Amharic challenge 1

Posted in July 10th, 2008

I was thinking that a way to practice how much we know of the Amharic script is to try to read some words. First you need to recognize the symbols with their pronunciation and for those who want a greater challenge, with the help of a dictionary look it up for the meaning.
After that comes the challenge of speaking the language, but that is something more complicated that I can’t do from this blog…

For this first challenge, I’m going to start showing words taken from signs or newspapers in Amharic so you can try to read them or al least recognize the symbols. I’m going to give you some clues and if people show interest I will make this challenge harder over time.

Here goes the first photo, with an easy word:
The picture is about a girl learning in a classroom. The question is: What is written in the upper part of the chalkboard?

Here is a close up so you can read it better:

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Have you guessed? Need a clue?

See the first clue

See the second clue

Did you guess?

See the answer

AliciA

3 users commented in " Amharic challenge 1 "

zinadini balochi said,

in January 20th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

realy very nice site

i learn many things easpicaly how to read and wright amharic script

thanks for all

junglegirl said,

in March 25th, 2011 at 9:49 am

Thanks for the work you put into this site; it’s very helpful. I would love to see more challenges like this one.

Unfortunately, most if not all of the links to free Amharic books on the Amharic page are broken. Do you know if these resources are still available, and if so could you repair the links? Many thanks!

Alicia said,

in March 27th, 2011 at 6:41 am

Internet is such a dynamic place and it’s impossible to keep up to date with all the links pointing to resources.
Unfortunately I can’t control what other sites do with their contents. I try to add links when I find something interesting and free, but things pop up as fast as they disappear