The Essential Guide to Tigrinya: The Language of Eritrea and Tigray Ethiopia - Softcover

Teklu, Abraham; Tadross, Andrew

 
9781502754752: The Essential Guide to Tigrinya: The Language of Eritrea and Tigray Ethiopia
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1502754754 ISBN 13: 9781502754752
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The Essential Guide to Tigrinya is a 200+ pages of grammar, phrases, and vocabulary for the language of Eritrea and Tigray Ethiopia. All translations are spelled phonetically, as well as in the Tigrinya alphabet. The vocabulary section is organized by topic; greetings, foods, furniture, politics, occupations etc. There are over 400 verb definitions with simple conjugation. The grammar section includes in-depth information on how to conjugate verbs in the past, present and future; using adjectives, pluralizing words, asking questions, punctuation, and much more.

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About the Author

Andrew Tadross served two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer living in Tigray. The first year he lived in a village called Endodo planting trees and working on water development. The second year he lived in Mekele, teaching landscape architecture at the University of Mekele. He began this project as a vocabulary list for himself before it evolved into a book. Abraham Teklu was born, raised and completed high school in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia. He attended Addis Ababa University before completinghis Bachelor of Science at theUniversity of North Carolina. Abraham earned MastersDegree in Education at Western Governors University. He has worked as a designer for an engineering company, as a manager for a development organization, as a volunteer trainer for an endowment institution. Currently, he manages a nonprofit organization, which supports impoverished elderly and children. Abraham has written children's books, magazines and three volumes of English-Tigrinya Dictionary before he embarked on "The Essential Guide to Tigrinya, the Language of Eritrea and Tigray Ethiopia".

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1502754754
ISBN 13 
9781502754752
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
195