Amharic · for real situations

Real Amharic,
one bite
at a time.

Gursha teaches Amharic for the moments that matter. Real conversations, not grammar drills.

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ጉርሻ
/gursha/
noun
A bite of food, offered by hand.
The Ethiopian tradition of feeding someone directly from your hand as a gesture of affection or hospitality.
Why Gursha
01
Real situations
Restaurant menus, family introductions, navigating Addis, coffee ceremonies. Every lesson is grounded in a moment you'll actually face.
02
Fidel script first
You learn the Ethiopic characters from day one. Transliteration is a guide, not a shortcut. The script is the point.
03
No pressure
No streaks to protect, no timers, no shame. Just you and the language, at the pace of a good conversation.

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ሰላም/selam/helloቡና/buna/coffeeእንጀራ/injera/injera (Ethiopian flatbread)ጥሩ/t'ru/goodፍቅር/fqr/loveዛሬ/zaray/today

Learn Amharic with script, sound, and useful vocabulary

Start with the Amharic alphabet

Gursha teaches Amharic words in Ge'ez script first, with transliteration as support. See the full fidel chart with pronunciation for every letter.

Understand how verbs change

Amharic builds the subject and tense into the verb. The verb conjugation guide explains the dictionary form and words like ነበር.

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Look up Amharic words with phonetic spellings, definitions, parts of speech, related forms, and example sentences — or start from English on the say it in Amharic pages.

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