4 – « Round » letters Flashcards
Those letters are all oval shaped and follow often irregular pattern (61 cards)
1
Q
መ
A
me
2
Q
ሠ
A
se
3
Q
ወ
A
we
4
Q
ዐ
A
a
(exception: «ዐ» and «ዓ» have the same pronunciation)
5
Q
ፀ
A
ts’e
6
Q
ረ
A
re
7
Q
ፈ
A
fe
8
Q
ገ
A
ge
9
Q
ማ
A
ma
10
Q
ሣ
A
sa
11
Q
ዋ
A
wa
(exception: this character has a long foot in the middle instead of a foot on the right, making it look like «mo»)
12
Q
ዓ
A
a
(NB: «ዐ» and «ዓ» have the same pronunciation)
13
Q
ፃ
A
ts’a
14
Q
ራ
A
ra
(note the unique shape of this character)
15
Q
ፋ
A
fa
(note the unique shape of this character, and its similarity with «fu»)
16
Q
ጋ
A
ga
(this letter has a foot extending towards the left as the vertical letters do)
17
Q
ሜ
A
mē
18
Q
ሤ
A
sē
19
Q
ዌ
A
wē
(exception: the foot for this character extends in the middle instead of the right)
20
Q
ዔ
A
ē
21
Q
ፄ
A
ts’ē
22
Q
ሬ
A
rē
23
Q
ፌ
A
fē
24
Q
ጌ
A
gē
25
ሚ
mī
26
ሢ
sī
27
ዊ
wī
## Footnote
(exception: the foot for this character extends in the middle instead of the right)
28
ዒ
ī
29
ፂ
ts'ī
30
ሪ
rī
## Footnote
(note the unique shape of this letter, resemling « fī »)
31
ፊ
fī
## Footnote
(note the unique shape of this letter, resembling « rī »)
32
ጊ
gī
33
ሞ
mo
## Footnote
(exception: the foot extends straight towards the middle instead of being on the left, making it look like « wa »)
34
ሦ
so
35
ዎ
wo
36
ዖ
o
37
ፆ
ts'o
38
ሮ
ro
## Footnote
(note: this character has a circle on top, just as the corresponding vertical letters)
39
ፎ
fo
## Footnote
(note: this character has a circle on top, just as the corresponding vertical letters)
40
ጎ
go
## Footnote
(this might be the strangest exception in all of the Ethiopian letters, it is as if « g(ı) » and « go » had exchanged their roles)
41
ሙ
mu
42
ሡ
su
43
ዉ
wu
## Footnote
(note the similarity with « w(ı) »)
44
ዑ
u
45
ፁ
ts'u
46
ሩ
ru
## Footnote
(note the unique shape of this character)
47
ፉ
fu
## Footnote
(note the unique shape of this character, and its similarity with « fa »)
48
ጉ
gu
49
ም
m(ı)
## Footnote
(note the similarity with « mo »)
50
ሥ
s(ı)
51
ው
w(ı)
## Footnote
(note the similarity with « wu »)
52
ዕ
e
## Footnote
(exception: this letter is the « e » form for this series; it does not have a « ı » form)
53
ፅ
ts'(ı)
54
ር
r(ı)
55
ፍ
f(ı)
56
ግ
g(ı)
## Footnote
(this might be the strangest exception in all of the Ethiopian letters, it is as if « g(ı) » and « go » had exchanged their roles)
57
ሟ
mwa
58
ሧ
swa
59
ሯ
rwa
## Footnote
(exception: instead of having « teeth » at the bottom, this character has them on top)
60
ፏ
fwa
61
ጓ
gwa
