I – አነ ( ‘ana )
You – አንተ ( ‘anta )
He – ውእቱ ( we’tu )
She– ይእቲ ( ye’ti )
It – ውእቱ ( we’tu )
You (m.p) – አንትሙ ( ‘antemu)
You (f.p) – አንትን ( ‘anten )
They (m ) – ውእቶሙ ( we’tomu)
They (f ) – ውእቶን ( we’ton)
This ( m ) – ዝ ( ze ) / ዝንቱ ( ze’ntu )
This (f ) – ዛ ( zā ) / ዛቲ ( zāti )
That (m) – ውእቱ ( we’tu )
That (f) – ይእቲ ( ye’ti )
Here – ዝየ ( ze’ya )
There – ህየ ( he’ya )
Father – አብ ( ‘ab )
Mother– እም ( ‘ emm)
Grand Father – ሔው ( hew )
Grand mother – ሔውት ( hewet )/ ሙጊ ( mugi )
Brother – እኁ ( ‘ exw ) x is like h
Sister– እኅት ( ‘ exet )
Son – ወልድ ( we’ld )
Daughter – ወለት ( walat )
People – ሕዝብ ( he’zb )
Male – ብእሲ ( be’si )
Female – ብእሲት ( be’sit )
Friend – ቢጽ ( bi’ş )
Teacher – መምሕር ( mamehr )
Student – መርድእ ( mar’ede )

Eye – ዓይን ( ‘ ayen )
Ear – ዕዝን ( ‘ ezen )
Nose – አንፍ ( ‘ anfe )
Mouth – አፍ ( ‘af )
Tooth – ስነን ( se’ nan )
Head – ርዕስ ( re’es )
Hair – ሥዕርት ( se’ert )
Face – ገጽ ( gaş )
Hand – ዕድ ( ‘ ed )
Foot – እግር ( ‘ eger )

Dog – ከልብ ( kalbe )
Cat (m) – ብርኒ ( be’rni )
Cat ( f )- ሔሴሜት ( hēsēmēt )
Pig – ክራግልዮን ( kerāgleyon )
Cow– ላሕም ( lāhem )
Sheep – በግዕ ( bagg’ )
Horse – ፈረስ (farase )
Mouse – ጽርኒ ( şerni ) / አንጼዋ (anşewā )
Chicken – ዶርሆ ( Doreho )
Bird – ኦፍ ( O’f )
Fish – አሳ ( ‘ asā )

Flower – ጽጌ ( ş’ge )
Grass – ሳዕር ( sār )
Tree – ዕጽ ( ‘ eş )
Leaf – ቆጽል ( qoşle )
Fruit – ተክል ( takel )

Red – ቀይህ ( qayeh )
Blue – ሰማያዊ ( semāyawi )
Yellow – እላ ቄጥሩ ( ela qēteru )
Green – ብስንሶ ( besenso )
White – ጸዐዳ ( şa’adā )
Black – ጸሊም ( şalim )

Name – ስም ( s’em )
Day – ዕለት ( ‘ elat )
Night – ምሴት ( ms’ēt )
Year – ዓመት ( ‘ amet )
Sun – ጸሐይ ( şahay )
Moon – ወርኅ ( ware’h )
Star – ኮከብ ( kokeb )
Fire – እሳት ( ‘esāt )
Water – ማይ ( māy )
Air – አየር ( ‘ayar )
Earth – ምድር ( medr )
Sky – ሰማይ ( semāy )
Sea – ባሕር ( bā’hr )
Mountain – ደብር ( daber )
Forest – ኦም

Left – ጸጋም ( şegām )
Right – የማን ( yamān )
Center – ማዕከል ( mākel )

And – ወ / ወካዕበ
If – እመ ( ’ema )
Because – has no word by word translation, instead Ge’ez use እስመ ( ‘ esma ) ,

አምጣነ ( amtāna ) and አኮኑ (akonu ) which has a meaning of ‘ For ‘.

Old – ብሉይ ( beluy )
New – ሐዲስ ( hadis )

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