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Greetings in Amharic for beginners Part 1:

በአማርኛ 4 አይነት የሰላምታ አይነቶች አሉ፦ (There are 4 types of greetings in
Amharic)
1. ለወንድ የሚቀርብ የሰላምታ አይነት (A greeting that will be offered to a male)
2. ለሴት የሚቀርብ የሰላምታ አይነት (A greeting that will be offered to a female)
3. ለብዙ ሰዎች የሚቀርብ የሰላምታ አይነት (A greeting that will be offered to more than two people)
4. ለእድሜ ባለጸጎች፣ ለሃይማኖት አባቶች፣ ለዳኞች፣ ለፕሮፌሰሮች ወዘተ የሚቀርብ የሰላምታ አይነት (A type of
greeting that will be offered to older adults, religious leaders, judges, professors, and others.)

Amharic Greetings FOR MALE (ለወንድ) Responses:

እንዴት ነህ? ደህና ነኝ። አንተስ እንዴት ነህ? እኔም ደህና ነኝ አልሐምዱሊላህ።
Dehna negn Antes endet neh?
Endet neh? Enem dehna negn Alhamdulillah
I am good. What about you?
How are you doing? Alhamdulillah, I am fine too.
(The Fidel “ም” means “too”)
If you’re a Muslim, you can say
Alhamdulillah አልሐምዱሊላህ
If you’re a Christian, you can say
Egziabhier ymesgen እግዚአብሄር
ይመስገን
(Though Arab Christians say
Alhamdulillah)
ደህና ነህ? ሰላም ነኝ። አንችስ እንዴት ነሽ? ደህና ነኝ።
Selam negn Anchis endet nesh?
Dehna neh? Dehna negn
I am fine. What about you?
How are you doing? I am good.

ሰላም፣ እንዴት ነህ? ሰላም ነኝ። አንተስ እንደት ነህ? ሰላም ነኝ።
Selam, Endet neh? Selam negn, antes endet neh? Selam negn
Hi, how are you? I am good and you? I am fine

ሰላም ነህ? አለሁ። ሰላም ነው? አለን።

Alehu Selam new?
Selam neh? Alen
I'm alive. Are you fine?
Hello, how are you? We are alive

አማን ነህ? አማን ነኝ። አንተስ እንደት ነህ? እኔም ደህና ነኝ።
Aman engn Antes endiet neh?
Aman neh? enem dehna negn
I am fine, how about you?
Hi I am fine too

ጤና ይስጥልኝ አብሮ ይስጥልኝ።

Abro ystlgn
Tena ystlgn May God grant you good health
May God grant you good health. too.

አለህልኝ? አለሁልሽ።
Alehulsh
Alehlign? I am alive for you
Are you alive for me? (The Fidel “ች, ሽ and ሻ” indicate

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women.)
ስራስ እንዴት ነው? አምላክ ይመስገን ጥሩ ነው፣ እናንተስ አሪፍ ነው።
ጋር እንዴት ነው? Arif new
Siras endet new? Amlak ymesgen, tru new Enantes It’s fine
How is your work coming along? gar endet new?
Thanks be to God, it’s good What
about yours? (Plural)
ደህና ነህ? እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን፣ ደህና ነኝ። ኑሮ ኑሮ ጥሩ ነው።
እንዴት ይዞሻል? Nuro tru new
Dehna neh?
Egziabhier ymesgen dehna negn Life is good
Hi, how are you doing? Nuro endet yzoshal?
Thank God., I'm fine. How is life
treating you?
ኑሮ እንዴት አድርጎ ይዞሃል? ይመስገን፣ ጥሩ አድርጎ ይዞኛል። አንተስ አላማርርም።
እንዴት ነህ? Alamarrm
Nuro endet adrgo yzohal?
Ymesgen, tru adrgo yzognal Antes I don’t complain
How is life treating you? endet neh?
Thank God, it’s treating me well
How about you?
እንዴት ነህ? ደህና ነኝ፣ አልሐምዱሊላህ። ስራ እንዴት ስራ ጥሩ ነው።
ነው? Sira tru new
Endet neh?
Dehna negn Alhamdulilah Sra It is good
How are you doing? endet new?
Alhamdulillah I am fine. How is
work?
ሚስትህና ልጆችህስ እንዴት ናቸው? አልሐምዱሊላህ ሁሉም ደህና ናቸው።
Alhamdulilah hulum dehna nachew
Misth ena ljochihs endet nacew? Alhamdulilah, all of them are
How about your wife and kids? fine or Everyone is in good
health.

