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Time Specific Leave-taking in Amharic

Leave-taking phrases

Practice

Responding to Greetings and Leave-Taking.

How would you respond to the following greetings or leave-takings?

• 1. እንደምን አደርክ/አደርሽ? ïndämïn addärk? / addärš?

• 2. ደህና ናችሁ? dähna naččïhu?

• 3. ደህና እደር / እደሪ dähna ïdär / ïdäri.

• 4. ደህና ሁን / ሁኚ dähna hun / huňi.

Greetings and Leave-Taking Role-Plays

What would you say in each of the following situations?

• 1. You are meeting an elderly person of the community for the first time.

• 2. At a morning meeting, you are asked to come to the front of the room, and greet the entire audience.

• 3. You are speaking to a young, male shopkeeper in the afternoon.

• 4. You are saying goodbye to your LCF at the end of the day.

• 5. You are greeting a female counterpart who has come to visit your house in the afternoon.

• 6. You are going to bed and saying goodnight to your host family.

• 7. You take leave of a group of neighborhood children during the morning

Source

https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf