The Waterpear (Syzygium guineense) o Dokma (dok’ma) in Amharic, also called Waterberry, Snake Bean tree or Waterboom, is a tree native to Africa that can also be found in Ethiopia.It’s a big tree that can reach between 15 to 30 meters in height and that usually grows near rivers since it prefers moist soils.The [...]

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The thirtieth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called S’ÄDÄY and it sounds like an S but with an explosive sound. To learn how to pronounce it, you should listen to the examples below. It has the same sound than the next symbol .The animations [...]

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Today I added to the list of Ethiopian names the ones that start with the letter F. I’m a little behind from what I expected, but I’m so busy doing other things that something has to wait. We also got new photos of our children that are waiting for us in Ethiopia and they have [...]

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The twenty-ninth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called P’ÄYT and it sounds like a P but with an explosive sound. To learn how to pronounce it, you should listen to the examples below. This symbol is used in biblical words of names and places.The [...]

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