Extended Practice (VI)

This unit is the final comprehensive review of Volume 1. It consolidates all major grammatical structures, vocabulary, and conversational patterns introduced across the entire course — from greetings and basic sentences in Unit 1 through the intensive and conative aspects of Unit 48. Use this unit as a self-assessment tool and return to earlier units for targeted review where needed.

Review: Course Structure Overview

Units	Topic Area
1–5	Greetings, introductions, basic questions, numbers
6–10	Directions, locations, everyday activities
11–15	Shopping, food, time expressions
16–20	Travel, transportation, weather
21–25	Family, descriptions, possession
26–30	Past tense, storytelling, sequencing
31–35	Future tense, plans, obligations
36–40	Complex sentences, conjunctions, reported speech
41–46	Relative clauses, conditionals, compounds, comparatives, /bə-/, /k(e)-/
47–48	Consolidation review, intensive/conative aspect

Drill 1: Greeting and Introduction

Perform the full greeting sequence and introduce yourself:

Prompt	Response
Greet politely	TenayisTilliñ, indemin adderu?
Respond	dehna, igziyabher yimmesgən
Give your name	sıme ___ new
Say where you are from	ke-___ nəñ
Say you speak a little Amharic	amarıñña tinniš tinniš awKallehu

Drill 2: Verb Tense Review

Convert each sentence into the tense indicated:

Base (present)	Past	Future
ihidallehu (I go)	hedku (I went)	ihidallehu (I will go)
ibəllallehu (I eat)	bəllahu (I ate)	ibəllallehu (I will eat)
isərallehu (I work)	sərrahhu (I worked)	isərallehu (I will work)
inaggərallehu (I speak)	tənaggərku (I spoke)	inaggərallehu (I will speak)
ianəbbəballehu (I read)	anəbbəbku (I read-past)	ianəbbəballehu (I will read)

Drill 3: Question Formation

Form questions from the following statements:

Statement	Question
ıssu hedə	ıssu hedə? (Did he go?)
ısswa meTTačč	ısswa meTTačč? (Did she come?)
bə-awroplan hedəh	bə-min hedəh? (By what did you go?)
ke-bahir dar meTTa	ke-yet meTTa? (Where did he come from?)
sost meTShaf allu	sint meTShaf allu? (How many books are there?)

Drill 4: Key Grammar Structures

Complete each sentence using the target structure:

Structure	Cue	Sentence
Relative clause	yə-…-w	yəmeTTaw sew rəjjim new
Conditional	kə-…-	kəhedə, innimeTTalən
Compound verb	noun + verb	telefon adərregə
Comparative	ke-…yilK	ke-John yilK rəjjim new
Instrumental	bə-	bə-amarıñña tənaggəru
Spatial	k(e)-	kewediya meTTahu
Intensive	gemination	bərun kəffəttə
Conative	lə-…sil	ləməhid sil Təbbəkku

Drill 5: Situational Dialogues

At the Market

Role	Amharic	English
You	TenayisTilliñ, yih sint new?	Hello, how much is this?
Seller	asra birr new	It is ten birr
You	beTam wudd new, ammist birr?	It’s too expensive, five birr?
Seller	ishi, səmminit birr	Okay, eight birr
You	ishi, ameseginalehu	Okay, thank you

Asking Directions

Role	Amharic	English
You	yiKirta, posta bet ye-yet new?	Excuse me, where is the post office?
Passerby	kezzih Kətil hiid, bə-gra yigermal	Go straight from here, it’s on the left
You	ruku new?	Is it far?
Passerby	yellem, beTam Kirb new	No, it’s very close
You	ameseginalehu	Thank you

Making Plans

Role	Amharic	English
You	nege min tisəralləh?	What will you do tomorrow?
Friend	nege sira isərallehu	Tomorrow I will work
You	kəfəllək, gəbeya innihid	If you want, let’s go to the market
Friend	awo, ishi, ke-sira bəhwala	Yes, okay, after work
You	Tiru, kə-sira bəhwala innigənaññ	Good, let’s meet after work

Drill 6: Comprehensive Translation

Translate into Amharic:

1. The woman who came from Bahir Dar is my mother. → ke-bahir dar yəmeTTaččəw set innate nat
2. If he studies, he will pass the exam. → kəlemmədə, fətenna yalfal
3. She telephoned in order to speak with her father. → ke-abbatwa gar ləmənnaggər sil telefon adərrəgəčč
4. He washed the car thoroughly. → məkinawn hassələ
5. While trying to go, he got tired. → ləməhid sittil, dakkəmə
6. Addis Ababa is bigger than Bahir Dar. → addis abeba ke-bahir dar yilK tilliK nat
7. He ate with his hands. → bə-ıjju bəlla
8. I came from around there. → kewedezziya meTTahu

Narrative

yih hullu yə-Volume 1 timhirt new. ke-Unit 1 eska Unit 48 beTam bizu nəgər təmmərnalləhu. amarıñña greetings, questions, verb tenses, grammar structures — hullu awKallehu. ahun amarıñña ləmənnaggər, ləmanəbbəb, inna ləmeTShaf ikkilallehu. kə-Volume 1 bəhwala Volume 2 yikedəmal — yəamarıñña fidəl innimmaralən. bə-fidəl manəbbəb inna meTShaf yə-Volume 2 timhirt new. ləməkəttəl izzih Təbbəku!

This is all the instruction of Volume 1. From Unit 1 to Unit 48 I have learned very many things. Amharic greetings, questions, verb tenses, grammar structures — I know them all. Now I am able to speak, read, and write Amharic. After Volume 1, Volume 2 will follow — we will learn the Amharic script. Reading and writing in the script is the instruction of Volume 2. I am waiting here to continue!