F O R E I G N S E R V I C E I N S T I T U T E
AMHARIC
BASIC COURSE
Units 51 . 60 Reader Glossary
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E P A R T MEN T 0 F S T A T EF O R E I G N S E R V I C E I N S T I T U T E
AMHARIC
BASIC COURSE
Units 51 . 60 Reader Glossary
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E P A R T MEN T 0 F S T A T EAMHARIC
BASIC COURSE Units 51 · 60
Reader Glossary
SERGE OBOLENSKY
DEBEBOW ZELELIE MULUGETA ANDUALEM
FOREIGN SERVlfjE INSTITUTE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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E P A R T MEN T 0 F 5 T A T EAMHARIC
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
BASIC COURSE SERIES LLOYD B. SWIFT
Acting Editor
FOREWARD
The Tape Recordings to accompany this and the previous volume (Units 1-50) were recorded in the Language Laboratory of the Foreign Service Institute under tke direction of Gabriel Cordova.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to James Bostain, of the FSI staff, who assisted with the checking of the English portions of the entire text.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreward ...
UnJ.t 51
Bas~c Sentences
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UnJ.t 52
BaS1C Sentences . . . . Note 52.1 Verb /memulat/ used J.mpersona11y ••••••••••
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Ba s J.C Sentence s
Note 53.1 /b(e)-/ combJ.ned WJ.th postposJ.tJ.on /reged/ ••
53.2 Replacement of /s/ by /s/ J.n the causatJ.ve prefJ.x /as-/
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BaS1C Sentneces . . . . Note 54.1 PostposJ.tJ.on /sJ.r/
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BasJ.C Sentences ...
Structure Sentences (postposJ.tJ.ons)
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Bas~c Sentences
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Bas~c Sentences - Part I Part II Note 60.1
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Dr~lls Narrat~ve
/b(e)-/ pref~xed to Perfect~ve and T~me Counters
Verb C1ass~f~cat~on
Introduct~on to the Amhar~c Wr~t~ng System The Reader
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