Short Description of Amharic The EZ Way™ ?

Learning Amharic is both easy and fun with this multimedia program featuring point and click native speaker's sound with the ability to record your own and compare to a native speaker. This program contains over 2,000 phrases, words, and colorful images to make learning Amharic fun and easy (or EZ). Please view our demo section for a small taste.

Available on CD-ROM for Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0 or later. The program does not require any additional Amharic Fonts or programs to run.

Topics covered include:

This program covers the most important and essential phrases/words that you will need to know in Amharic. They are grouped according to when you would need to use them. For example, under the section "Socializing" you will find different topics such as:

• Greetings - how to greet and the different ways of greeting in Amharic.
• Basic Words that You Should Know - Simple Expressions
• Giving Personal Information ü Inquiring About A Person
• Dating - Phrases you need to know on a date
• Small Talk - Simple and Short Expressions
• Finding Your Way - In case you get lost in a building and need to find your way back to your date/friends/family
• Simple Questions ü Positive and Negative Expressions / Slang -Few commonly used slang terms and expressions
• Farewells

The following are some of the Main Topics covered in Amharic the EZ Way. Each Main Topic has a Sub Menu of other related areas as shown in the above example. It covers topics that you will need to know in Amharic when you are:

Socializing	Out on the Town	At the Hotel
Shopping	Eating & Drinking	Out on the Town
At the Bank	Entertainment	At the Airport

Also, hundreds of phrases and words that will come in handy when you:

• Need Medical Assistance
• Need to use the telephone, Post Office, and Public Transportation
• Venturing on your own out on the town.
• Traditional Food & Culture
• Hotel Contact information

You can test your skills by visiting the Quiz section. There is a Quiz section with multiple question, True/False, Matching, and Fill in the Blank questions for all Main Topics that you will learn in this program. Most of the vocabulary quiz questions are presented more as a game rather than mind-boggling exam to make the learning simple and fun. You will be graded at the end of each quiz … the answer to each questions is available to you on the same page as the quiz questions. Please visit our demo page for more information.

What is Amharic the EZ Way?

Amharic the EZ Way is developed and distributed by a new generation of Ethiopians (developers of Amharic 101™, 102™, 103™, and 104™) for people of all nationality and age groups. This multimedia program assumes no prior knowledge of Amharic on your part, and will provide you with everything you will need to know so you can start learning Amharic right away.

It is the first program of its kind on the market that covers such a wide range of topics. You can listen and learn to pronounce over 1,800 phrases and words, learn new vocabulary words using funny and colorful images, and record your own voice and compare it to native pronunciation. Learn how to join letters into words and how to read words and sentences. Even basic grammar and Quizzes (with answers at your fingertips) are included in our program. Last but not least, it provides you basic information on culture, way of life, and important phone numbers that every traveler needs to know.

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Who can benefit from the Amharic multimedia series?

• Any person of any age group that wants to learn how to speak in Amharic without spending a great deal of time learning everything there is to know about the language.
• Tourists and Business people visiting Ethiopia who wants to know essential phrases and words.
• Second generation Ethiopians born out side of Ethiopia who wants to improve and brush up their Amharic skills.
• In short, anyone that wants to learn to speak Amharic right away.

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirement:	For Best Performance, Your System should be:
486 DX Processor 16 MB RAM memory 1 MB hard drive space 4 speed CD ROM drive Sound blaster or compatible sound card with 8 Bit Sound and microphone 2 MB video card with 256 color pallet Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98, Windows NT/2000, Windows ME and XP	Pentium Processor 64 MB RAM memory 1 MB hard drive space 24+ speed CD ROM drive Sound blaster or compatible sound card with 16 Bit sound and microphone 4 MB video card with 32 bit color pallet Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0 (or higher)