Fun videos to start

Watch these videos a few times without trying too hard to learn. Let your brain soak the information. After a while try interactive games and you will be surprised how much you have learned! Recognition is the most gentle path for your brain to learn.

• Amharic Fidäl ፊደል - by Natty_German - Memrise
  So far, my favorite app to start learning the Amharic alphabet. Once you are done with it you need other apps and resources to practice words.

• Ha Hu Amharic app by Hahugames.com
  App for Android and IOS that offers „tracing” and audio as well as recognition of characters in words. This app made me aware of some differences between „print” and „handwritten” versions of some letters, the most striking example being the ለ family.

• Amharic Language (አማርኛ) Alphabet Learn Step by Step | MasterAnyLanguage.com
  Good resource to learn gradually (yes, so many characters are the time can be overwhelming). In case you are confused about the sounds, make sure you turn it OFF before the start of the game. Once you master this level you can try more competitive ones.

• Quizzes on Amharicteacher.com

  • Quiz 1 – Amharic to Latin script

  • Quiz 2 – Image to Amharic

  • Quiz 4 – Sound to Amharic

• Writing-Reading-Amharic.pdf - Amharic.com
  Best resource available to freely download (probably by error of the site managers), however, the material is protected by copyright.

• Fidel Tree: An easy way to learn Amharic alphabet - Amazon.com
  Very interesting gradual learning method that builds a ”family tree” out of different groups of letters. Here is a very simple site made by the authors where you can hear the sounds - Audio simulator - fideltree_web

• How to read and write Amharic: For adult learners - Amazon.com
  The Look Inside option provided me with very interesting information to better understand as adult learner.