In this episode we take a deep dive into an element of Amharic grammar known as The Causative. The Causative, as the name implies, refers to actions which wouldn’t happen of their own accord and so must be caused to occur. Amharic has both Direct and Indirect causative verbs. In this episode we look at both, running through some simple examples of causative verbs, and then deconstructing when and how these forms is used and rounding off with many more examples and practice sentences. 

S4.E2 - The Causative

Chorus:
ሰላም ሰላም ሰላም እንዲሆን (Selam, selam, selam endihon)
በልባችን ሰላም እንዲበራ (Belibachin selam endibera)
ሰላም ሰላም ሰላም እንዲኖር (Selam, selam, selam endinor)
በአንድነት ሁላችን እንኖራ (Beandinet hulachin enora)

Verse 1:
እኛ አንድ ነን ሰላም በቅናችን (Enya and nen, selam bekanachin)
እያንዳንዳችን ሰላም እንማግኘን (Eyandandachin selam enmagnen)
ልባችን አንድ በፍቅር ለማካሄድ (Libachin and befikir lemahahed)
እንድንሞቅት አንድነት ያንቀላፋል (Endinmoqet andinet yankelafal)

Chorus:
ሰላም ሰላም ሰላም እንዲሆን (Selam, selam, selam endihon)
በልባችን ሰላም እንዲበራ (Belibachin selam endibera)
ሰላም ሰላም ሰላም እንዲኖር (Selam, selam, selam endinor)
በአንድነት ሁላችን እንኖራ (Beandinet hulachin enora)

Verse 2:
ቀለምና ቋንቋ አለያይተንም (Qelem ena qwanqwa aleyaaytenem)
አንድ ነን በፍቅር ተያያዥነት (And nen befikir teyayazhenet)
የልብን ትህትና እንምር በጋራ (Yeliben tehetena enmer begara)
እኛ ሁላችን አንድ ነን እንዲሆን (Enya hulachin and nen endihon)

Chorus:
ሰላም ሰላም ሰላም እንዲሆን (Selam, selam, selam endihon)
በልባችን ሰላም እንዲበራ (Belibachin selam endibera)
ሰላም ሰላም ሰላም እንዲኖር (Selam, selam, selam endinor)
በአንድነት ሁላችን እንኖራ (Beandinet hulachin enora)

Outro:
እንቀንስ በፍቅር ሁላችን እንዲሆን (Enqanese befikir hulachin endihon)
ሰላም እንምር እንዲበራ (Selam enmer endibera)
ሁላችን አንድ ነን በትህትና (Hulachin and nen betetenna)
ሰላም እንማግኘን በአንድነት (Selam enmagnen beandinet)

SELAM

This episode introduces a complex element of Amharic grammar: The Passive Form. An active sentence in English might be “She painted the house”. A similar sentence in its passive form might be “the house was painted”. In this episode we look at how to construct passive sentences starting with verbs in the simple past perfect. I’d recommend pulling up the transcript to follow along with this episode.

S4.E3 - The Passive

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Today we’ll continue on from where we left off last episode with a look at more complex aspects of the Passive form, including how to conjugate passive verbs in the Simple Past to other tenses, including the Present/Future, the Contingent, the Gerund, the Imperative, and more. If you are at the early stages of Amharic learning, we recommend going back to previous episodes where each tense is explained more in depth before continuing with this episode on how to conjugate the Passive form. It may also be helpful to pull up the transcript to follow along with conjugations for this episode and better identify subtle differences in the Fidel and pronunciation of the active and passive forms. 

