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Amharic Conversation

Good Morning: ????? ??? ėndemėn aderu
Good Evening: ????? ???
Good Night : ??? ??? dehna yideru
Hello/Hi: ???/ ???? selam/tadiyaas
Goodbye: ?? ????? t‘eanast‘ėllėn
Bye: ??? ????? dehna yisenbėtu
Thank you: ??????? amesegėnallō
Thank you very much: ??? ??????? bet‘am amesegėnallō
welcome: ???? ??? ?? ėnkwan dehna met‘u
Excuse Me: ????  yik‘ėrta
Sorry: ????? aznallō
Yes: ??  awo
No: ?? ie
Please...: ????? ėbakon
Mr.: ?? ato
Mrs.: ???? waizero
Ms: ?????  waizerit
Do you speak English?: ?????? ????? ėnglizėnya yichėlallu?
I speak a little... :  ??? tėnnėsh
Do you understand: ????  gebbawot
I understand: gebėtonyal
I don't understand: algebanyėm
Could you please speak more slowly?: ėbakon k‘ess bėlō yinageru?
Could you repeat that?: mėn allu?
Please write it down.: ėbakon yis‘afuliny
How do you say... ?: ėndeat yiballal?
How are you?: dehna not?
Fine!: dehna!
What is your name?: sėmėwot man nō?
My name is... : sėmea... nō.
Where are you from (a Country, region, province, state, city...)? : ke yeat ager not?
Where did you come from (general)?: ke yeat met‘u?
How old are you?: ėdmeawot sėntė?
I'm... years old.: ...ametea nō.
What do you do (as an occupation)?: sėrawot mėndėn nō?
Are you married?: agėbtewal
I am single.: alagebahum
I am married: agėbėchallō
I like... : ...ėwaddallō/ėwedewallō
I don't like... : ...alweddėm/alėweddewėm
Do you like... ?: ...yiwoddallu?
Where are you going?: yeat yiheadallu
Sure!: ėrgt‘enya
Just a minute.: ėbakon met‘ebek‘
It's important.: t‘ek‘ami nō
Look!: mefeleg!
Listen/Listen to this!: yismu!
Where is the... ?: ...yeat nō?
How do we get to?: wede... ėndeat ėheadallō?
It is far!: k‘ėrb!
It is near!: ruk‘ nō! At the next corner.: yemik‘et‘ėllō metat‘efiya nō...
Straight ahead... : bek‘et‘ėta yihudu
To the right... : be k‘eny bekul yitat‘efu
To the left... : be gra bekul yitat‘efu
Behind.: beholla
In front of.: fit le fit
North.: wede semean
South.: wede debub
East.: wede mėsrak‘
West.: wede mė’ėrab
How much does... cost?: ...sėntė nō?
Stop!: ėzzih ak‘um/ak‘umi!
How long does... take?: sėnt gizea yiwesdal?
I need a (another)...: (leala)...ėfellėgallō.
Where is the bathroom?: ye hėzb {banyo beat/shėnt beat/mes‘edaja beat} yeat nō?
Could I please use the telephone.: sėlk met‘ek‘em ėchėlallō?
I am hungry!: rabeny t‘emany!
Breakfast: k‘urs
Lunch: mėsa
Dinner: ėrat
Snack: ye shie gizea
I'd like to buy... : ...megzat ėfellėgallō
It is too expensive...: betam wėdd nō!
It is cheap.: rėkash nō.
What time is it?: sėnt se’at nō?
What date is it today?: k‘en sėntė nō?
What day is it today?: zarea k‘enu mėndėn nō...
Today: zarea
This morning: zarea t‘ewat
Tonight: zarea mata
This week: bezzih samėnt
This year: bezzih amet
Now: ahun
Yesterday: tėnantėna
Day before yesterday: ke tėnantėna wediya
Yesterday morning: tėnantėna t‘ėwat
Last night: tėnantėna mata
Last Week: yalefō samėnt
Last Year: yalefō amet
Tomorrow: nege
Day after tomorrow: ke nege wediya
Tomorrow morning: nege t‘ewat
Tomorrow afternoon: nege kese’at
Tomorrow evening: nege mata
Next week: yemimet‘aw samėnt
Next year: yemimet‘aw amet
Afternoon: kese’at
Day: k‘en(u)
Midnight: ėkule lealit
Morning: t‘ewat
Night: mata
Evening: mėshėt
Noon: ėkule k‘en
Sunrise: ye s‘ehie mewt‘at
Sunset: ye s‘ehie megbat
I don't have money!: genzeb yelenyėm
Help!: ėrdata!
Stop!: k‘um
Go away!: temelless!
Thief!: leaba
Fire!: ėsat!
Watch Out!: tet‘enk‘ek‘
I'm lost!: menged t‘eftobėnyal
Cardinal Numbers
1: and
2: hulett
3: sost
4: arat
5: amėst
6: sėdėst
7: sebat
8: sėmėnt
9: zet‘eny
10: assėr
11: assra and
12: assra hulett
13: assra sost
14: assra arat
15: assra amėst
16: assra sėdėst
17: assra sebat
18: assra sėmėnt
19: assra zet‘eny
20: haya
30: selassa
40: arba
50: hamsa
60: sėlsa
70: seba
80: semanya
90: zet‘ena
100: meto
1000: and shi
100000: meto shi
1000000: and milliyon
Ordinal Numbers
1st: andenya
2nd: hulettenya
3rd: sostenya