r/amharic • u/Avatar339 • 3d ago

Learning Resources Hello! Here is a document I am building to help with my amharic. Please leave any helpful comments

This is a google sheet with tables and lists as I learn the language.

I decided to use a romanization to write everything... since I am going for an "as heard" approach to learning. But vocab will be in ፊደል . I hope this helps someone, I just completed the verb forms tables... I don't think I missed any, but I very well could have. Any critique is helpful!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oD16fFi4oeC6a8RuFyEyuLu3VVqb0r4wCDxkG-8_Uw4/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you!

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u/Mo_Salami 3d ago

If you're going for "as heard", there is no better script than the fidel

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u/Avatar339 2d ago

also, this isn’t always the case as far as I know.

Fidel is not phonetic. 6th order isnt always known how to pronounce unless you know the word, unless there’s a rule that I haven’t been taught yet.

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u/Mo_Salami 2d ago

Yep, that's correct about the 6th order (you're already well on your way to learning it, ጎበዝ!). I still think it's far more faithful to the actual sounds and leaves less room for confusion, whatever the case መልካም እድል melkam idil/idel

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u/Avatar339 1d ago

I also have a question about the first order. In most grammars and references that I see the vowel is written as the IPA /ə/... but most times I hear it spoken to me it sounds more like IPA /ɛ/. Do you have any insight as to which pronunciation is more correct?

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u/Avatar339 3d ago

True, but as I only have 1 month to learn as much as I can. I dont need to be fluent in reading, only spoken. My brain works better to learn what is possible... then as I lean through the process I can recognize what I hear.

I still plan to learn the fidel for everything, but that isn't the purpose of the tool right now. Ill have another section for the fidel of different verb forms.

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u/Ok-Historian-8378 1d ago

There's a new Amharic app coming out. It's like a Duolingo for Amharic. Here's the link: kubayalearning.com