S4.E2 - The Causative

Welcome to the final episode of Season 4 of Bereka Buna, where we’ll do our recap and practice for everything we’ve gone over this season. As always, you’ll hear the activity followed by the answer. I...

6 Maj 17min

In this episode we expand on material introduced in the last episode on the Relative Clause, looking at some more ways in which it can be applied in conjunction with other prepositions and other gramm...

19 Apr 14min

Today we’ll tackle a grammatical form used very frequently in Amharic, known as the Relative Clause. In English we use the relative clause to modify a noun or noun phrase by using a relative pronoun l...

9 Okt 202517min

We’re back this episode with an in-depth look at one of the words that makes Amharic so dynamic, and so hopelessly confusing at times: that is, the verb አለ. Today we’ll look at compounds of the verb አ...

1 Juli 202517min

Today we’re lucky to be back with another episode in our Stories Series with the fabulous Selamawit Geleta. If you’re interested in taking Amharic classes, please visit our website at berekabuna.org. ...

1 Apr 202516min

For this Story Series episode we give grammar a break to join Selam as she narrates a new wordless picture book. Follow along with the story images, vocabulary list and example sentences in the transc...

1 Mars 202520min

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, includ...

19 Jan 202520min

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 hou...

1 Dec 202412min