SERGE OBOLENSKY DEBEBOW ZELELIE MULUGETA ANDUALEM FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE WASHINGTON, D.C. E P A R T M E NT OF S T AT FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BASIC COURSE SERIES LLOYD B. SWIFT Acting Editor FOREWARD The Tape Recordings to accompany this and the previous volume (Units 1'50) were recorded in the Language Laboratory of the Foreign Service Institute under the direction of Gabriel Cordova. Grateful acknowledgement is made to James Bos tain, of the FSI staff, who assisted with the checking of the English portions of the entire text. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 - Price $2.50 TABLE OP CONTENTS Foreward ii Unit 51 Basic Sentences 503 Drills 50k Narrative 506 Unit 52 Basic Sentences 508 Note 52.1 Verb /msmulat/ used impersonally 510 Drills 510 Narrative •. • 512 Unit 53 Basic Sentences 51^4- Note 53*1 /b(e)-/ combined with postposition /regsd/.. 515 53.2 Replacement of /s/ by /s/ m the causative prefix /as-/ 515 Drills 516 Narrative 518 Unit 5k Basic Sentneces 519 Note 5^«1 Postposition /sir/ 520 Drills 521 Narrative 522 Unit 55 Basic Sentences 521+ Structure Sentences (Postpositions) 525 Note 55»1 Postpositions 529 Drills 530 Narrative 532 Unit 56 Basic Sentences 531+ Note 5^.1 Irregular Plural 535 Drills 537 Narrative 538 Unit 57 Basic Sentences 539 Drills Narrative 5^2 Unit 58 Basic Sentences 5U4 Drills 5^-5 Narrative 5^4-6 Unit 59 Basic Sentences 5^-8 Drills 551 Narrative 552 Unit 60 Basic Sentences - Part I 55^4- Part II 555 Note 60.1 /Ms)-/ prefixed to Perfective and Time Counters 557 60.2 Verb Classification 559 Drills 572 Narrative 57i+ Introduction to the Amharic Writing System 576 The Reader Unit 1 561; Unit 2 585 Unit 3 587 Unit k 591 Unit 5 595 Unit 6 603 Unit 7 609 Unit 8 615 Unit 9 625 Unit 10 632 Unit 11 6J4.O Unit 12 6I4.6 Unit 13 656 Unit 11+ 665 Unit 15 683 Unit 16 689 Unit 17 697 Unit 18 710 Unit 19 717 Unit 20 12k Unit 21 730 Unit 22 736 Unit 23 71+3 Unit 21+ 71+8 Unit 25 756 Unit 26 760 Unit 27 769 Unit 28 773 Unit 29 778 Unit 30 785 Unit 31 792 Unit 32 798 Unit 33 805 Unit 31+ 810 Unit 35 817 Unit 36 822 Unit 37 831 Unit 38 837 Unit 39 81+2 Unit 1+0 81+8 Unit 1+1 853 Unit 1+2 859 Unit k3 865 Unit kk. .... 870 Unit 45 875 Unit 46 881 Unit 47 887 Unit 48 892 Unit 49 899 Unit 50 905 Unit 51 911 Unit 52 916 Unit 53 922 Unit 54 928 Unit 55 933 Unit 56 939 Unit 57 944 Unit 58 949 Unit 59 954 Unit 60 961 Glossary * 971 Unit 51 Basic Sentences (Education) (silo timihirt) yohannia Is there much difference between beityoPiyanna bamerika timihirt the Ethiopian and American mekakksl bizu liyyunnst alls t [system of] education? k@bbede Generally speaking ('when con­ bsTeKlallaw sittasseb, ysityoPiya sidered in general') the timihirtinna yamerlka timihirt Ethiopian [system of] education babizu negsr yimmesassslal. resembles the American [system] honom bandand noger yileyayyal. in many respects ('things'). In some respects, however, it is different. college kolej For example the education given lemissale bekolej dereja at college level is very similar yemmisseTTaw timihirt to that [given] in America. kamerika timihirt gar beTam yimmesasselal. But the education given at bandenfia dsrejanna behulstteflna elementary and secondary dsrsja yemmlsseTTew timihirt level is not similar to gin, kamerika timihirt gar the American education. ayimmesa sselim. yohannis How many grades are there in the andQflfia dereja timihirtbetoc elementary schools? sint kiflocc alluwaccsw. kebbeds There are eight grades ('the andefSna dersja timihirtbetoc elementary schools are divided besimmmt kifloc yikkaffelallu. into eight grades'). Since the course of each grade is beyyandandu kifil yand amet designed for one year, eight timihirt silemmissoTT, andsfina years are required to complete dsrsja timihirtbetm lomeCsrref the elementary education. simmint amat yasfolligal. yohannis the way of dividing akkQfafsl And what are the divisions of the hulettenna d9raja timihirtbetocciss secondary schools? akkafafglaccgw mdet n9w f kabb9d9 The secondary schools are divided hulattanna daraja