This lesson is probably one of the easiest lessons in this program. One reason that reading in Amharic is so simple is because we have neither vowels nor silent letters in words as it is the case in English ...
... here is an example of four words that contain the same letter (letters in red). Click on the boxes to hear how the words are pronounced (audio not available). Pay special attention to how the red letter is pronounced in all four words....

.... did you hear any difference in the way the red letter were pronounced in all words? If you said no, you are correct! In Amharic, the way a letter is pronounc...