Learn Amharic from Native Speakers
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Learn Basic Amharic
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The Amharic Basic Volume I contains Units 1 through 50, and comes with 29 CD's and a 519 page textbook or 1 DVD with audio on MP3 and textbook on a PDF file.
The Amharic Basic Volume II contains Units 51-60 and comes with 5 CD's and a 559 page textbook or 1 DVD with audio on MP3 and textbook on a PDF file.
The Amharic Basic Combo contains Units 1-60 and comes with 34 CD's and two textbooks or 2 DVDs with audio on MP3 and textbooks on PDF files.
Amharic is the official language of the Ethiopian Empire used in government, in business, in all instruction in government schools and in most newspapers. It is, however, not the only language spoken in Ethiopia.
Amharic belongs to the Southern Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly called Hamito-Semitic) family of languages. The number of native speakers of Amharic together wlth the speakers of the other Semitic languages spoken in Ethiopia (such as Tigriniya, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and others) is less than one half the total population of the Empire. The greatest part of Ethiopia is inhabited by speakers of Cushitic languages (another branch of the Afro-Asiatic family) such as Galla, Agaw, Somali and many others. Since no census has ever been taken in Ethiopia the number of Ethiopians can only be estimated. According to the official data of the Ethiopian government the number of inhabitants of Ethiopia is between 20 and 22 million. It is also difficult to give a reliable estimate of the number of Amharic speakers; it is probably between 5 and 7 million. There is little doubt, however, that due to the constantly growing development of communications systems and the spreading of education Amharic is gaining ground throughout the whole country. It is now the language of greatest prestige and anyone who has had any education is able to speak it, even if it is not his mother tongue. Still others learn it informally as a second language.
The purpose of this course is to teach the language as it is spoken in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
Unit 1 - Hello, Goodbye, general greetings
Unit 2 - Excuse me, where is the American Embassy
Unit 3 - Hello, my name is..., what's yours?
Unit 4 - Directions to a good hotel
Unit 5 - Speaking with the hotel receptionist
Unit 6 - What are you doing tomorrow
Unit 7 - Shopping
Unit 8 - Morning routine
Unit 9 - What do you do after school
Unit 10 - How have you been?
Unit 11 - Good afternoon, how are you feeling?
Unit 12 - Ethiopian calender is different that European
Unit 13 - Purchasing, dealing with money at the market
Unit 14 - Purchasing gasoling
Unit 15 - Ordering food
Unit 16 - Ordering food
Unit 17 - At the tailor's shop
Unit 18 - Where are you going this morning?
Unit 19 - Talking about the weather
Unit 20 - Let's go to the mountains next week if the weather is good
Unit 21 - An Ethiopian wishes to come to America
Unit 22 - Paying expenses and studying in Ethiopia
Unit 23 - Finding a bank
Unit 24 - Cashing a check
Unit 25 - Good afternoon, come on in, please.
Unit 26 - How have you been?
Unit 27 - Dialog: Entering a living room and making introductions
Unit 28 - Questions about the United States
Unit 29 - When did you arrive? By plane, train, or bus?
Unit 30 - Excuse me, what is the name of this place?
Unit 31 - There's a good hotel near the garage I was telling you about.
Unit 32 - How pleasant it is inside the house
Unit 33 - Introductions: How do you do sir, my name is..
Unit 34 - Purchasing a new bed
Unit 35 - Where to send the merchandise
Unit 36 - When did you come to Ethipia from America
Unit 37 - What's the weather like?
Unit 38 - What is the main occupation of people in Ethiopia
Unit 39 - What kind of fruit farmers raise in Ethiopia
Unit 40 - Brief description of domestic and wild animals in Ethiopia
Unit 41 - Talking with the telephone operator for the Interior ministry
Unit 42 - It's nice to see you
Unit 43 - Importing equipment
Unit 44 - How did you spend your day
Unit 45 - What kind of game is 'gugs'?
Unit 46 - Good afternoon, do you have a house for rent?
Unit 47 - Religion of Ethiopian people
Unit 48 - I hear Ethiopia is a good place for hunting?
Unit 49 - A visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Unit 50 - A visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Unit 51 - Education
Unit 52 - What kind of courses are offered?
Unit 53 - Ethiopian Government
Unit 54 - Ethiopian Consitution and Government
Unit 55 - How laws are made
Unit 56 - Sphere of authority of ministers
Unit 57 - United States government
Unit 58 - Ethiopian court system
Unit 59 - Marriage Ceremony
Unit 60 - American at the office
