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English to Amharic translation

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English to Amharic: everyday phrases

Common phrases from the Amharic course, each with a respelling — capitals mark the stressed syllable.

  • Helloሰላም
    Hello/seh-LAM/
  • Thank youአመሰግናለሁ
    Thank you/a-meh-seh-gee-NA-leh-hoo/
  • Welcomeእንኳን ደህና መጣህ
    Welcome/en-KWAN DEH-na meh-TAH/
  • Goodbyeደህና ሁን
    Goodbye/DEH-na hoon/
  • Yesአዎ
    Yes/A-wo/
  • Noአይደለም
    No/ay-deh-LEM/
  • Pleaseእባክህ
    Please/eh-BA-keh/
  • Sorryአዝናለሁ
    Sorry/az-NA-leh-hoo/
  • How are you?እንደምን ነህ
    How are you?/en-deh-MEN neh/
  • I am fineደህና ነኝ
    I am fine/DEH-na negn/
  • What is your name?ስምህ ማን ነው
    What is your name?/SEE-meh man new/
  • My name is...ስሜ ... ነው
    My name is.../see-MEH ... new/
  • Waterውሃ
    Water/WEE-ha/
  • Foodምግብ
    Food/MEE-gib/
  • Friendጓደኛ
    Friend/gwa-DEH-nya/
  • Moneyገንዘብ
    Money/gen-ZEB/
  • Oneአንድ
    One/and/
  • Twoሁለት
    Two/hoo-LET/
  • Threeሶስት
    Three/sost/
  • Fourአራት
    Four/a-RAT/
  • Fiveአምስት
    Five/AM-mist/
  • Tenአስር
    Ten/A-sir/
  • How much is it?ስንት ነው
    How much is it?/sint new/
  • Marketገበያ
    Market/geh-beh-YA/
  • Coffeeቡና
    Coffee/BOO-na/
  • Motherእናት
    Mother/eh-NAT/
  • Fatherአባት
    Father/a-BAT/
  • Brotherወንድም
    Brother/wen-DIM/
  • Sisterእህት
    Sister/eh-HET/
  • Childልጅ
    Child/leej/
  • Familyቤተሰብ
    Family/beh-teh-SEB/
  • Wifeሚስት
    Wife/meest/
  • Husbandባል
    Husband/bal/
  • Todayዛሬ
    Today/ZA-reh/
  • Tomorrowነገ
    Tomorrow/NEH-geh/
  • Yesterdayትናንት
    Yesterday/tuh-NANT/
  • Nowአሁን
    Now/a-HOON/
  • Morningጠዋት
    Morning/teh-WAT/
  • Eveningማታ
    Evening/MA-ta/
  • Nightለሊት
    Night/leh-LEET/

What to know before you translate

About Amharic

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

  • You learn a syllabary, not an alphabet: each of the base consonants has seven vowel forms.
  • Ethiopia uses its own calendar and clock, and both show up in everyday phrases.
  • Politeness is grammatical — there are distinct respectful verb forms.

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.