Hello my name is Pitt . What is yours?

Tena-yistillin Sime Pitt Naew .yersiwoss ? (ጤና ይስጥልኝ! ስሜ ፒት ይባላል ::)

Expressing Nationality

Ethiopia : ityopiya [ ኢትዮጵያ ]

Ethiopin : ityopiyawi(ኢትዮጵያዊ)

You are ( Polite ) : Newot (ነዎት)

Pitt . Are you Ethiopian ?

Pitt , ityopiyawi newot ? (ፒት : ኢትዮጵያዊ :ነዎት ? )

American :Amerikawi (አሜሪካዊ)

I am : Negn (ነኝ)

But : Negergen (ነገር ግን)

Mr : Ato (አቶ)

Ethiopians : ityopiyawian (ኢትዮጵያዊያን)

They are - nachew (ናቸው)

I am Canadian but Mr. Tessema and Mr.Tadesse are Ethiopians

Amerikawi Negn negergen ato Tessema ena ato Tadesse ityopiyawian nachew.

አሜሪካዊ ነኝ ነገር ግን አቶ ተሰማ እና አቶ ታደሰ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ናቸው ::

When - Meche (መቼ)

You come (polite) - Met'u(መጡ)

When Did you come ?

Meche met'u ? መቼ መጡ ?

Yesterday : Tinant (ትላንት)

I came : Met'ahu (መጣሁ)

Tinant Met'ahu .ትላንት መጣሁ

How Much , How many : sint (ስንት)

Hour , O'clock, watch , Clock : saat (ሰዓት)

What time is it,please ?

Ibako sint saat naew ? (እባክዎ ሰዓት ስንት ነው ?)

Its three O'clock.

Sost Saat Naew ( ሶስት ሰዓት ነው ::)

Thank You ( May GoD Provide) .

Igziyahbher yistillignn (እግዚአብሄር ይስጥልኝ)

Class Room Expressions

Book : Mesihaf (መፅሐፍ)

Books : Metshaffoch(መፅሐፍዎች)

Your Books : Metshafocche (መፅሐፍዎችህ / መፅሐፍዎችሽ )

Your books ( Direct Object of a verb : Metshafocchun) (መፅሐፍዎችህ-M / መፅሐፍዎችሽ-F )

Open : Kifetu (ከፈቱ)

Open your Books : Metshafocchun kifetu(መፅሐፍዎቹን ክፈቱ )

Together - Abirachu (አብራችሁ)

Say - Belu (በሉ)

Say together - Aberachu belu (አብራችሁ በሉ)

Now - Ahun(አሁን)

Close - Zigu(ዝጉ)

Now, close your books .

Ahun , metshafachun Zigu . አሁን መፅሐፍዎቹን ዝጉ::

Structure sentences :

Personal endings of the verb 'be' :

I : ine (እኔ)

I am an American : ine amerikawi negn.(እኔ አሜሪካዊ ነኝ )

Are you ethiopian ? : ityopiyawi neh ?(ኢትዮጵያዊ ነህ?)

You (fem. Singular ) : Anchi (አንቺ)

Pretty : Konjo (ቆንጆ)

You are pretty (F) : Anchi Konjo Nesh (አንቺ ቆንጆ ነሽ )

Intelligent , sensible : Asteway (አስተዋይ)

You (polite) are intelligent : Asteway Newot(አስተዋይ ነዎት)

This :Yih (ይህ)

person , man : Sew(ሰው)

Who ?: man? (ማን ?)

Who is this man ? : Yih Sew man new ? (ይህ ሰው ማን ነው ?)



Woman, Female : set (ሴት)

She's a good Woman : Tiru Sew nat / Tiru sew nachew (Polite) : ጥሩ ሰው ናት / ጥሩ ሰው ናቸው ::

Student : Temari (ተማሪ)

Students :Temariwoch (ተማሪዎች)

We are students : Temariwoch nen .(ተማሪዎች ነን)

Teacher : Astemari (አስተማሪ)

Teachers : Astemariwoch (አስተማሪዎች)

Are you teachers ?

Astemariwoch Nachu ?

Bad :Met'fo (መጥፎ)

They are bad : Met'fo nachew (መጥፎ ናችው)

he or she ( Polite ) : irsachew (እርሳችው)

Big : T'iliq(ትልቅ)

He or she (Polite) is big .

Irsacchew Tilik Nachew.