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Language Ai As in ‘Aisle’ I’D Like to See the Këflun Mayet Ëfeullëgallō Room © Lonely Planet Publications 378 www.lonelyplanet.com ETHIOPIAN AMHARIC •• Accommodation 379 u as in ‘flute’ but shorter Does it include kursënëm yicheumëral? ay as the ‘ai’ in ‘bait’ breakfast? Language ai as in ‘aisle’ I’d like to see the këflun mayet ëfeullëgallō room. Consonants Can I see a different lela këfël mayet ëchëlallō? THE ETHIOPIC SYLLABARY ch as in ‘church’ room? CONTENTS The unique Ethiopic script is the basis for g as in ‘get’ I leave tomorrow. neugeu ëhedallō the alphabets of Amharic, Tigrinya and gw as in ‘Gwen’ Ethiopian Amharic 378 Tigré. The basic Ethiopic syllabary has 26 h as in ‘hit’; at the end of a sentence it’s CONVERSATION & ESSENTIALS Pronunciation 378 characters; Amharic includes another seven, like a short puff of breath Hello/Greetings. tenastëllën (lit: ‘may you be Accommodation 379 and Tigrinya another five characters to kw as the ‘q’ in ‘queen’ given health’) Conversation & Essentials 379 cover sounds that are specific to those j as in ‘jump’ Hello. seulam (lit: ‘peace be with you’) Directions 380 languages. s as in ‘plus’ (never a ‘z’ sound) Hello. tadiyass (inf) LANGUAGE Health 380 The alphabet is made up of root characters sh as in ‘shirt’ How are you? deuhna neuh? (m) Emergencies – Amharic 380 representing consonants. By adding lines or z as in ‘zoo’ deuhna neush? (f) Language Difficulties 380 circles (representing the vowel sounds) to ny as the ‘ni’ in ‘onion’ deuhna not? (pol) LANGUAGE Numbers 380 these characters, seven different syllables r a rolled ‘r’ deuhna nachu? (pl) Shopping & Services 381 can be generated for each consonant (eg ha, ’ a glottal stop, ie a momentary closing I’m fine. deuhna Time & Days 381 he, hë, heu, hi, ho, hu). As with Roman script, of the throat, like the ‘tt’ in the Good night. deuhna deur (m) Transport 381 the characters are written from left to right Cockney pronunciation of ‘bottle’ deuhna deuri (f) Tigrinya 382 on a page. deuhna yideuru (pol) Pronunciation 382 You should also be aware of the Amharic deuhna deuru (pl) Accommodation 382 consonant sounds that have no English Goodbye. deuhna seunbët (m) Conversation & Essentials 382 person, regardless of gender). There are equivalents – ‘glottalic’ or ‘explosive’ vari- deuhna seunbëch (f) also general modes of address that can be Directions 383 ants of some consonants, made by tighten- deuhna yiseunbëtu (pol) either informal or polite, indicated by the Health 383 ing and releasing the vocal chords. To deuhna seunbëtu (pl) abbreviations ‘inf’ and ‘pol’ respectively. Emergencies – Tigrinya 383 explain these sounds in any depth would Goodbye/See you. chow (inf, as in Italian ciao) For a more comprehensive guide to the Language Difficulties 383 Have a nice trip. meulkam guzo language, get a copy of Lonely Planet’s take more space than we have here so they Numbers 383 Yes. awo Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook. It has use- haven’t been included in this guide. Instead, Shopping & Services 383 OK. ëshi ful introductory sections on pronunciation their nearest English equivalents have been Time & Days 384 used. No. (not the case/not so) ai (pronounced ‘eye’) Transport 384 and grammar, and includes Amharic script throughout. No. (not there/not yeulleum ACCOMMODATION available) PRONUNCIATION Where is a ...? ... yet nō? Maybe. mënalbut ETHIOPIAN AMHARIC While many of the sounds of Amharic will hotel hotel Please. ëbakëh (m) be familiar to you, there are some sounds good hotel tëru hotel ëbakësh (f) Amharic is Ethiopia’s national language. It for which there are no English equivalents. cheap hotel rëkash hotel ëbakon (pol) belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family, Keep your ears tuned to the way Ethiopians bed alga ëbakachu (pl) in the Semitic language sub-group, which pronounce their language – this will be a room këfël Thank you. ameuseugënallō includes Arabic, Hebrew and Assyrian. good start in mastering pronunciation. Thank you very beutam ameuseugënallō While regional languages such as Oromo, In general, stress falls equally on each Do you have ...?/ ... alleu? much. Somali and Tigrinya are also important, syllable. Like English, a raised tone at the Is there ...? Don’t mention it. mënëm aideuleuhm Amharic is the most widely used and un- end of a sentence signifies a question. a room/bed alga Excuse me. yikërta derstood language throughout the country. a single room and alga Sorry. aznallō It is the mother tongue of the 12 million or Vowels a room with two beds baleu huleutt alga What’s your name? sëmëh man nō? (m) so Amhara people in the country’s central a as in ‘mamma’ a quiet room seut yaleu këfël sëmësh man nō? (f) and northwestern regions, and a second e as in ‘let’ showers shaweur sëmëwot man nō? (pol) language for about one third of the total ë as the ‘a’ in ‘ago’; shorter and flatter water for bathing meutateubiya wuha My name is ... sëme ... nō population. than eu below hot water muk wuha What country are you keu yet ageur neuh? (m) Amharic word endings vary according to eu as the ‘e’ in ‘her’, with no ‘r’ sound from? keu yet ageur neush? (f) the gender and number of people you’re i as in ‘bit’ How much is the alga leu ... sëntë nō? keu yet ageur not? (pol) speaking to. Gender is indicated in this o as in ‘hot’ room/bed for ...? I’m from ... keu ... guide by the abbreviations ‘m’ (to a male), ō a cross between the ‘oa’ in ‘coat’ and one night and mata Are you married? ageubtëhal? (m) ‘f’ (to a female) and ‘pl’ (to more than one the ‘au’ in ‘haul’ one week and samënt ageubtëshal? (f) 380 ETHIOPIAN AMHARIC •• Directions www.lonelyplanet.com www.lonelyplanet.com ETHIOPIAN AMHARIC •• Shopping & Services 381 I’m married. agëbëchallō 3 sost I want to make a (local/international) call. I’m not married. alageubahum EMERGENCIES – AMHARIC 4 arat (ageur wëst/wëch ageur) sëlk meudeuweul ëfeullëgallō May I take your (anteun/anchën/ërswōn) foto Help! ërduny! 5 amëst photograph? mansat yichalal? (m/f/pol) It’s an emergency! aschëkwai nō! 6 sëdëst Where is a/an ...? ... yet nō? bakery dabbo bet DIRECTIONS There’s been an adeuga neubbeur! 7 seubat accident! 8 sëmënt bookshop meusëhaf bet Where is ...? ... yet nō? Thief! leba! 9 zeuteuny clothes shop yeu lëbs suk I want to go to ... weudeu ... meuhed ëfeullëgallō Go away!/Leave me teumeulleuss! 10 assër general store sheukeuta sheukeut meudeubër How do I get to ...? weudeu ... ëndet ëhedallō? alone! 11 assra and market geubeuya Is it near/far? kërb/ruk nō? I’m lost. meungeud teuftobënyal 12 assra huleutt stationers stesheunari Can I walk there? beugër yaskedal? Where is the toilet? shënt betu yeuht nō? 13 assra sost shop suk Can you show me kartaw lai yasayunyal? (pol) 14 assra arat on the map? Call ...! ... tëra/tëri! (m/f) 15 assra amëst Where can I buy ...? ... yet yigeunyal? LANGUAGE Turn ... beu ... beukul tateuf/tateufi (m/f) the police polis 16 assra sëdëst I’m just looking. ëyayo nō Go straight ahead. beukeutëta hid (m)/hij (f) an ambulance ambulans 17 assra seubat I want a (larger/ (tëllëk yaleu/anneus yaleu) ... on the (left/right) beu (gra/keuny) beukul 18 assra sëmënt smaller) ... ëfeullëgallō at the next corner yeumikeutëllō meutateufiya LANGUAGE 19 assra zeuteuny How much is it? sëntë nō? to the north weudeu seumen LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES 20 haya That’s (very) (beutam) wëdd nō to the south weudeu deubub Do you speak ...? ... tëchëlalleuh? (m) 21 haya and expensive. to the east weudeu mësrak ... tëchëyalleush? (f) 30 seulassa Do you have rëkash alleu? to the west weudeu më’ërab ... yichëlallu? (pol) anything cheaper? in front of/behind fit leu fit/beuholla 31 seulassa and English ënglizënya 40 arba highway awra godana Amharic amarënya TIME & DAYS main road wanna meungeud 50 hamsa 60 sëlsa When? meuche? street meungeud Yes, I speak (English). aow, (ënglizënya) ëchëlallō What time is it? sënt seu’at nō? 70 seuba village meuneudeur I don’t speak (amarënya) alchëllëm It’s (one) o’clock. (and) seu’at nō 80 seumanya (Amharic). It’s a quarter past (and) seu’at keurub nō 90 zeuteuna Do you understand? geubbah? (m) (one). SIGNS – ETHIOPIAN 100 meuto geubbash? (f) It’s half past (one). (and) seu’at teukul nō Open NS 101 meuto and Closed KUK geubbawot? (pol) the morning tëwatu I don’t understand. algeubanyëm 200 huleutt meuto Entrance BI the evening mëshëtu I understand. geubëtonyal 1000 and shi Exit BS the night lelitu Do you have/Is asteurgwami alleu? 2000 huleutt shi Information SGY there a translator? 100,000 meuto shi Danger PX[ now ahun Does anyone here ënglizënya yeumichël alleu? No Smoking ^ NS SHOPPING & SERVICES today zare speak English? Toilets I tonight zare mata Please speak slowly. ëbakëh keuss bëleuh Where is a/the ...? ... yet nō? tomorrow neugeu Men WS bank bank Women WE" teunageur (m) yesterday tënantëna ëbakësh keuss bëleush church beteu kërëstëyan teunageuri (f) city centre meuhal keuteuma Monday seunyo HEALTH ëbakon keuss bëlō ... embassy yeu ... embassi Tuesday makseunyo I’m sick. amonyal yinageuru (pol) market geubeuya Wednesday rob I need a doctor. hakim ëfeullëgallō Please write it in ëbakon beu ënglizënyaalfabet mosque meusgid Thursday hamus doctor hakim Roman script. yisafuliny pharmacy farmasi/meudhanit bet Friday arb hospital hospital police station polis tabiya Saturday këdame medical centre yeu hëkëmëna tabiya NUMBERS post office posta bet Sunday ëhud Although there are Amharic script numer- public toilet shënt bet I’m allergic to ... ... ais-mamanyëm als, Arabic numerals (ie those used in Eng- restaurant mëgëb bet TRANSPORT antibiotics antibiotiks lish) are now commonly used throughout tourist office yeu turist biro Where is the ...? yet ... nō? penicillin peunisillin Ethiopia.
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