✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: አዎ (ah-wo)
- 👎 No: አይ (ay)
- 🙏 Please: እባክህ / እባክሽ (eh-bahk / eh-bahk-sh)
- 😊 Thank you: አመሰግናለሁ (ah-meh-seg-neh-lo)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: የታገድክ (yeh-tah-gedk)
- 😬 Sorry: ይቅርታ (yee-kehr-ta)
- 🙋 Excuse me: ይቅርታ እባክህ (yee-kehr-ta eh-bahk)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: ሰላም (seh-lahm)
- 👋 Bye: ደህና ሂድ (deh-nah heed)
- 🌞 Good morning: እንደምን አደርክ (en-deh-min ah-derk)
- 🌙 Good night: መልካም ሌሊት (mel-kahm lay-lit)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: ምንድነው? (men-deh-now?)
- 👤 Who?: ማን? (man?)
- 🕒 When?: መቼ? (meh-cheh?)
- 📍 Where?: የት? (yet?)
- 🛠️ How?: እንዴት? (en-deh-t?)
- 🤔 Why?: ለምን? (leh-min?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: አላውቅም (ah-lah-wek-m)
- 😕 I don’t understand: አላስተዋወቅም (ah-lah-steh-wah-wek-m)
- 🔁 Again: ደግመህ (deh-ge-meh)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: ልደርስ…? (leh-dehr-s…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: ጥሩ (teh-roo)
- 👎 Bad: መጥፎ (meh-toh)
- 😋 Yummy: ጣፋጭ! (tah-fach!)
- 🤢 Yucky: ጭንቀት! (chin-ket!)
- 🧸 I like it: እወዳለሁ (eh-weh-dah-loo)
- 💔 I don’t like it: አልወደውም (al-weh-deh-wm)
- 💧 Water: ውሃ (woo-hah)
- 🍝 Food: ምግብ (meg-ub)
- 👉 This: ይህ (yee-h)
- 👉 That: ትንሽ (tin-esh)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: ስሜ … ነው (seh-meh … now)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: ስምህ ማነው? (seh-meh mah-now?)
- 🙋 I am: እኔ … ነኝ (eh-neh … neh-nye)
- 👉 You are: አንተ/አንቺ … ነህ/ነሽ (ahn-teh/ahn-chee … neh/nesh)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: ደስ ብሎኛል (des buffer-nyal)
- 😢 I’m sad: ደስ አልሰማኝም (des al-seh-maynm)
- 😴 I’m tired: ድካም ነኝ (deh-kam neh-nye)
- 😡 I’m mad: ተከሳ (teh-ke-sa)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: ተጎድሌኝ (teh-go-deh-ley-ny)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: የበረታኝ (yeh-beh-reh-tany)
- 🥰 I love you: እወድሃለሁ (eh-weh-dha-loo)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: ድርብ ነኝ (deh-ruhb neh-nye)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: ደራሽ ነኝ (deh-rahsh neh-nye)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: ዛሬ (zah-ray)
- 📆 Tomorrow: ነገ (neh-geh)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: ትናንት (tin-ahnt)
- 🌅 Morning: ጠዋት (tah-wat)
- 🌌 Night: ሌሊት (lay-lit)
- ⏳ Now: አሁን (ah-hoon)
- 🔜 Later: በኋላ (beh-waa-lah)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: ቀኝ (keh-ny)
- 🔙 Left: ግራ (geh-rah)
- ⬆️ Straight: ቀጥ (keh-t)
- ⬅️ Front: ፊት (feet)
- ➡️ Behind: በኋላ (beh-waa-lah)
- ⬆️ Top / above: ላይ (lie)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: ታች (tahch)
- 🏠 Inside: ውስጥ (woost)
- 🌳 Outside: ውጭ (wuch)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: በውስጥ (beh-woost)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: ውጭ ውስጥ (wuch woost)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: መነስ ነው? (meh-nes now?)
- 😮 Too much: ብዙ ነው! (bih-zoo now!)
- 👌 A little: ጥቂት (tah-kit)
- 1️⃣ One: አንድ (ahnd)
- 2️⃣ Two: ሁለት (hoo-let)
- 3️⃣ Three: ሶስት (sost)
- 4️⃣ Four: አራት (ah-rat)
- 5️⃣ Five: አምስት (am-est)
- 6️⃣ Six: ስድስት (sid-est)
- 7️⃣ Seven: ሰባት (seh-bat)
- 8️⃣ Eight: ስምንት (see-mint)
- 9️⃣ Nine: ዘጠኝ (zeh-ten-ye)
- 🔟 Ten: አስር (ah-ser)
- 💯 One hundred: መቶ (meh-toh)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: ስለዚህ (seh-leh-zyh)
- 🧩 So…: ስለዚህ… (seh-leh-zyh…)
- 👀 If…: ከሆነ (keh-hoh-neh)
- 🆚 But: ነገር ግን (neh-ger gin)
- 🔄 Or: ወይም (weh-ee-m)
- ➕ And: እና (eh-na)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: እፈልጋለሁ (eh-fehl-gah-loo)
- 🙋♀️ I want: እፈልጋለሁ (eh-fehl-gah-loo)
- 🙌 I give: እሰጣለሁ (eh-seh-ta-loo)
- 🤝 I help: እርዳለሁ (eh-rda-loo)
- 🙋 I ask: ጠይቃለሁ (tey-ka-loo)
- 🗣️ I say: ኣለሁ (ah-leh-loo)
- 👂 I listen: ሰማሁ (seh-mah-hoo)
- 👀 I see: አይያለሁ (eh-ya-loo)
- 🦶 I go: አልሁ (ah-loo)
- 🍽️ I eat: በላሁ (beh-la-loo)
- 🥤 I drink: ጠጣሁ (teh-tah-loo)
- 🛌 I sleep: እዘአለሁ (eh-zeh-ah-loo)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: እባክህ! (eh-bahk!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: ጸጥ በጽሐ (seht b-eh-seh-ha)
- 🛑 Stop!: ቆም! (kohm!)
- 👀 Look!: እይ! (ay!)
- 🥱 Calm down: በረሃ ልብ (beh-reh-ha leb)
- 👏 Come here: እንደርስ! (en-dehr-s!)
- ⏳ Wait: ጠብቅ! (teb-k!)
- 🌟 Good job!: ሥራ ጥሩ ነው! (seh-rah teh-roo now!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: እንሂድ! (en-heed!)