Intermediate Amharic Cultural Reader

357 Pages·1973·12.03 MB·English

by  Wolf Leslau

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TITLE Intermediate Amharic Cultural Reader. Final
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SPONS AGENCY Institute of International Studies (DHEW/OE),
Washington, D.C.
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PUB DATE Oct 73
CONTRACT OEC-0-71-2395 (823)
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DESCRIPTORS Afro Asiatic Languages; *Aaharic; *Cultural ,
Background; Instructional lIaterials: Language \
Instruction; *Reading ftaterials; semitic Langu~es;
Sociocultural Patterns; Student Developed ftaterials;
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, Taught Languages; Vocabulary \
IDEliTIPIERS *Ethiopia; NDEA Title VI \
ABSTRACT \
~ This reader is intended to provide lIaterial for the \
intermediate-level student of Amharic,. as veIl as to introduce the
student to the cultural ·and social life of Ethiopia. ~ 39 texts
were each~repared by a different s~udent at Haile Selassie I
University, thu~ providing the reader with a variety of language
styles. The Amharic texts are followed by their English translations,
which are as close as possible to the original, and ~hich retain
Aaharic technical terms. An Amharic-English glossary cOllplete~ the
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Final Report
Contract No. OEC-0-7l-2395 (823) _
INTERMEDIATE AMHARIC CULTURAL READER
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October 1973
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I The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a contract
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and Welfare. contractors undertaking such projects under Govern
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judgment in the conduct of the Points of view or opinions
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stated do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Office of
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INTRODUCTION
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There is at present no Amharic Reader available to ctudentsL
who have completed the study of Amharic grammar and are in the
, intermediary stage of the of Amharic. The Intermediate
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A~m haric Cultural R~ eader is intended to fill this gap. At the'
protides the student wi thtexts that-de---
same-tlme~,-the-Reader
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scribe the material culture as well as the soclal institutions
of thereby 'introducing him to the cultural life of
Et~iopia,
the country. •
The texts were prepared under my direction by students of
the Haile Selassie I U:1iversi ty, each text by another student.
I adopted this procedure, rather than having all the texts
written by the writer, in order ,to provide the student
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of Amharic with a variety of styles.
c The English translation is as close as possible to the
Amharic Amharic technical te.r ms are retained in the
ori~!nal.
..! English text, and the meaning of these terms is given in the
vocabulary.
The notes refer to the English translation. The voca'Du-
lary contains all the words of the Amharic text.
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Addis Ababa 104-106
'l'he city of Gondar 107-109
Harar 110-112
r'iercato 11,-115
Country market 116-120
Christening 121-123
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i:ledding 126-130 ...
Burial ceremony 131-134a
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"Burial society 151-155
Communal lubor 156-159
Communal inquest 160-161
Fukkara 162-165
Priest 166-168
mibto.ra 169-171
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-Fasting 187-189
Christmas 190-193
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l'he daily duties of an Amhara farmer 220-223
the 224-229
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Jhat is the daily work of an Ethiopian woman? 230-232
runctions of an eld8r in society 233-237
A pernon of breeding and upbrinLing 238-241
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