Amharic Text
Tentative Transcription Worked out in Class
Thursday, 24 September 2015
ɪnkʷɑn dɛhnɑ mɛtɑčhu ɑč'ər səhuf ɑllɛñ yɪh sɛhuf yɛ minɑgɨrɑw səle itiyop'iyɑ yɛ zɛmən akwɛtɑtər
Welcome/greeting to you (pl) short text I-have it text talks about Ethiopia year, counter
new itiyop'iya ke leločč yɛ ɑgɨrɑččɪn [corrected to] yɛ alemɑččɪn ɑgɨročč bɛtɛleyyɑ melkhu
is Ethiopia from others our-country our-world countries different-from
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
yɨrɑswɑ yɛ honɛ yɛ zɛmən ɑkʷətɑtər ɑllɑt' yɛ bɨzu ɑgɨroččʰ ɑdɨs ɑmɛt yɛmiǰemɨrew
her own year counter she-has many countries new year begins
t'ər ɑnd k'ən sihon yɛtop'iɑ (ye itiop'iɑ) zɛmən ɑkʷətɑtɛr gɨn ɑdɪs ɑmɛt' yɛmiǰemɨrew
January 1 day while Ethiopa year counter but new year begins
be itiop'iɑ ɑkʷətɑter
to, in Ethiopia counter
Thursday, 1 October 2015
mɛskɑrǝm ɑnd k'ən new yihɪm be ɑwropɑwiən ɑkʷətɑtɛr woɪm
September one day is this means,is according-to European counter or
be gorgorosɑwiɑnu ɑkʷətɑtɛr mɛsǝrɛt mɛskɑrǝm zɛtɑñ new bəzɨh mɛsǝrɛt
to, in Gregorian counter according September nine is according to this
bɑhunu (<be ɑhunu) gɪzɛ betiop'iyə (< be itiop'iyə) ɑkʷətɑtɛr mɛsǝrɛt
in-this time to-Ethiopia counter according
zɛmɛnu hulet ših sǝbɑt sihon
year two thousand seven while
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
zɛmɛnu hulɛt ših sabat sihon
year two thousand seven while
bɛ aropawiɛn akwotatr̩ hulɛt ših asɛra amɪst new
according-to European counter two thousand ten+ five is
ahʊn ahʊn wʊdɛ amɛrikan agr̩ kɛmɛt'ahu bwala (< bɛ hwala)
now to American country I came/have come after
Thursday, 8 October 2015
yastəwalkut’ nɛger(i)
I noticed, realized
betop’iawianu(<be itiyop’iyawianu) ədɪs amɛt’
on Ethiopian new year
k’ɛn amerikawianoččʰ hulɛt’ ših and
day Americans two thousand one
amɛtɛ mihirɛ
age mercy (==by Ethiopian reckoning)
lai yɛtɛkɛsɛtɛwun bašɛbariwu (<be ašɛbariwu)
event
alk’aida budIn benuyork gaba (<gəbeyə)
Al Qaeda group on NY market
ma’ikəl ɪna yɛ amerika mɪkelakeya mɪnɪster
center end America defence minister