Learn Amharic Basics! - Unit 4

Hi, I'm Helen Solomon, your host, and welcome back to Learn Amharic Basics, a weekly podcast to help learn the fundamentals of conversational amharic. This week's lesson will cover pronouns, the verb to have, as well as additional vocabulary. As a disclaimer, I will be using recordings from the Foreign Service Institute's Basic Amharic course. I will include English translations so that it's easier to listen and learn on the go. With that, let's get started.

Foreign Service Institute, American Basic Course, Unit 4, Basic Sentences. For learning. Let you show me. polite version. To show me. You can, you are able, polite version. Could you please direct me to a good hotel? Name of hotel? It seems. It seems to me, I think. Yes, I can. The Gion Hotel seems good to me. Address. What's the address? Taxi. By taxi. To go. You can go by taxi. Okay. I'm calling. Okay, I'm calling a taxi.

Yes, sir or madame, said in reply to a call. Cause me to arrive. Take me to Guillaume Hotel, please. Let me pay. Let me pay to you. How much am I to pay you? Ethiopian dollar. Four dollars. Could you please direct me to a good hotel? Yes, the Gion Hotel seems good to me. What's the address? You can go by taxi. Okay, I'll call a taxi. Yes, sir or madame. Take me to Gion Hotel, please. How much am I to pay you? Four dollars. For comprehension.

إشري تاكسي ترالوه تاكسي واكو جيوان وزيلي عدلسوين سنت لكفالوهات عراتبر Classroom Expressions Thing. It is said, it is called. In Amharic. How do you say this in Amharic? Pencil. A lot. Do you have a pencil? No, I don't have. Many, much. Do you have many pencils? Only alone. No, I have only one. Say it again. This. word repeat this word can you speak Amharic?

I can. Yes, I can. Structure sentences. My name is Kbede. Agar. Country. Agar-Americano. America is your country. Abbad. Father. Regime. Tall. Your father is tall. What is your name? His book is read. Mother. Her mother is beautiful. Her mother is beautiful. Our names are Kebede and Lemma. Where is your country? Car, vehicle. Their car is not good.

Correlation substitution drill. He has a good book. I I have a good book. You, plural. You have a good book. You, polite form. You have a good book. He or she, polite form. She has a good book. They have a good book. He has a good book. We. We have a good book. You, masculine familiar. You have a good book. You feminine familiar. You have a good book. She has a good book. He has good cars. We We have nice cars. He has nice cars. She has nice cars. You, polite form.

You have nice cars. You feminine familiar. You have nice cars. You, plural. You have nice cars. You, masculine familiar. You have nice cars. They have nice cars. He or she polite form. He has nice cars.

She does not have a father. You, polite form, you do not have a father. She does not have a father. He. He does not have a father. We do not have a father He or she polite form She does not have a father I I do not have a father. They They do not have a father. You do not have a father. You, plural form. You do not have a father. You, feminine familiar. You don't have a father. I don't have books and pencils. You masculine familiar. You don't have books and pencils. You polite form.

You don't have books and pencils. He. He doesn't have books and pencils. We. We don't have books and pencils. You polite form. You don't have books and pencils. He or she polite form. She doesn't have books and pencils. They. They don't have books and pencils. They. Any. Aye. I don't have books and pencils.

You don't have books and pencils. Auntie. You, feminine familiar. I know you, masculine familiar form. You, feminine familiar. I know you. He or she polite form. I know him. I know Gion Hotel. Their country. I know their country. You polite form. I know you. You plural form. I know you. I know Mr. John. The names. I know the names. She. I know her. They. I know them. Country. I know a country. Your car. I know your car. Show me one book. show me the book her pencil show me her pencil

One pencil. Show me one pencil. One hotel. train station show me the train station the car Show me the car. Their father. Show me their father. My book. Show me my book. The hotel. One watch. Your taxi, polite form. Show me your taxi. Your watch, polite form. Show me your watch Show me the small book Good person Show me the good person. This person, male. Show me this person. Good teacher. show me the good teacher big country show me the big country

Intelligent woman. Show me the intelligent woman. Beautiful woman. Show me the beautiful woman. The good student. Show me the good student. Red book. Show me the red book. Bad student Show me the bad student. Good book. show me the good book correct thing show me the correct thing

Question and answer drill. Do you have a book? Yes, I have. I don't have. Does this student have a pencil? Yes, he has. He doesn't have. Do the students have lots of pencils? Yes they have a lot of pencils. No, they don't have a lot of pencils. Do you have a lot of books? Mail form. Yes, I have a lot of books. I don't have a lot of books. Do you know the school? Yes, I know it. Does she have a car? Yes, she has. She does not have. Do you have a watch? Yes, I have.

I don't have. Can you show me the Gion Hotel? Yes, I can. Can you show me your car? Yes, I can. Does Mr. Kabede have a car? Yes, he has. He doesn't have. Do you have a father and a mother? Yes I have. I don't have. Is the Guillen Hotel very good? Yes, it's very good. It's not very good. Can you go to the Gion Hotel? Yes, I can. Do you have $10 plate form? Yes, I have. I don't have $10. Do you have a red car mail form? Yes, I have. I don't have a car.

Do you have cars, plural form? Yes, we have. We don't have cars. Does the teacher have a car? Yes, he has. The teacher doesn't have a car. Does he have many cars? Yes he has many cars. No he does not have many cars. Does she have a book? Yes she has. She doesn't have a book. Is the teacher good? Yes she is good. He's not good. You can speak Amharic, polite for him. Yes, I can. Is the clock bad? Yes, it's bad. It's not bad. Do you have a good pencil? Polite form. Yes, I have. I don't have.

Do you have good pencils? Yes we have. We don't have. Mr. Kabede, are you able to go to America? Yes, you are able. Do you have a red car? Masculine form. Yes, I have. I don't have. Do they have cars? Yes, they have. They don't have. Are the cars good? Yes, they are good. Does your father have a good watch? Yes, he has. He doesn't have. Is your car very good? Yes, it is good. It is not good. Do the students know Amharic? Yes, they know. Is your country far male form? Yes, it's far.

It's not far Is there a car here? Yes, it's here It's not here Does the male teacher have a lot of students? Yes he has. He doesn't have. Does your father know my father? Polite form. Yes, he knows. Polite form. Is the train station far? Yes, it's far. It's not far. Are you a student to a boy? Yes, I'm a student. Do you have a long pencil? Yes I have. Can you show me one tall student? Yes, I can. This is the end of Unit 4. Thanks for joining and be sure to tune in next week for Unit 5.