timihirtbetoc into four grades, and a four barat kifloc yikkaffalallu. year course is given m all mdazzih ballut timihirtbetoc schools of this kind. hullu yaratt amet timihirt yisssTTal. As University and college education bakolejinna bayunivarslti wisT resembles the American system y9mmiss9TT9w timihirt kamerika of education m many respects, timihirt gar b9bizu n9g9r I can't tell you anything new on silemmimmssassal larsiwo addls that subject ('there is nothing nager ayd9ll9m. new for you'). Useful Words medical, medicine yahikkimmna timihirt immarallahu. private, personal yagill sira allan. religious, ecclesiastical, manfasawi timihirt Tiru n9w. spiritual mission mlsiyon scholarship lskolarsip there is plenty bawasington wisT makina moltowal. average, medium yohannis maTanaftna saw naw. Questions and Answers wsdazzih agar yamaTTah lammdin naw. latimihirt naw. yandanna daraja timihirt lamammarnaw yallam, yakolej timihirt lamammar wayiss yohulattaflna daraja. naw. yandanfianna yahulattafina daraja agare wisT tamirre Carrasku. timihirthm yat tamark. yamerlka timihirtinna yaityoPiya a won, yataKararraba naw. timihirt yimmasassalal t lamin yakolej timihirthin aggnh lskolarsip silagannahu maTTahu wisT alKsTTalhim. mji, lzziyaw liKoyyinna liKaTTil lcil nabbar. lamahonu baTam bizu kolejocc yallam, baTam bizu aydallum. alluwaccihu t ahun lzzih agQr yat timihirtbet yallam, alawKim. mdammithedinna, mm aynat timihirt md9mmittimmar tawKallah t timihirthin kaCarrask bahwala yallam, laTiKit gize awropan baKaTTita wadagarih timm9ll9sall9h t magobnat immannallahu. k9t9m9ll9sk bahwala mastamar awon, yamastamar sira baTam dass tifglligallsh t yilennal. ikolej wisT ysmmiyastamiru bizu baTam bizu aydallum. honom ityoPiyawiyan astamariwocc allu t manorun allu. ityoPiya wisT yallaw yahikkimmna bagondar katama wisT naw. kolej yat katama ngw. addis abgba katama wisT bizu yallam, Tikit naccaw. kolejocc allu f ant9 yatamarkibb9t timihirtbet awo, bizu si tamariwocc a Hut. b9si y9mmiKKoTT9ru tgmariwocc a Hut t y9timihirtbetu diraktar ItyoPiyawi awo, ItyoPiyawi nabbar. nabbar. t beityoPiya timihirtbetoc wisT awo, abraw yimmarallu. wgndinna set tamariwocc abraw yimmarallu t timihirtbetoc bamulu yamangist yallam, andand yagill naccaw t timihirtbetocc allu. yabeta kristiyan timihirtbetoc lela bizu aynat timihirt kamanfesawi timihirt lela min yastamirallu. ya s tamira llu. beityoPiya wisT tamariwoc awo, Tikit ganzab yikaflallu. latimihirtaccaw ganzab yikaflallu t ityoPiya wisT bizu yagill baTam bizu aydallum. yallutim timihirtbetocc allu t timihirtbetoc yammigganflut ltililliK katamawoc wisT naw. beityoPiya wisT bgyyarastu t9maribetoc mdgzzih ag9r b9m9sk9r9m wgr bamin war yijjeiratiGrallu. wisT new. ityoPiya wisT bizu yemisiyon awo, moltGwal. tgmaribetocc allu t bizu ysrsa timihirtbetocc allu t awo, bizu naccew. yastemari damoz boTarn Tiru new t yQliGm, baTam Tiru aydallam. yoKsdamawi hayls sillase yunivsrslti ysmengist yuniversiti n9w. yegill new, wsyisa y9m9ngist. y9mmigg9fin9Wiss y9t k9t9ma ri9w. addls ab9ba wisT n9w. bizu t9raariwoc yigggflnubbgtal t ra9T9n9nna nacc9w. dirsgt course kors alsgrrahum bilo kade, to deny m9kad to be denied m9kkad beityoPiya wisT liyyu liyyu timihirtbetoc beyy9botaw t9k9ft9w, bebizu si y9mmiKKoTT9ru ygityoPiya woTTatoc yimmarubbaccawal. innezzihim timihirtbetoc bgsost wanna kifloc yikkaff9lallu. y9m9jemm9riyaw kifil and9f£tia d9r9ja timihirtbetoc yibbalallu. b9nn9zzih timihirtbetoc wisT yesimmint am9t kors yiss9TTal. b9hul9tt9nfia d9r9ja timihirtbetoc gin yaratt amst timihirt yissgTTal. mannaccswim ayn9t k9ffit9nna timihirt ygmmisseTTew bekolejinna b9yuniv9rsiti wisT silehono, l9k9ffit9fina timihirt yetezegajjut tamariwoc hullu W9d9 yuniv9rsiti yihedallu. b9kolej wisT y9mmiss9TT9w timihirt laratt araat n9w. bgzzih gize wisT t9mariwoccu liyyu liyyu timihirt yimmarallu. yekolej timihirtaccewin siyakkenawwmu giramasoccu sxra yiyizallu. gimmasoccu gm lek9fflteflfla timihirt W9da yuniv9rsiti yihedallu. baddis absba ket9ma wisT y9t9k9ff9tgw addisu yuniv9rsiti iyy9t9sfaffa sihed y9temariwoccu KuTir iyy9b9zza ind9mmihed y9mmayikkad n9W.