Time & Dates

1. ስንት ሰዓት ነው?

   Sinti se'at new?

   What time is it?

   Usage

   Basic phrase for asking the time

   Grammar Note

   "sinti se'at new" = set phrase for asking the time

2. ዛሬ ምን ቀን ነው?

   Zare min kin new?

   What day of the week is it?

   Usage

   Ask what day of the week it is

   Grammar Note

   "min kin" = "what day"

3. ዛሬ / ነገ / ትናንት

   Zare / Nege / Tinant

   Today / Tomorrow / Yesterday

   Usage

   Basic time reference words

   Grammar Note

   These are standalone adverbs

4. ይህ ሳምንት / የሚቀጥለው ሳምንት / ያለፈው ሳምንት

   Yih samint / Yemikitilow samint / Yalefew samint

   This week / Next week / Last week

   Usage

   Reference different weeks

   Grammar Note

   "yemi-" marks present relative, "yalefe-" past relative

5. ጠዋት / ከሰዓት / ማታ / ሌሊት

   Tewat / Kese'at / Mata / Lelit

   In the morning / afternoon / evening / at night

   Usage

   Basic time-of-day vocabulary

   Grammar Note

   Time-of-day nouns function as adverbs directly

6. ዛሬ ምን ቀን ቁጥር ነው?

   Zare min kin kitir new?

   What is today's date?

   Usage

   Ask for today's date

   Grammar Note

   Amharic uses Ethiopian calendar, 7–8 years behind Gregorian

7. ምን ሰዓት ይከፈታል / ይዘጋል?

   Min se'at yikefeital / yizegal?

   At what time does it open / close?

   Usage

   Ask opening and closing times

   Grammar Note

   "min se'at" = "at what time"

8. እዚያ ለመድረስ ምን ያህል ጊዜ ይወስዳል?

   Iziya lemedresi min yahill gize yiwesidal?

   How long will it take to get there?

   Usage

   Ask how long it takes to reach a destination

   Grammar Note

   "min yahill" = "how much/how many"

9. በሦስት ሰዓት ከሰዓት እንገናኝ።

   Besost se'at kese'at ingenagn.

   Let's meet at 3 pm.

   Usage

   Propose a meeting time

   Grammar Note

   Amharic uses both Ethiopian time (dawn-based) and international time

10. ሁለት ሰዓት ተኩል / አምስት ሰዓት ሩብ ቀርቷል።

    Hulet se'at tekul / Amist se'at rub kiritwal.

    Half past two / Quarter to five

    Usage

    Express time in halves and quarters

    Grammar Note

    "tekul" = half; "rub" = quarter

11. በሳምንት መጨረሻ ይከፈታል?

    Besamint mecheresha yikefeital?

    Is it open on weekends?

    Usage

    Check if open on weekends

    Grammar Note

    "mecheresha" = "end/last"

12. እዚህ ምን ሰዓት ዞን ውስጥ ነን?

    Izih min se'at zone wist nen?

    What time zone are we in?

    Usage

    Ask about the current time zone

    Grammar Note

    "zone" is an English loanword

13. ጊዜ ገና ቀደም ይላል / ዘግይቷል።

    Gize gena kidem yilal / zegiyitwal.

    It's too early / too late.

    Usage

    Express that it's too early or too late

    Grammar Note

    "kidem yilal" is an idiomatic expression for "too early"

14. መቼ ይጀምራል / ይጠናቀቃል?

    Meche yijemiral / yitinakelal?

    When does it start / end?

    Usage

    Ask when something starts or ends

    Grammar Note

    "mece" = "when"

15. [ቀን/ሰዓት] ቀጠሮ ልይዝ ፈልጋለሁ።

    [kin/se'at] kiyetero liyiz feliigalehu.

    I'd like to make an appointment for [date/time].

    Usage

    Request an appointment for a specific date/time

    Grammar Note

    "kiyetero liyiz" = idiom for "make an appointment"

16. ዛሬ ምን ወር ነው?

    Zare min wer new?

    What month is it?

    Usage

    Ask what month it is

    Grammar Note

    Amharic calendar has 13 months

17. አንድ ቀን

    And qen

    One day

    Usage

    Basic vocabulary for stating a duration.

