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Amharic Nouns

Welcome to the third Amharic lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Amharic to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes
potatoes Audio ድንች [dənəčə]
tomatoes
tomatoes Audio ቲማቲም [timatimə]
onions
onions Audio ሽንኩርት [šənəkurətə]
carrots
carrots Audio ካሮት [karotə]
fruits
fruits Audio ፍራፍሬ [fərafəre]
apples
apples Audio ፖም [pomə]
bananas
bananas Audio ሙዝ [muzə]
oranges
oranges Audio ብርቱካን [bərətukanə]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Amharic + Pronunciation
do you have milk?
[verb + noun] ወተት አለህ? Audio [wätätə ʾälähə?]
I have milk and coffee
[preposition + noun] ወተት እና ቡና አለኝ Audio [wätätə ʾəna buna ʾäläñə]
he has three apples
[number + plural noun] ሶስት ፖሞች አለው Audio [sosətə pomočə ʾäläwə]
she only has one apple
[number + singular noun] አንድ ፖም ብቻ ነው ያላት Audio [ʾänədə pomə bəča näwə yalatə]
we live in a small house
[adjective + noun] ትንሽ ቤት ውስጥ እንኖራለን Audio [tənəšə betə wəsət'ə ʾənənoralänə]
I like our breakfast
[pronoun + noun] ቁርሳችንን ወድጄዋለው Audio [qurəsačənənə wädəǧewaläwə]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread
bread Audio ዳቦ [dabo]
milk
milk Audio ወተት [wätätə]
butter
butter Audio ቅቤ [qəbe]
cheese
cheese Audio አይብ [ʾäyəbə]
coffee
coffee Audio ቡና [buna]
sandwich
sandwich Audio ሳንድዊች [sanədəwičə]
meat
meat Audio ስጋ [səga]
chicken
chicken Audio ዶሮ [doro]
fish
fish Audio አሳ [ʾäsa]
breakfast
breakfast Audio ቁርስ [qurəsə]
lunch
lunch Audio ምሣ [məsa]
dinner
dinner Audio እራት [ʾəratə]

Conversation in Amharic

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Amharic - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Amharic)? አማርኛ ትናገራለህ? [ʾämarəña tənagäralähə? ] Audio
Just a little በመጠኑ [bämät'änu] Audio
I like Amharic አማርኛን እወዳለሁ [ʾämarəñanə ʾəwädalähu] Audio
Can I practice with you? ከአንተ ጋር መለማመድ እችላለሁ? [käʾänətä garə mälämamädə ʾəčəlalähu?] Audio
How old are you? ስንት ዓመትህ ነው? [sənətə ʾamätəhə näwə?] Audio
I'm thirty three years old ሰላሣ ሶስት ዓመቴ ነው [sälasa sosətə ʾamäte näwə] Audio
It was nice talking to you ከአንተ ጋር በማውራቴ ደስ ብሎኛል [käʾänətä garə bämawərate däsə bəloñalə] Audio

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