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Sample Phrases – Amharic
ሰላም — selam (Hello)
እንደምን አደርክ? — indemn aderk? (Good morning (m))
ሴት ልጄ ለእራት ሽሮ ትበላለች። — siet ljie leirat shro tbelalech (My daughter eats shiro for dinner)
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Vocabulary with cultural context
እንደምን አደርክ?
indemn aderk?
Good morning (m)
እንደምን አደርሽ?
indemn adersh?
Good morning (f)
Unlike in English, where "Good morning" is a statement/wish, in Amharic, it is phrased as a specific question: "How did you spend the night?"
Grammar explanations
In Amharic, the verb comes at the end of the sentence and has a different form for each person and gender.
The verb changes depending on who you are talking about (I, you (m), you (f), he, she).
Grammar Box
Subject
Verb "to be"
እኔ
inie
ነኝ
negn
አንተ
ante
ነህ
neh
አንቺ
anchee
ነሽ
nesh
እሱ
isu
ነው
new
Abebe :
እንደምን አደርሽ ገነት!
indemn adersh genet!
Genet :
እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን! እንደምን አደርክ አበበ!
igzeeabhier ymesgen! indemn aderk abebe!
Abebe :
መኪና አለሽ?
mekeena alesh?
Dialogue from native speakers putting it all together, transcribed, translated with listening comprehension questions.
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Why Our Learning Method Works?
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Over 1,000 culturally grounded words and phrases, taught through spaced repetition so they stick — not isolated flashcards.
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Every word, dialogue, and example is rooted in real African contexts — family, food, faith, music — so you learn the language and the culture together.
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What people are saying
I could speak a little Amharic but the alphabet may as well have been a wall. The Ge'ez course got me reading shop signs in under a month and the flashcards helped me build my vocabulary way faster than I expected.
Yonas BI love how organized and structured the curriculum is. Every lesson I'm learning new words and grammar concepts together and I can feel myself finally understanding how Amharic works.
Dawit MI’ve been searching a long time for a fun and interactive way to learn Tigrinya – now I found it! ALH makes it easy to learn not only vocabulary but also grammar and language structure, which helps to get a deeper understanding of the language.
Hannele HThe Ge'ez course is really thorough and breaks down the hundreds of letters into an easy to understand system. The activities really help make it stick and within a few weeks I was able to read and write Amharic and surprise my parents!
Hannah TThe grammar boxes are what made Swahili noun classes click. Seeing a sentence split into its pieces, with only the part that changes highlighted, beat a year of memorising phrases. I really appreciate the attention to detail that went into building something like this
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