18. ግማሽ ቀን

    Gmash qen

    Half a day

    Usage

    Use to indicate a half-day duration.

19. አንድ ሳምንት

    And samint

    One week

    Usage

    Use to state a one-week duration, e.g. length of stay.

20. አንድ ወር

    And wer

    One month

    Usage

    Use to state a one-month duration.

21. አንድ አመት

    And amet

    One year

    Usage

    Use to state a one-year duration.

22. ሰኞ

    Segno

    Monday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Monday.

23. ማክሰኞ

    Maksegno

    Tuesday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Tuesday.

24. ረቡዕ

    Rebu'

    Wednesday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Wednesday.

25. ሐሙስ

    Hamus

    Thursday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Thursday.

26. አርብ

    Arb

    Friday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Friday.

27. ቅዳሜ

    Kidame

    Saturday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Saturday.

28. እሁድ

    Ehud

    Sunday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day Sunday.

29. ዛሬ

    Zare

    Today

    Usage

    Use to point to or state today.

30. ነገ

    Nege

    Tomorrow

    Usage

    Use to point to or state tomorrow.

31. ትናንት

    Tinant

    Yesterday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state yesterday.

32. ከነገ ወዲያ

    Kenege wediya

    The day after tomorrow

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day after tomorrow.

33. ከትናንት ወዲያ

    Ketinant wediya

    The day before yesterday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the day before yesterday.

34. አሁን

    Ahun

    Now

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the present moment.

35. በኋላ

    Behwala

    Later

    Usage

    Use to point to or state a later time.

36. አንድ ሰዓት

    And se'at

    One hour

    Usage

    Use to state a duration of one hour.

37. ሁለት ሰዓት

    Hulet se'at

    Two hours

    Usage

    Use to state a duration of two hours.

38. ሰላሳ ደቂቃ

    Selasa deqiqa

    Thirty minutes

    Usage

    Use to state a duration of thirty minutes.

39. ጠዋት

    Tewat

    Morning

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the morning.

40. ቀትር

    Qetir

    Midday

    Usage

    Use to point to or state midday.

41. ማታ

    Mata

    Evening

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the evening.

42. ሌሊት

    Lelit

    Night

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the night.

43. እኩለ ሌሊት

    Ekule lelit

    Midnight

    Usage

    Use to point to or state midnight.

44. በየቀኑ

    Beyeqenu

    Every day

    Usage

    Use to state that something happens every day.

45. በየሳምንቱ

    Beyesamintu

    Every week

    Usage

    Use to state that something happens every week.

46. በየወሩ

    Beyeweru

    Every month

    Usage

    Use to state that something happens every month.

47. ይህ ሳምንት

    Yih samint

    This week

    Usage

    Use to point to or state this week.

48. የሚቀጥለው ሳምንት

    Yemiketilew samint

    Next week

    Usage

    Use to point to or state next week.

49. ያለፈው ሳምንት

    Yalefew samint

    Last week

    Usage

    Use to point to or state last week.

50. ቅዳሜና እሁድ

    Kidamena ehud

    Weekend

    Usage

    Use to point to or state the weekend.

51. ጃንዋሪ

    janwari

    January

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ታኅሣሥ〜ጥር

52. ፌብሩዋሪ

    februwari

    February

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ጥር〜የካቲት

53. ማርች

    march

    March

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around የካቲት〜መጋቢት

54. ኤፕሪል

    epril

    April

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around መጋቢት〜ሚያዝያ

55. ሜይ

    mey

    May

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ሚያዝያ〜ግንቦት

56. ጁን

    jun

    June

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ግንቦት〜ሰኔ

57. ጁላይ

    julay

    July

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ሰኔ〜ሐምሌ

58. ኦገስት

    ogest

    August

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ሐምሌ〜ነሐሴ

59. ሴፕቴምበር

    september

    September

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ነሐሴ〜መስከረም

60. ኦክቶበር

    oktober

    October

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around መስከረም〜ጥቅምት

61. ኖቬምበር

    november

    November

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ጥቅምት〜ኅዳር

62. ዲሴምበር

    disember

    December

    Usage

    The Gregorian month; in the Ethiopian calendar it falls around ኅዳር〜ታኅሣሥ

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