S4.E4 - Conjugating the Passive

"ደሴ ሕልም ተሳስቶ"
(Desi Hilm Tesaseto)

(መነሻ)
ይህ ጎዳና ነው፣ ቀለም ሞልቶ,
ልቤ ነው ተቀምጦ፣ ነገር ግን በቀጥታ የጦር ጉዞ።
አንድ ደሴ ወንድ ሰው ከፀሐይ በታች,
ከእንቅልፉ ሊሄድ ነው ተቃጥሎ ደቀቀች።

(አንደኛው አንቀጽ)
እኔ ከመሬት ነኝ ነገር የሕልም,
በአየር እንደ ቅመም፣ ልቤም ከበሬ ነም።
አልማዝ ነኝ ቀልም፣ ነገር ግን በቆም ነም፣
አረም አይገለም፣ ስልሴ አላበተኝም።

(በዝማሪነት)
ደሴ ወንድም, እንቅስቅስ በል፣
ከፍ አድርግ, በሰማይ እውቅና ጠል፣
በየመንገድ ነኝ እስከ አለም አበቅል፣
ምናልባት እኔን ማንም አያስቀምል።

(ሁለተኛው አንቀጽ)
ሌሊት ሙሉ እየተሰራ ነኝ፣
በምኒስትር ቤት አለኝ እልም፣
ነገር ግን ስሜት ነው ተሰምኝ፣
ወገኔ ያደነቀኝ፣ ምንም እርምጃ አላቆምኝ።

(ወለም)
እንደ ፀሐይ ስል እንቀላፋለን፣
ጠላት ይመጣል ነገር ግን እንቆያለን።
እምነት ነው ጦር መሳሪያችን፣
ስራ ይምንጣል፣ ይሻገራል ህልምናችን።

(በዝማሪነት - መጨረሻ)
ደሴ ወንድም, እንቅስቅስ በል፣
ከፍ አድርግ, በሰማይ እውቅና ጠል፣
በየመንገድ ነኝ እስከ አለም አበቅል፣
ምናልባት እኔን ማንም አያስቀምል።

Desi Hilm Tesaseto

My remix of The Weeknd's 'The Hills' focuses on the beautiful Amharic outro vocals that have been going viral on my feed. I've always wanted to remix this unique element that no one has touched before, and I'm excited to share it with you all!

The Weeknd - The Hills Outro (SHAMI Remix)

For this Story Series episode we give grammar a break to join Selam as she narrates a new wordless picture book. Follow along with the story images, vocabulary list and example sentences in the transcript. If you’ve enjoyed these stories and would like to find out more about taking classes in Addis Ababa or online, please visit us at berekabuna.org. For more on this teaching technique see Greg Thompson’s Growing Participator Approach (GPA).

S4.E5 - Story Series, Alex Pumpernickel

Today we’re lucky to be back with another episode in our Stories Series with the fabulous Selamawit Geleta. If you’re interested in taking Amharic classes, please visit our website at berekabuna.org. As with the last two story series episodes, you’ll find the picture book images and a list of vocabulary in the transcript at our website. I’d recommend following along to test your comprehension and learn new vocabulary. For more on this teaching technique see Greg Thompson’s Growing Participator Approach (GPA).

S4.E6 - Story Series, Frog goes to dinner

Welcome to Bereka Buna, a podcast series designed to support Amharic Language Learning. Episodes in the series range from a focus on vocabulary and grammar to dialogue and more conversational Amharic to get you started on learning the language and move you beyond the basics. Follow along with full transcripts (transliterated and in Amharic Fidel) to hone your reading and writing skills as you listen. The course is meant as support for learning you may already be embarking on. Join host, Luana DeBorst, and guest speakers on this journey of language learning and exploration! For more visit berekabuna.org. Accompanying videos can be found on YouTube @BerekaBuna.

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የሌለህን አለኝ ሳታውቅ አዋቂ ነኝ
እንዳከብርህ ብቻ ውሸት አትንገረኝ
ከሌለህ ነውር አይደል ካለህ ለራስህ ነው
እኔ የማከብር በሰውነትህ ነው
እንኳን በጉራ ደረት ተነፍቶ
አልቻለውም ሰው አንገቱን ደፍቶ
ዝቅ እያሉ ነው ተናንሶ ኑሮ
ላካበደማ አይሆን ዘንድሮ
እንኳን በጉራ ደረት ተነፍቶ
አልቻለውም ሰው አንገቱን ደፍቶ
ዝቅ እያሉ ነው ተናንሶ ኑሮ
ላካበደማ አይሆን ዘንድሮ
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