Amharic Dictionary
አማርኛ
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ሁለት
/hu-let/
ሁለት ቡና እፈልጋለሁ።
Two
I want two coffees.
ሂድ
/hid/
ሂድ ወደ ትምህርት ቤት።
Go (command)
Go to school.
ሃያ
/ha-ya/
ሃያ ብር ሰጠሁ።
Twenty
I gave twenty birr.
ሆድ
/hod/
ሆዴ ይቆጫኛል።
Stomach / Belly
My stomach hurts.
ሌሊት
/le-lit/
ሌሊት እተኛለሁ።
Night
At night I sleep.
ልብ
/lib/
ልቤ ይመታል።
Heart
My heart beats.
ልጅ
/lij/
ልጄ ይጫወታል።
Child
My child is playing.
መቶ
/me-to/
መቶ ብር አለኝ።
One hundred
I have one hundred birr.
መንገድ
/men-ged/
መንገዱ ረጅም ነው።
Road / Way
The road is long.
ሚስት
/mist/
ሚስቴ ምግብ ትሠራለች።
Wife
My wife is cooking food.
ምስር ወጥ
/mi-sir wet/
ምስር ወጥ ጣፋጭ ነው።
Red lentil stew
Red lentil stew is tasty.
ምሽት
/mi-shit/
ምሽት ቤት እቀምጣለሁ።
Evening
In the evening I stay home.
ራስ
/ras/
ራሴ ይታመኛል።
Head
My head aches.
ሮጠ
/ro-te/
ልጁ ሮጠ።
Ran
The boy ran.
ሰላም
/se-lam/
ሰላም፣ ደህና ነህ?
Hello / Peace
Hello, how are you?
ሰማ
/se-ma/
ሙዚቃ ሰማ።
Heard / Listened
He listened to music.
ሰባት
/se-bat/
ሳምንት ሰባት ቀናት አለው።
Seven
A week has seven days.
ሰዓት
/se-at/
ስንት ሰዓት ነው?
Hour / Time / Watch
What time is it?
ሰዓት ሸኝ
/se-at she-gn/
ሰዓት ሸኝ፣ ቸር ይቆዩ።
Goodbye
Goodbye, take care.
ሳምንት
/sam-int/
የሚቀጥለው ሳምንት ይመጣል።
Week
He will come next week.
ሴት ልጅ
/set lij/
ሴት ልጄ ትዘምራለች።
Daughter / Girl
My daughter is singing.
ስምንት
/si-mint/
ስምንት ሰዓት ነው።
Eight
It is eight o'clock.
ስድስት
/si-dist/
ስድስት ቀናት ቆየሁ።
Six
I stayed six days.
ስጋ
/si-ga/
ስጋ ወደ ገበያ ከፈልኩ።
Meat
I found meat at the market.
ሶስት
/sost/
ሶስት ዳቦ ገዛሁ።
Three
I bought three breads.
ሻይ
/shay/
ሻይ ጠጣሁ።
Tea
I drank tea.
ሽሮ
/shi-ro/
ሽሮ ወጥ ጥሩ ነው።
Chickpea flour stew
Shiro stew is delicious.
ቀና ቀና
/qe-na qe-na/
ቀና ቀና ነኝ፣ አንተስ?
Just fine / Getting along
Getting along fine, and you?
ቀን
/qen/
ቀኑ ደህና ነው።
Day / Afternoon
The day is fine.
ቅቤ
/qi-be/
ቅቤ ወደ እንጀራ ጨምር።
Butter / Ghee
Add butter to the injera.
ቡና
/bu-na/
ቡና እጠጣለሁ።
Coffee
I am drinking coffee.
ባል
/bal/
ባሌ ይሰራል።
Husband
My husband is working.
ቤተሰብ
/be-te-seb/
ቤተሰቤ ትልቅ ነው።
Family
My family is large.
ቤት
/bet/
ቤቴ ትልቅ ነው።
House / Home
My house is big.
ብላ
/bi-la/
ብላ እንጀራ።
Eat (command)
Eat injera.
ተኛ
/te-gna/
ልጁ ተኛ።
Sleep
The child slept.
ትምህርት ቤት
/ti-mi-hirt bet/
ልጆቼ ትምህርት ቤት ናቸው።
School
My children are at school.
ትናንት
/ti-nant/
ትናንት ዶሮ ወጥ በላሁ።
Yesterday
Yesterday I ate chicken stew.
ነገ
/ne-ge/
ነገ ወደ ገበያ እሄዳለሁ።
Tomorrow
Tomorrow I will go to the market.
ና
/na/
ና ወደ ቤቱ
Come (command)
Come to the house
ናገረ
/na-ge-re/
አማርኛ ናገረ።
Spoke / Said
He spoke Amharic.
አሁን
/a-hun/
አሁን እንሄዳለን።
Now
Now we are going.
አመሰግናለሁ
/a-me-seg-na-le-hu/
አመሰግናለሁ ብዙ
Thank you
Thank you very much
አምስት
/a-mist/
አምስት ብር ስጠኝ።
Five
Give me five birr.
አራት
/a-rat/
አራት ልጆች አሉ።
Four
There are four children.
አስር
/a-sir/
አስር ዓመቴ ነው።
Ten
I am ten years old.
አባት
/a-bat/
አባቴ ዶክተር ነው
Father
My father is a doctor
አነበበ
/a-ne-be-be/
መጽሐፍ አነበበ።
Read
He read a book.
አንተ
/an-te/
አንተ ቡና ትወዳለህ?
You (male singular)
Do you like coffee?