Easily we can use the folowing expressions to greet a man.

ሰላም፣ እንዴት ነህ? Hello, how are you?
ደህና አደርክ ወይ? Good morning?
እንደት ዋልክ? How did you passe the day?
ደህና ዋልክ ወይ? Did you pass the day safely?
እንዴት አመሸህ? How was your evening?
ደህና አመሸህ ወይ? Good evening?
ውሎ እንደት ነበር? How was your day?

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In the evening:
እንዴት አመሸህ? How was your evening?
እንዴት አመሸሽ? How was your evening?
እንዴት አመሻችሁ? How was your evening?
እንዴት አመሸች? How was her evening?
እንዴት አመሸ? How was his evening?
እንዴት አመሹ? How was their evening?

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Amharic Greetings for Female Responses:

እንዴት ነሽ? ደህና ነኝ። አንችስ እንዴት ነሽ? እኔም ደህና ነኝ አልሐምዱሊላህ።
Endet neshi? dehna negn Anchis endet Enem dehna negn
How are you doing? neshi? I am good. How Alhamdulillah
about you? Alhamdulillah I am fine too.
ደህና ነሽ? (The “ም” Fidel means “too”)
Dehna nesh? ሰላም ነኝ። አንችስ እንዴት
How are you? ነሽ? ደህና ነኝ።
ደህና ነሽ ወይ? selam negn Anchis endet Dehna negn
neshi? I am good.
I am fine. How about
ሰላም ነሽ? you?
Selam nesh?
Are you okay? አለሁ። ሰላም ነው?
ሰላም ነሽ ወይ? Alehu Selam new? አለን። Alen We are alive
I'm alive. Are you fine? (It is common in the Amharic
Or speaking culture to speak like
አለሁልህ። more than two peoples)
Alehulh
I am alive for you
(The Fidel “ህ,ል”indicates
male)

Easily we can use the folowing expressions to greet a female.

እንዴት ነሽ? How are you

እንዴት ነሽልኝ? How are you

ሰላም ነሽ? Are you okay?

እንደት ዋልሽ? How was your day

እንዴት አመሸሽ? How was your evening

እንዴት አደርሽ? How was your morning

ደህና ነሽ ወይ? Are you ok

ደህና አደርሽ ወይ? Are you good

ሰላም ነሽ ወይ? How are you

ሰላም ነሽልኝ ወይ? Are you okay for me?

ደህና አመሸሽ ወይ? Good evening

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ደህና ዋልሽ ወይ? How was your day?

ስራ እንዴት ይዞሻል? How is your job?

ኑሮ እንዴት ይዞሻል/ How is life treating

ይዞሃል? you?

አማን ነሽ? Are you safe?

አማን ነህ? Are you a safe?

Amharic Greetings for Plural

Amharic Greetings for Plural Responses:

እንዴት ናችሁ? ደህና ነን። dehna nen We are good.
Endet nachihu? ደህና ነን። Betam dehna nen We are very good.
How are you doing? ሰላም ነን። selam nen። We are fine.
ደህና ናችሁ? አለን። alen we are alive.
Dehna nachihu? አምላክ ይመስገን Amlak ymesgen። Thank God
Are you fine? አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ነን። Alhamdulilah dehna nen
ሰላም ናችሁ? Alhamdulillah we are fine.
Selam nachihu? እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ነን። Egziabhier
Are you okay? ymesgen dehna nen Thank God we are fine.
እንደምን አላችሁ? ይመስገን ymesgen Thank God
Endmen alachihu? አናማርርም Anamarrm we don’t complain
How are you doing?
How do you do?
እንደምን ናችሁ?
Endmen nachihu?
Formal Amharic Greetings:
In Amharic, we use the pronouns "Erswo, Ersachew and Antu" for old men and women. Additionally, if
the person we are talking to or referring to holds a respectable profession, we still address them as
"Erswo, Ersachew, or Antu," regardless of their age.

Formal Amharic Greetings: Response

• እንዴት ነዎት? ደህና ነኝ። dehna negn I am good.
• Endet newot? ሰላም ነኝ። selam negn I am fine.
• How are you doing? አምላክ ይመስገን Amlak ymesgen Thank God
• ደህና ነዎት? Dehna አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ነኝ። Alhamdulilah dehna negn
newot? How are you? Alhamdulillah I am fine.
• ደህና ነዎት ወይ? Dehna እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ነኝ። Egziabhier ymesgen
newot wey? How are dehna negn Thank God I'm fine.
you? ይመስገን ymesgen Thank God
• ሰላም ነዎት? Selam
newot? Are you okay?
• ሰላም ነዎት ወይ? Selam
newot wey? Are you
okay?
• ጤና ይስጥልኝ Tena
ystlgn How do you
do?

