Colloquial Amharic - The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to 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.

List of contents

Introduction
1 ¿¿¿¿ sälamta
Greetings
2 ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ bätïmhïrt bet
At school
3 ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ dïngätäñña gïnïññunnät
A chance meeting
4 ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ wädä gäbäya mähed
Going shopping
5 ¿¿¿ ¿¿ yäruk¿ t¿ïrri
A long-distance call
6 ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ šïrïššïr mak¿k¿äd
Planning a trip
7 ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ däbdabbe mäs¿af
Writing a letter
8 ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ turizm bäityop¿p¿ïya
Tourism in Ethiopia
9 ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ bïherawi mïgïb bet
An Ethiopian restaurant
10 ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ wädä hospital mähed
Going to the hospital
11 ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ bïherawi bäal
A national holiday
12 ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ gubïññït bäAddis Abäba
A tour of Addis Ababa
13 ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ mäs¿hetïnna gazet¿a
Magazines and newspapers
14 ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ andand yämäs¿het mät¿at¿ïfö
Some magazine articles

About the author

David Appleyard is Professor Emeritus of the Languages of the Horn of Africa at the University of London, UK. He taught Amharic there for just over thirty years and has published extensively on various Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, as well as on Amharic literature and traditional culture.

Summary

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to 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.

Product details

• Authors: David Appleyard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032885896
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288589-6
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Colloquial Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language self-study texts, Language self-study, Amharic