Amharic for children
The fidel, first words with their sound, and where to ask about weekend classes — for children growing up here, and the parents teaching them.
Questions and answers
What a grandparent on the phone or an aunt at the door asks — and how to answer. Open a question to see the shape of the answer.
Amharic speaks to a boy and to a girl with different endings (ስምህ / ስምሽ), so pick which the child is.
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About me
simih man new?
Answer like this
ስሜ ___ ነው።
sime ___ new
My name is ___.
___ is where your own word goes.
Family, guests and holidays
At home
At the table
School
Feeling unwell
On the phone and with elders
Going out
How this course is built
The order follows published Amharic courses and children's readers: the seven vowel forms and a few letter families at a time, reading only words made from letters already taught (FSI Amharic Basic Course; University of Wisconsin); short stories and folk tales followed by questions, as in Ethiopia's Grade 1–3 readers and its national early-grade reading check; English beside the Amharic, as the bilingual diaspora books do; and questions to ask at home, as heritage classes give. The Amharic is drafted and is being checked by a native speaker.