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አባቴ / my father

አባ / father

ሰላም ነዎት አባ? Aba how are you?

For example, we don't call an old woman "Anche", rather we call her Antu. It is the same for the old man, too.
Addressing old women as "anch" and male elders as "ante" is seen as a shame in Amharic speaking communities.
But this does not include our mother and father. We call only strangers like that. (Respect for family was more
important as I think. How can a person have respect for strangers without respecting his family first?)

If the person is not even old by age, but if he is a very respectable person, we call him "Antu or erswo" in
Amharic. For example, we do not call Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) "አንተ / Ante" but rather we call him
"Antu, or erswo". Also, we call prime ministers, presidents, ministers, judges etc... "Antu or erswo."

Informal Greetings in Amharic Responses

• አላችሁ? Alachihu? Are you አለን Alen We are alive (አለን means ደህና ነኝ or ደህና ነን
alive? (For plural) ደህና ነኝ Dehna negn I’m good)
• አለህ? Aleh? Are you alive? (For አለሁልህ Alehulh I’m alive for you
male) ፒስ ነው peace new I’m fine
• አለሽ? Alesh? Are you alive? ሰላም ነው? Selam new? Hi
(For female) አለን Alen We are alive
• ሰላም Selam Hello ፒስ ነው? Peace new? Are you fine?
• ታዲያስ Tadias Hi አለን Alen (We are alive)
• እ E So, (What's up) አለንልህ Alenlh (We are alive for you) (For male)
• ፒስ ነው? Peace new? Are you አለንልሽ Alenlsh (We are alive for you) (For female)
fine? Most of the time “Alen” በአማርኛ ቋንቋ አንድ ሰው
• ደህና ነሽ ኣ? Are you okay? (For ራሱን “እኛ” እያለ መጥራት የተለመደ ነው።
female)
• ደህና ነህ ኣ? Are you okay? (For
male)
• ሰላም ነህ ኣ? How are you? (For
male)
• ሰላም ነሽ ኣ? How are you? (For
female)
In the upcoming video, we'll learn how to exchange greetings at night, morning, and evening. So, remember
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In the next article, we'll learn how to exchange greetings

at night, morning, and evening.
Greetings in Amharic for beginners Part 2:
ጧት ላይ የሚቀርብ ሰላምታ (At the morning) Response:
• እንደት አደርክ? Endet aderk? Good morning ደህና አድሪያለሁ።
For • ደህና አደርክ? Dehna aderk? Good morning Dehna adrialehu
male • ደህና አድረሃል? Dehna adrehal? Good morning I'm fine.
• ሰላም አደርክ? Selam aderk? Good morning አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አድሪያለሁ።
Alhamdulila, dehna adrialehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good night.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
አድሪያለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
adrialehu
Thank God I'm fine.
For • እንደት አደርሽ? Endet adersh? = Good morning ደህና አድሪያለሁ።
female • ደህና አደርሽ? Dehna adersh? = Good morning Dehna adrialehu
• ደህና አድረሻል? Dehan adreshal? = Good I have a good night.
morning አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አድሪያለሁ።
• ሰላም አደርሽ? Selam adersh? Good morning Alhamdulila, dehna adrialehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good night.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
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አድሪያለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
adrialehu
Thank God I'm fine.
For • እንደት አደራችሁ? Endet aderachihu? Good ደህና አድረናል አልሐምዱሊላህ።
plural morning Alhamdulillah we have a good
• ደህና አደራችሁ? Dehan aderachihu? Good night.
morning እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና አድረናል።
• ደህና አድራችኋል? Dehna adrachihual? Good Thanks to God, we have a good
morning night.
• ሰላም አደራችሁ? Selam aderachihu? Good
morning
For • እንደት አደሩ? Endet aderu? Good morning ደህና አድሪያለሁ።
formal • ደህና አደሩ? Dehna aderu? Good morning I have a good night.
• ደህና አድረዋል? Dehna adrewal? Good morning አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አድሪያለሁ።
• ሰላም አደሩ? Selam aderu? Good morning Alhamdulillah, dehna adrialehu
• ሰላም አድረዋል? Selam adrewal? Good morning Alhamdulillah I have a good night.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
አድሪያለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
adrialehu
Thank God I'm fine.
እንደምን አደራችሁ ተማሪዎች?
Endemn aderachihu temariwoch?
Good morning students?
እንደምን አደሩ መምህር? Endemn
aderu memhr? Good morning
teacher?
ከሰአት በኋላ የሚቀርብ ሰላምታ (At the afternoon)
For • እንደት ዋልክ? Endet walk? Good afternoon ደህና ውያለሁ።
male • ደህና ዋልክ? Dehna walk? Good afternoon Dehna wuyalehu
• ደህና ውለሃል? Dehna wulehal? Good afternoon I have a good day.
• ሰላም ዋልክ? Selam walk? Good afternoon አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ውያለሁ።
Alhamdulillah dehna wuyalehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good day.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ውያለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
wuyalehu
Thank God I'm fine.
For • እንደት ዋልሽ? Endet walsh? Good afternoon ደህና ውያለሁ።
female • ደህና ዋልሽ? Dehna walsh? Good afternoon Dehna wuyalehu
• ደህና ውለሻል? Dehna wuleshal? Good afternoon I have a good day.
• ሰላም ዋልሽ? Selam walsh? Good afternoon አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ውያለሁ።
Alhamdulillah dehna wuyalehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good day.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ውያለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
wuyalehu
Thank God I'm fine.
For • እንደት ዋላችሁ? Endet walachihu? Good ደህና ውለናል።
plural afternoon Dehna wulenal
We have a good day.
• ደህና ዋላችሁ? Dehna walachihu? Good አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ውለናል።
afternoon Alhamdulillah dehna wulenal
Alhamdulillah we have a good
• ደህና ውላችኋል? Dehna wulachihual? Good day.
afternoon እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ውለናል።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
• ሰላም ዋላችሁ? Selam walachihu? Good wulenal
afternoon Thank God we have a good day.
For • እንደት ዋሉ? Endet walu? Good afternoon ደህና ውያለሁ።
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formal • ደህና ዋሉ? Dehna walu? Good afternoon Dehna wuyalehu

