Bereka Buna

This episode explains how to conjugate present and past perfect verb forms, using extensive verb charts and practice exercises. The present and past perfect are used to make sentences like "I have eat...

27 Mar 202318min

This episode compiles a useful spread of common phrases and questions in Amharic that you'd be likely to encounter on a regular basis. From asking for and offering clarification or help to expressing ...

20 Mar 202314min

In this episode we pick up where we left off last week, using the contingent and various conjunctions to make conditional or dependent sentences like “if I were to X” and “when we do/did Y”. Using sev...

13 Mar 202311min

In this episode we navigate how to build more complex sentences using "used to" and "going to" verb equivalents in Amharic. The episode introduces a form called the Contingent that is also the basis f...

7 Mar 202314min

This episode breaks down essential Amharic Prepositions through dialogue and examples. Prepositions are important to learn early on in order to start putting together simple sentences and understandin...

27 Feb 202316min

​​Welcome to Season 2 of Bereka Buna. In this season we dive into some more complicated Amharic language vocabulary and grammar, including practical dialogue and sample exercises. In this episode we l...

20 Feb 202312min

This is the final episode of Season 1 of Bereka Buna. In it we go over a series of practice exercises designed to help consolidate what you've learned so far.

13 Feb 202310min

In this session we go over a few core irregular verbs in the past and present tense, including negatives. These verbs are used very often and in many contexts, so they’re essential to learn early on, ...

6 Feb 202311min