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Amharic Lounge (ethiopian lounge) ----->

For anybody who wants to learn the (official) ethiopian language : Amharic:

Usefull ONLINE dictionary:

http://www.ethiopiandictionary.com


I / me : enea (ana)
you: (female) antchi, (male) ante, polite essow
he/it: essu or ersu
she/it: esswa, erswa

greetings/goodbyes:

Good morning: [to male] - Indemin adderk
Good morning:[to female]- Indemin addersh
Good mornging:[to several]- Indemin adderachihu
Hello(and freedom) - Selam
Hello- Tenastellen / TADIAS
How are you? - (f) dehna nesh?, (male) dehna neh?
I am fine - dehna
Good night - (f) dehna deri, (m) dehna der
Good bye - Debna yisenb?tu
Bye[informal] - Selam

Question words:

what? - min?
When? - meche?
who? - man?
where? - yeat?
why? l

Many pronouns and question words seem to be very close to Arabic, e.g. "ana", "anta/anti", "man", "min"...

Originally Posted by Stranger

Many pronouns and question words seem to be very close to Arabic, e.g. "ana", "anta/anti", "man", "min"...

Yes thats true! Because both are SEMITIC languages! You may compare it with old or classical arabic. the ethiopian language came from the older ethiopian language called "geez" which is one of the oldest languages in the world, many other languages came from!
Although today "geez" is spoken by some few people, mostly professors and church people!