• ደህና ውለዋል? Dehna wulewal? Good afternoon I have a good day.
• ሰላም ዋሉ? Selam walu? Good afternoon አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና ውያለሁ።
Alhamdulillah dehna wuyalehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good day.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና ውያለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
wuyalehu
Thank God we have a good day.
ማታ ላይ የሚቀርብ የሰላምታ አይነት (At night)
For • እንደት አመሸህ? Endet amesheh? Good evening ደህና አምሽቻለሁ።
male Dehna amshichalehu
• ደህና አመሸህ? Dehna amesheh? Good evening I have a good evening
አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ።
Alhamdulillah dehna
• ደህና አምሽተሃል? Dehna amshtehal? Good amshichalehu
evening Alhamdulillah I have a good
evening
• ሰላም አመሸህ? Selam amesheh? Good evening እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
አምሽቻለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
amshichalehu
Thank God I have a good evening
For • እንደት አመሸሽ? Endet ameshesh? Good evening ደህና አምሽቻለሁ።
female • ደህና አመሸሽ? Dehna ameshesh? Good evening Dehna amshichalehu
• ደህና አምሽተሻል? Dehna amshteshal? Good I have a good evening
evening አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ።
• ሰላም አመሸሽ? Selam ameshesh? Good evening Alhamdulillah dehna
amshichalehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good
evening
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
አምሽቻለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
amshichalehu
Thank God I have a good evening
For • እንደት አመሻችሁ? Endet ameshachihu? Good ደህና አምሽተናል።
plural evening Dehna amshitenal
• ደህና አመሻችሁ? Dehna ameshachihu? Good I have a good evening
evening አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽተናል።
• ደህና አምሽታችኋል? Dehna amshtachihual? Good Alhamdulillah dehna amshitenal
evening Alhamdulillah I have a good
• ሰላም አመሻችሁ? Selam ameshachihu? Good evening
evening እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
አምሽተናል።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
amshitenal
Thank God I have a good evening
For • እንደት አመሹ? Endet ameshu? Good evening ደህና አምሽቻለሁ።
formal • ደህና አመሹ? Dehna ameshu? Good evening Dehna amshichalehu
• ደህና አምሽተዋል? Dehna amshtewal? Good I have a good evening
evening አልሐምዱሊላህ ደህና አምሽቻለሁ።
• ሰላም አመሹ? Selam ameshu? Good evening Alhamdulillah dehna
amshichalehu
Alhamdulillah I have a good
evening
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ደህና
አምሽቻለሁ።
Egziabhier ymesgen, dehna
amshichalehu
Thank God I have a good evening
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