Introduction To Chinese For Amharic Speakers

This chapter explains the correct grammar used in telling time. For example, in Amharic, we can simply say “3 o’clock yesterday.” or “yesterday at 3 o’clock.” But in Chinese, the order in that sentence matters.

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 14. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.  

This chapter teaches you the basics about time. For example, you will learn how to tell time and the various measures of time such as minutes and hours. In addition, you will also learn about routine things that happen at a particular time like meals and going to work.

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 13. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.  

This chapter teaches you the words you will need to use when you go shopping (e.g. money, price, quality).You will also learn the names of various currencies.

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 12. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.

In this chapter, you will learn about the names of various professions. You will also learn words associated with work like “busy” and “tired.”

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 11. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.

In this chapter, you will learn how to describe your family and how to talk about how old someone is. Did you know that in Chinese, you can’t just say “sister”? That is because there are different words for “younger sister” and “older sister.”

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 10. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.

Now you are going to learn how to order food at a restaurant as well as the names of more food items.

This chapter teaches you about “measure words.” This concept does not exist in Amharic so it is important to follow along with the book and audio lessons.

This chapter teaches you ordinal numbers in Mandarin Chinese. That is, you will learn how to say “first, second, third, etc.” You will also learn the pattern so that you can construct the ordinal numbers by yourself.

This chapter explains how to count in Mandarin Chinese. It also teaches you how to recognize patterns in how the numbers are given names.

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 6. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.

This chapter teaches you what various food items are called in Mandarin Chinese and also explains some words related to food (eating, drinking etc). You will also learn how to say “I am hungry” and ask what someone likes to eat.

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 5. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.

This chapter teaches you how to say which languages you can speak, how to ask others what languages they are comfortable with and the names of various languages in Mandarin Chinese.

These are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 4. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.

This chapter teaches you how to say where you are from, how to ask others their country of origin and what various countries are called in Mandarin Chinese.