| Good-morning | adderu | |
| Good afternoon | endemn walu | |
| Good-day | dehna walu | |
| Good-bye | dehna hunu | |
| How are you? | tenayistillign | |
| How do you do? | endemn allu | |
| My name is.. | sime...no | |
| Please | ebako | |
| It is good | tiru no | |
| It is not good | tiru aidellem | |
| Excuse me | Yikirta | |
| Wait a while | tinnish yikoyu | |
| Be quick, please | tolo bel | |
| Thank you | ameseghinallehu | |
| All right | eshi | |
| no | yellum | |
| come | na | |
| go | hid | |
| Where is it? | yet naw ? | |
COUNTING
| one | and | ||||
| two | hulett | ||||
| three | sost | ||||
| four | arat | ||||
| five | amist | ||||
| six | sidist | ||||
| seven | sabat | ||||
| eight | simint | ||||
| nine | zetegn | ||||
| ten | asser | ||||
| eleven | asra-and | ||||
| twelve, etc. | asra-hulett, etc. | ||||
| twenty | haya | ||||
| twenty-one, etc | haya-and, etc. | ||||
| thirty | selas | ||||
| thirty-one, etc | selas-and | ||||
| forty | arba | ||||
| fifty | hamsa | ||||
| sixty | silsa | ||||
| seventy | seba | ||||
| eighty | samagna | ||||
| ninety | zetena | ||||
| hundred | meto | ||||
| thousand | shee | ||||
| million | million | ||||
FRUITS
| orange | birtukan |
| banana | muz |
| grapes | wayn |
| apple | pomme |
| lemon | lomi |
| pineapple | anana |
VEGETABLES
| potatoes | dinich |
| beans | bakala |
| green beans | fasolea |
| onions | shinkurt |
| corn | bekolo |
| carrot | karot |
| cauliflower | abebe gomen |
| tomatoes | tomatim |
DRINKS
| water | wuha |
| coffee | bunna |
| milk | wetet |
| tea | shai |
| beer | bera |
| Wine | Wan tej |
| ice | beredo |
DAYS OF THE WEEK
| Sunday | ihud |
| Monday | senyo |
| Tuesday | maksenyo |
| Wednesday | rob |
| Thursday | hamus |
| Friday | arb |
| Saturday | kidami |
QUESTION WORDS
| Who | man |
| Where | wodet |
| When | metche |
| Why | lemen |
| How | endet |
| What | min |
COMMON WORDS
| Thank you very much | betam amessegginallehu | |
| you're welcome | minim aydelem | |
| enough | bakka | |
| today | zare | |
| tomorrow | nege | |
| yesterday | tilant | |
| morning | twat | |
| afternoon | kasaat behwala | |
| evening | mata | |
| It is not | aidellem | |
| later | behwala | |
| help | irda | |
| hold | yaz | |
| listen | sima (M) | |
| simi (F)* | ||
| open | kifet (M) | |
| kifech (F) | ||
| pick up | ansa (M) | |
| anshe (F) | ||
| push | gifa (M) | |
| gifi (F) | ||
| put | askemt(M) | askemchi (F) |
| run | rut (M) | |
| ruchi (F) | ||
| to the right | wede kaing | |
| to the left | wede gra | |
| straight ahead | wede feet | |
| straight back | wede hala | |
| begin | jemmir(M) | |
| jemmiri (F) | ||
| boil | afla (M) | |
| afli (F) | ||
| bring | amta (M) | |
| amchi (F) | ||
| buy | giza (M) | |
| giji (F) | ||
| shut | ziga (M) | |
| zigi (F) | ||
| come | na (M) | |
| nay (F) | ||
| come in | giba (M) | |
| gibi (F) | ||
| cook | absil (M) | |
| absili (F) | ||
| do | adirg (M) | |
| adirgi (F) | ||
| give | sit (M) | |
| sichi (F) | ||
| go | hed (M) | |
| hiji (F) | ||
| glass | birchiko | |
| cup | sene | |
| knife | belawa | |
| fork | shuka | |
| spoon | manka | |
| plate | sahan | |
| match | kibret | |
| candle | shama | |
| dog | wusha | |
| stop | kum (M) | |
| kumi (F) | ||
| wait | koy | |
| Let's go | inhed | |
| Hurry | tolo bel (M) | |
| tolo bay (F) | ||
| slowly | kes bel (M) | |
| kes bay (F) | ||
| big | tilik | |
| small | tinnish | |
| hot | muk | |
| cold | kezkaz | |
| here | izi | |
| there | izaa | |
* "m" denotes masculine form and "f " denotes feminine form.