Building Solidarity - One Word at a Time
Rules:
https://amharicteacher.com/hahu is a site that plays the audio of Amharic characters.
Gonna guess 20 random ones and see how many I get right, then try to beat the score. Repeat until done.
Hackerman says: add ##.alpha_li > span and ##.vert.letter to your adblock filter and it'll remove the spoilers so you have to guess. Pretty smart huh?
Day Two: I get the general logic of verbs (mark subject with both prefix+suffix, except in the past tense where it's all suffix). I get the sentence structure (VSO). I'm working on memorising 1) the most common verb roots, 2) those prefixes and suffixes, 3) the written characters
Goal: if I can memorise 1) the verb prefixes+suffixes for the past+present+future, 2) a few hundred bits of vocab, 3) the writing system.... that'd be amazing... then I could string together basic sentences
Hola, I recommend Hellotalk. You might find some tutors or language partners there. I also really like the album Out Of Addis, even though I’m not sure they’re singing in Amharic since I don’t speak it. Good luck!
though it's not as filled out as some more common languages, omniglot still has what seems like some good resources to get started:
https://omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm
good luck.
https://amharicteacher.com/ – hmmmmm, I'm against "apps" and pre-packaged quick fixes but I'll at least give this a try.
First half-day: I've got the eight pronouns solidly memorised, and about 20% of the written characters. At this pace I'll get to about 300 words, simple sentences, and will be able to read slowly, sounding things out.