አንቺ
/an-chi/
አንቺ ደህና ነሽ?
You (female singular)
Are you well?
አንድ
/and/
አንድ ልጅ አለኝ።
One
I have one child.
አንድ ሺ
/and shi/
አንድ ሺ ብር ወጣ።
One thousand
It cost one thousand birr.
አዎ
/a-wo/
አዎ፣ እወቃለሁ።
Yes
Yes, I know.
አያት
/a-yat/
አያቴ ቤት ነው።
Grandparent
My grandparent is at home.
አይ
/ay/
አይ፣ አልፈልግም።
No
No, I don't want it.
አደረገ
/a-de-re-ge/
ምግብ አደረገ።
Did / Made
He/She made food.
አጎት
/a-got/
አጎቴ ይጠብቀኛል።
Uncle (father's brother)
My uncle watches over me.
አፍ
/af/
አፌን ከፈተሁ።
Mouth
I opened my mouth.
እህት
/iht/
እህቴ ደግ ናት።
Sister
My sister is kind.
እሱ
/i-su/
እሱ ይበላል።
He / Him
He is eating.
እሷ
/i-swa/
እሷ ትዘምራለች።
She / Her
She is singing.
እሺ
/i-shi/
እሺ፣ እሄዳለሁ።
OK / Alright
OK, I will go.
እባክዎ
/i-bak-wo/
እባክዎ ይቀመጡ።
Please (formal)
Please sit down.
እነሱ
/i-ne-su/
እነሱ ቤት ይጫወታሉ።
They / Them
They are playing at home.
እናት
/i-nat/
እናቴ ቤት ውስጥ ናት።
Mother
My mother is at home.
እኔ
/i-ne/
እኔ ትምህርት ቤት እሄዳለሁ።
I / Me
I go to school.
እንኳን ደህና መጡ
/in-kwan deh-na met-u/
እንኳን ደህና መጡ ወደ ቤታችን።
Welcome (formal)
Welcome to our home.
እንጀራ
/in-je-ra/
እንጀራ ወጥ ጋር ይበላሉ
Injera (sourdough flatbread)
Injera is eaten with stew
እኛ
/i-gna/
እኛ አብረን እንሄዳለን።
We / Us
We go together.
እጅ
/ij/
እጄ ይዘኛል።
Hand / Arm
My hand holds things.
እግር
/i-gir/
እግሬ ይቆጫኛል።
Foot / Leg
My foot hurts.
ወተት
/we-tet/
ወተት ጠጣሁ።
Milk
I drank milk.
ወንዝ
/wenz/
ወንዙ ሰፊ ነው።
River
The river is wide.
ወንድ ልጅ
/wend lij/
ወንድ ልጄ ይሮጣል።
Son / Boy
My son is running.
ወንድም
/wen-dim/
ወንድሜ ይማራል።
Brother
My brother is studying.
ወጥ
/wet/
ወጥ ውስጥ ስጋ አለ።
Stew / Sauce
There is meat in the stew.
ውሃ
/wi-ha/
ንጹህ ውሃ ፈልጋለሁ።
Water
I want clean water.
ዓሳ
/a-sa/
ዓሳ አበሉኝ።
Fish
They fed me fish.
ዓይን
/ayn/
ዓይኖቼ ደህና ናቸው።
Eye
My eyes are fine.
ዘጠኝ
/ze-ten/
ዘጠኝ ብር ብቻ ነው።
Nine
It is only nine birr.
ዛሬ
/za-re/
ዛሬ ጥሩ ቀን ነው።
Today
Today is a good day.
ይቅርታ
/yiq-ir-ta/
ይቅርታ፣ ልጠይቅዎ?
Sorry / Excuse me
Excuse me, may I ask you?
ደህና ሁን
/deh-na hun/
ደህና ሁን፣ ወዳጄ።
Stay well / Take care
Stay well, my friend.
ደህና ነህ?
/deh-na neh/
ደህና ነህ፣ ወንድሜ?
How are you? (to male)
How are you, brother?
ደህና ነሽ?
/deh-na nesh/
ደህና ነሽ፣ እህቴ?
How are you? (to female)
How are you, sister?
ደህና ነኝ
/deh-na ne-gn/
ደህና ነኝ፣ አመሰግናለሁ።
I am fine
I am fine, thank you.
ዳቦ
/da-bo/
ዳቦ ገዛሁ።
Bread
I bought bread.
ዶሮ ወጥ
/do-ro wet/
ዶሮ ወጥ እወዳለሁ።
Chicken stew (national dish)
I love chicken stew.
ጆሮ
/jo-ro/
ጆሮዬ ይሰማል።
Ear
My ear can hear.
ገበያ
/ge-be-ya/
ወደ ገበያ እሄዳለሁ።
Market
I am going to the market.
ገንዘብ
/gen-zeb/
ትንሽ ገንዘብ አለኝ።
Money
I have a little money.
ጠዋት
/te-wat/
ጠዋት ቡና እጠጣለሁ።
Morning
I drink coffee in the morning.
ጠጣ
/te-ta/
ውሃ ጠጣ።
Drink
Drink water.
ጥብስ
/tibs/
ጥብስ ዛሬ በላሁ።
Tibs (sautéed meat)
I ate tibs today.
ጨረቃ
/che-re-qa/
ጨረቃ ሌሊት ታበራለች።
Moon
The moon shines at night.
ጫካ
/cha-ka/
ጫካው ሩቅ ነው።
Forest / Bush
The forest is far.
ፀሐይ
/tse-hay/
ፀሐይ ዛሬ ሞቃት ነው።
Sun
The sun is hot today.
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