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FOREIGN
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AMHARIC BASIC COURSE
Units 51 . 60 Reader Glossary
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SERGE OBOLENSKY DEBEBOW ZELELIE
MULUGETA ANDUALEM
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FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BASIC COURSE SERIES LLOYD B. SWIFT Acting Editor
FOREWARD
The Tape Recordings to accompany this and the previous volume (Units 1-50) were recorded in the Language Laboratory of the Foreign Service Institute under tke direction of Gabriel Cordova. Grateful acknowledgement is made to James Bostain, of the FSI staff, who assisted with the checking of the English portions of the entire text.
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BASIC COURSE
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreward
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UnJ.t 51 Bas~c Sentences DrJ.11s NarratJ.ve
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UnJ.t 52 BaS1C
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Verb /memulat/ used J.mpersona11y
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UnJ.t 53 Ba s J.C Sentence s Note 53.1 /b(e)-/ combJ.ned WJ.th postposJ.tJ.on /reged/ •• 53.2 Replacement of /s/ by /s/ J.n the causatJ.ve prefJ.x /as-/ DrJ.11s NarratJ.ve
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Narrat~ve
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Sentences
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Bas~c
Sentences - Part
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Part II Note 60.1
/b(e)-/ pref~xed to Perfect~ve and T~me
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Counters 60.2
Verb
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C1ass~f~cat~on
Dr~lls
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Narrat~ve
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Introduct~on
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Amhar~c Wr~t~ng
System
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The Reader
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