Amharic of the Day

inspired by C.W. Isenberg

Practice, practice, practice! Try to use these words in sentences. Use your family and friends and strangers and enemies as training tools of your instruction in the Amharic tongue.

ሃሌ ሉያ (hallelujah) - praise yhwh, at least fifteen different melodies associated with this word of life

ቤትህ (bétih) - thy house, your house

መታህ (metah) - he has beaten thee, he has stricken thee, he hit you

እግዚአብሔር ያጽናህ (igzeeabihér yatsnah) - may the lord have you endure, or strengthen you

መጣብህ (meTabh), መጣልህ (meTalh) - he/it has come upon thee, he/it came for you

በደኅና ያስኀድርህ (bedehna yashadirh) - may he (God) make thee pass the night well, may he (the lord) make you spend the night well

ተቀመጥህ (teqemeTh)- thous hast sat down, you have sat down

ትኖራለህ (tinoraleh) - thou remainest?, you will be here?

በልተሃል (beltehal) - have you eaten?, or you have eaten

የሰድሃል (yisedihal), ይልክሃል (yilikihal) - he will send thee/you

ሁሉ (hulu) - all, any, every, each, the whole, the totality

ሁለት (hulet) - two

ሃምሌ (hamlé) - the eleventh month of the ge’ez calendar, roughly July

ሀሞት (hamot) - the bile, gall, bitter liquid

ሀር (har) - silk