I am trying to learn AT LEAST 5 new Amharic vocab words / week. I will share them with you. I am spelling them according to how the Lonely Planet Phrase Book spells them though upon hearing them prononced on my language software I did a few doubletakes. In parenthesis I will do my best to write them phonetically in English as I heard them pronounced. Good luck! (you'll need it :))
This week's are:
te-na yis-tel-leny (tay-nais-telany): It's a greeting. Literally: May health be given to you.
deu-na hu-nu (dena hoonoo): saying goodbye to more than one person
ow (aow): Yes
ay-del-em (eye-dell-em): No
e-shi (eh-she): okay/yes
e-ba-kon (e-bah-kwo): polite form of please
Monday, September 29, 2008
Amharic Vocab Words (AVW)
Posted by beBOLDjen at 3:35 PM
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2 comments:
That is so cool, thanks for sharing with us! Now I want to actually hear you say it. I love hearing my sister in law talk in Indonesian. It's always fun to learn new words in another language!
I really should try to learn. You'll be so glad you did.
With Love,
Penelope
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