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may table

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The fourth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called MAY and its pronunciation is like an M. The printed letter is like two circles joined by a line on top, something that looks like a pair of headphones or maybe a pair of glasses ;-) The handwritten letter looks just the same. In this symbol we’ll used the 7 different vowels, including the two vowels A, one more closed or "ä" (pronunced between an a and  an e) for the first order, and one more open or "a" for the fourth order,  just check the sound examples.
Here is the table with the printed letter, handwritten letter and pronunciation, an a few examples. The animations were made according to the instructions in the book Writing and Reading Amharic and the sounds are form the site Amharic Online. Phonetic according to David Appleyard. 
 

print
phonetics
how to write it
and say it
examples
may1
 
mala
(mäla) idea to solve a problem, guess
may2
mu
mulu mulu) whole, complete
may3
mi
mido
(mido) comb
may4
ma
mammo
(mammo) baby boy
may5
me
meda
(meda) field, grassy field
may6
(mï or just m at the end of a word)
mesa
(mïsa) lunch
helm 
(hilm) dream
may7
mo
mot
(mot) death

Finally all the sequence in alphabetical order :
may

There is an eight character that is formed with the combination of the sound M and the sound WA, as if pronouncing the M with slightly rounded lips, and is written in this way: 
mwa(mwa)    Example:mwammwa (mwammwa) dissolve, melt

Here is the quiz for the fourth letter of the alphabet:

Quiz # 4

Next week, the first letter S.

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