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  ድንች [dənəčə] | tomatoes ቲማቲም [timatimə] | onions ሽንኩርት [šənəkurətə] | carrots ካሮት [karotə] |
fruits ፍራፍሬ [fərafəre] | apples ፖም [pomə] | bananas ሙዝ [muzə] | oranges 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? [wätätə ʾälähə?] |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | ወተት እና ቡና አለኝ [wätätə ʾəna buna ʾäläñə] |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | ሶስት ፖሞች አለው [sosətə pomočə ʾäläwə] |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | አንድ ፖም ብቻ ነው ያላት [ʾänədə pomə bəča näwə yalatə] |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | ትንሽ ቤት ውስጥ እንኖራለን [tənəšə betə wəsət'ə ʾənənoralänə] |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | ቁርሳችንን ወድጄዋለው [qurəsačənənə wädəǧewaläwə] |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread ዳቦ [dabo] | milk ወተት [wätätə] | butter ቅቤ [qəbe] | cheese አይብ [ʾäyəbə] |
coffee ቡና [buna] | sandwich ሳንድዊች [sanədəwičə] | meat ስጋ [səga] | chicken ዶሮ [doro] |
fish አሳ [ʾäsa] | breakfast ቁርስ [qurəsə] | lunch ምሣ [məsa] | dinner 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? ] |
| Just a little | በመጠኑ | [bämät'änu] |
| I like Amharic | አማርኛን እወዳለሁ | [ʾämarəñanə ʾəwädalähu] |
| Can I practice with you? | ከአንተ ጋር መለማመድ እችላለሁ? | [käʾänətä garə mälämamädə ʾəčəlalähu?] |
| How old are you? | ስንት ዓመትህ ነው? | [sənətə ʾamätəhə näwə?] |
| I'm thirty three years old | ሰላሣ ሶስት ዓመቴ ነው | [sälasa sosətə ʾamäte näwə] |
| It was nice talking to you | ከአንተ ጋር በማውራቴ ደስ ብሎኛል | [käʾänətä garə bämawərate däsə bəloñalə] |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Amharic. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Amharic Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |