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BEREKA BUNA is the only multimedia language learning program currently available to Amharic learners.

በረካ ቡና በአሁኑ ጊዜ ለአማርኛ ተማሪዎች የሚገኝ ብቸኛው የመልቲሚዲያ ቋንቋ ትምህርት ፕሮግራም ነው።

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Pronouns and the Possessive

Episode 1

In this first episode of Season 1 of Bereka Buna’s Video Series, we start with the basics, looking at gender, pronouns and the possessive in Amharic using the verb example “to be”. Follow along with translations, transliterations and the Amharic fidel to gain an elemental understanding of the persons needed for all conjugations and how to indicate possession in Amharic.

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S4E4: Conjugating the Passive

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.

S4E3: The Passive Form

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.

S4E2: The Causative - Direct and Indirect

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.

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