | Do |
| ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ |
| Je | Ju | Ji | Ja | Jie | J | Jo |
| ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ |
| Ge | Gu | Gi | Ga | Gie | G | Go |
| ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ |
| Te | Tu | Ti | Ta | Tie | T | To |
| 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 |
| ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ |
| Fe | Fu | Fi | Fa | Fie | F | Fo |
Understanding Amharic Fidel Basics:
- Amharic script consists of around 34 consonant characters (Fidel).
- Each character except the consonants represents a consonant-vowel combination, unlike English where letters represent either a consonant or a vowel.
The Amharic Fidel are organized into rows, each row following specific patterns:
- First Row: Simple letters pronounced with “eh, e”.
- Second Row: Small mark on the right side indicating the vowel sound “u”.
- Third Row: Right-pointing suffix indicating the vowel sound “i”.
- Fourth Row: Shortest leg on the left indicating the vowel sound “a”.
- Fifth Row: Ring on the right leg indicating the vowel sound “ie”.
- Sixth Row: Consonant letters without vowel additions, read as consonants alone.
- Seventh Row: Characters with rings on the right or specific leg arrangements indicating the vowel sound “o”.
- Distinctive Features:
- This post explains that the seventh row of Amharic fidels have specific markers such as a ring on the right side of the character.
- Two-legged letters in this row have the shortest leg on the right.
- One-legged letters have a ring mark on their head.
- Pronunciation Clue:
- All these fidels in the seventh row are pronounced with the vowel sound “o”.
- Examples Provided:
- Examples like “ሆ” (ho), “ሎ” (lo), “ሮ” (ro), and “ኖ” (no) for two-legged letters.
- Examples like “ሶ” (so), “ቦ” (bo), and “ሾ” (sho) for two-legged letters with the shortest leg on the right.
- Examples like “ቆ” (Qo), “ቾ” (Cho), and “ቶ” (To) for one-legged letters with a ring on their head.
By understanding these distinctive patterns and practicing with the provided examples, you can more easily identify and differentiate the seventh row of Amharic fidels from others.
Listen to the audios, and repeat after me until you can pronounce each one correctly.
Homework:
Connecting Amharic fidels together to make meaningless words.
I want you to take two or three of the letters we learned and write them down on your paper. For example, you could write ‘Bal’, ‘tew’’ or ‘Abatie’.
Keep making up new fake words on your page using two letters each time. Don’t worry about what they mean, just focus on putting the sounds together.
You will need to practice saying the words out loud too. When you’re done, send them to me through WhatsApp or Telegram. I will look to them and give you gold stars for the best made up words!
Okay, you can begin your nonsense word writing now! I’m excited to see what creative words you come up with.
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