Amharic language / English Flashcards
እግዚአብሔር
egzii’abheer
God
ምግብ
migib
food
ቦታ
bota
a place, a location
ሕዝብ
hizb
people, crowd, population
ጾም
t’som
fasting
እውነት
ewinet
the truth
ሰው
sew
man / a person / a human
ውሸት
wišet
a lie
ምሕረት
mihret
Mercy
ነውር
newir
shame
ይሉኝታ
yiluňta
what other people think
ባህል
bahil
culture, tradition, custom
እምነት
emnet
a belief
ሃይማኖት
haymanot
religion
ከተማ
ketema
city
ዋና ከተማ
wanna ketema
the capital city
ሰፈር
sefer
neighbourhood, city district
ቤት
beet
house / building
ክፍል
kifl
room
ፎቅ
fok’
floor, storey
በር
berr
gate, door
መስኮት
meskot
window
መዝጊያ
mezgiiya
door
also includes the panel of a window, etc.
(from zegga, to close)
ሰውዬ
sewiyyee
a man
ሴት
seet
woman
ሴትዮ
seetiyyo
a woman
ልጃገረድ
lijagered
a girl
ጓዴኛ
gwadeeňňa
friend, colleague
ወዳጅ
wedaj
friend
ባልንጀራ
balinjera
a close friend
በጣም
bet’am
very
እጅግ
ejjig
extremely, very, too much
ወንድ
wend
male
ሴት
seet
female
ሌላ
leela
other, another
ተመሳሳይ
temesasay
similar, identical, the same
ልዩ
liyyu
unique, special
ደህና
dehna
fine, all right
ሩቅ
ruk’
far
ቅርብ
k’irb
near
ቀኝ
k’eňň
right side
ግራ
gra
left side
በ-X
አቅራቢያ
ak’rabbiiya
be-X
in the proximity (near)
of …
የአካባቢይ
ye’akababiiy
local
የሀገሬ
yehageree
of my country
የውጭ ሀገር
foreign
(«from outside country»)
የሃገር ውስጥ
yehager wist’
national
(«from inside country»)
ያሜሪካን
yameeriikan
American
(adjective)
እንግሊዝ
engliiz
English
(adjective)
ጀርመን
jermen
German
(adjective)
ፈረንሳይ
ferensay
French
(adjective)
ሩሲያን
russiiyan
Russian
(adjective)
መስኮብ
meskob
Russian
(adjective)
ጣሊያን
t’aliiyan
Italian
(adjective)
የቤልጂየም
yebeeljiiyem
Belgian
(adjective)
የቻይና
yecayna
Chinese
(culture)
እኔ
enee
I, me
አንተ
ante
you
(male)
አንቺ
ancii
you
(female)
እርስዎ
ersiwo
you
(polite)
እሱ
essu
he, him
እሷ
esswa
she
እርሳቸው
ersaccew
he/she
(polite)
እኛ
eňňa
we, us
እናንተ
ennante
you
(plural)
እነሱ
ennessu
they, them
የኔ
yennee
my, mine
ያንተ
yante
your, yours
(male)
ያንቺ
yancii
your, yours
(female)
የርስዎ
yersiwo
your, yours
(polite)
የሱ
yessu
his
የሷ
yesswa
her, hers
የርሳቸው
yersaccew
his/hers
(polite)
የኛ
yeňňa
our, ours
የናንተ
yennante
your, yours
(plural)
የነሱ
yennessu
their, theirs
ይሀው
yihew
here it is / take it
ይህ
yih
this
ይህች
yihic
this
(female)
እነዚህ
ennezziih
these
እኚህ
eňňih
this
(polite)
እነኚህ
enneňňih
these
(polite)
ይህኛው
yihiňňaw
this one
ይችኛዋ
yicciňňawa
this one
(female)
እዚህ
ezzǐh
here
በዚህ
bezziih
by this / in this
ከዚህ
kezziih
from this / with this
እንዴምን
endeemin
how?
እንዴት
endeet
how?
እንዴ
endee
what the? / isn’t it?
ምን
min
what?
ምንድን
mindin
what?
ምኖችን
minoccin
what? / which?
(plural)
ምን አይነት
min aynet
what kind of?
ለምን
lemin
why? / what for?
ትናንና
tinantinna
yesterday
ዛሬ
zaree
today
ነገ
nege
tomorrow
ከትናንትና ወዲያ
ketinantinna wediiya
the day before yesterday
ከነገ ወዲያ
kenege wediiya
the day after tomorrow
ከሰዓት በፊት
kese’at befiit
before noon
ከሰዓት በኋላ
kese’at behwala
afternoon
ቀንቀን
k’enk’en
during the day
ከሰዓት
kese’at
afternoon
ውስጥ
… wist’
inside …
ውጭ
… wicc’
outside …
ላይ
… lay
on …
ታች
… tac
under …
በ
be-
at, in …
እ
e-
at, in …
እስከ (ድረስ)
eske … (dires)
until …
ከ
ke-
from …
ከ
በፊት
befiit
ke-
in front of
ከ
በኋላ
behwala
ke-
behind …
በ
be-
in
በ
be-
by
እንደ
ende-
as, like … / according to …
እንደ … (ያለ)
ende-… yalle
looking like …
ስለ
sile-
about …
ለ
le-
for … / to …
በ
መሰረት
meseret
be-
based on …
በ
ምክንያት
mikniyat
be-
because of …
ከ-… (ይልክ)
ke-… (yilik)
more than …
ነኝ
neň
I am
ነህ / ነክ
neh / nek
you are
(male)
ነሽ
neš
you are
(girl)
ነዎ
newo
you are
(polite)
ነው
new
he is / it is
ናት
nat
she is
ናቸው
naccew
he is / she is
(polite)
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ነን
nen
we are
ናችሁ
naccu
you are
(plural)
ናቸው
naccew
they are
አይደለሁም
aydellehum
I am not
አይደለህም
aydellehim
you are not
(male)
አይደለሽም
aydellešim
you are not
(female)
አይደሉም
aydellum
you are not
(plural)
አይደለም
aydellem
he is not / it is not
አይደለችም
aydelleccim
she is not
አይደሉም
aydellum
he/she is not
(polite)
አይደለንም
aydellenim
we are not
አይደላችሁም
aydelleccum
you are not
(plural)
አይደሉም
aydellum
they are not
ሆነ
hone
(NORE)
he became
(this verb also has the sense of «to be» in the imperfect tense)
ኖረ
nore
(NORE)
he lived
ተገኘ
tegeňňe
(TESET’T’E)
he was located / was found
ቆመ
k’ome
(NORE)
he stood / he stopped
አጋጠመ
aggatt’eme
(AGGAT’T’EME)
it happened