Full Description
Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course in Amharic as it is written and spoken today. This third edition offers new and updated vocabulary and key revisions to the text to reflect changes in language and culture.
Combining a clear, practical, and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Amharic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, grammatical tables, and a glossary can be found at the back, as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user‑friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills
Jargon‑free, succinct, and clearly structured explanations of grammar
An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Ethiopia
An overview of the sounds of Amharic
Balanced, comprehensive, and rewarding, Colloquial Amharic is an indispensable resource for both independent learners and students taking courses in Amharic.
Additional resources and audio material to accompany the course are available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills. Additional information on writing the Amharic script can also be found here.
Contents
Introduction
1 ሰላምታ sälamta
Greetings
2 በትምህርት ቤት bätïmhïrt bet
At school
3 ድንገተኛ ግንኙነት dïngätäñña gïnïññunnät
A chance meeting
4 ወደ ገበያ መሄድ wädä gäbäya mähed
Going shopping
5 የሩቅ ጥሪ yärukʼ tʼïrri
A long-distance call
6 ሸርሽር ማቀድ šïrïššïr makʼkʼäd
Planning a trip
7 ደብዳቤ መጻፍ däbdabbe mäsʼaf
Writing a letter
8 ቱሪዝም በኢትዮጵያ turizm bäityopʼpʼïya
Tourism in Ethiopia
9 ብሔራዊ ምግብ ቤት bïherawi mïgïb bet
An Ethiopian restaurant
10 ወደ ሆስፒታል መሔድ wädä hospital mähed
Going to the hospital
11 ብሔራዊ በዓል bïherawi bäal
A national holiday
12 ጉብኝት በአዲስ አበባ gubïññït bäAddis Abäba
A tour of Addis Ababa
13 መጽሔትና ጋዜጣ mäsʼhetïnna gazetʼa
Magazines and newspapers
14 አንዳንድ የመጽሔት መጣጥፎች andand yämäsʼhet mätʼatʼïfoč
Some magazine articles
