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Amharic to Tigrinya translation

Most translation tools route Amharic through English before they reach Tigrinya, which is where the meaning goes missing. SemaSoma translates the pair directly and hands back a pronunciation guide with every result.

Amharic to Tigrinya: everyday phrases

Phrases that appear in both the Amharic and Tigrinya courses, lined up side by side with the English meaning so you can check the match.

  • ሰላምሰላም
    Hello/seh-LAM/
  • አመሰግናለሁየቐንየለይ
    Thank you/yeh-qan-yeh-LAY/
  • እንኳን ደህና መጣህእንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእካ
    Welcome/en-QWA deh-HAN meh-tsa-EH-ka/
  • ደህና ሁንደሓን ኹን
    Goodbye/deh-HAN hoon/
  • አዎእወ
    Yes/EH-weh/
  • አይደለምኣይፋልን
    No/eye-FAH-lin/
  • እባክህበጃኻ
    Please/beh-JA-kha/
  • አዝናለሁይቕሬታ
    Sorry/yee-khee-REH-ta/
  • ስምህ ማን ነውመን ኢዩ ስምካ?
    What is your name?/men EE-yoo SEEM-ka/
  • እንደምን ነህከመይ ኣለኻ?
    How are you?/keh-MAY a-LEH-kha/
  • ደህና ነኝጽቡቕ ኣለኹ
    I am fine/tsee-BOOQ a-LEH-khoo/
  • ውሃማይ
    Water/MY/
  • ምግብምግቢ
    Food/meeg-BEE/
  • ጓደኛዓርኪ
    Friend/AR-kee/
  • ቤትገዛ
    House/GEH-za/
  • አንድሓደ
    One/HA-deh/
  • ሁለትክልተ
    Two/kil-TEH/
  • ሶስትሰለስተ
    Three/seh-LES-teh/
  • አራትኣርባዕተ
    Four/ar-ba-TEH/
  • አምስትሓሙሽተ
    Five/ha-MOOSH-teh/
  • ስንት ነውብኽንደይ ኢዩ?
    How much is it?/bik-in-DAY EE-yoo/
  • ገበያዕዳጋ
    Market/eh-DA-ga/

What to know before you translate

About Tigrinya

Eritrea and northern Ethiopiaaround 9 million. Writing system: Ge'ez (Fidäl) syllabary.

  • Uses the same Ge'ez script family as Amharic, with some extra characters.
  • Ejective consonants are made with a sharp release of air.
  • Verb forms mark gender for both speaker and listener.

About Amharic

Ethiopiaaround 60 million including second-language speakers. Writing system: Ge'ez (Fidäl) syllabary — each character is a consonant plus a vowel.

How accurate is it?

Translations are produced by an AI model, so treat long or legal text as a draft and check it with a speaker. Short everyday sentences — greetings, directions, family talk — are where it is strongest, and the pronunciation guide is written for English readers. Lesson audio is AI pronunciation audio, not a recording of a native speaker.