እንኳን ደህና መጣህ
ənkwan dähna mätt’ah
The English phrase "welcome back" is translated into Amharic as እንኳን ደህና መጣህ (ənkwan dähna mätt’ah).
Meaning: welcome back (phrase)
Which one should you use?
The form you choose depends on who you are addressing. Use እንኳን ደህና መጣህ for a single male, እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ for a single female and እንኳን ደህና መጣችሁ for a group of people.
How does it change in a sentence?
When addressing a single male, use እንኳን ደህና መጣህ. To welcome back a single female, change the ending to እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ. To welcome back a group of people, use እንኳን ደህና መጣችሁ.
How do you pronounce it?
ənkwan dähna mätt’ah
Did you know?
- The phrase literally translates to 'Congratulations, you came well'.
- Amharic script is an 'abugida', meaning each character represents a consonant and a vowel together, making the written form of እንኳን ደህና መጣህ look entirely different from alphabet-based languages.
- The phrase እንኳን ደህና መጣህ is often met with the reply ሰላም ላንተ ይሁን, which translates to 'may peace be unto you'.
Examples in context
- እንኳን ደህና መጣህ።enkuan dehna met'ah.Welcome back.
- እንኳን ደህና መጣህ፣ ና።enkuan dehna met'ah, na.Welcome back, come in.
- እንኳን ደህና መጣህ፣ በጣም ደስ ብሎኛል።enkuan dehna met'ah, bet'am des biloñal.Welcome back, I am very happy.
Example conversation
Abel returns home from a long trip and meets Betelhem.
- ቤተልሔም Betelhemእንኳን ደህና መጣህ አቤል!enkuan dehna met'ah Abel!Welcome back, Abel!
- አቤል Abelአመሰግናለሁ ቤተልሔም!ameseginalehu Betelhem!Thank you, Betelhem!
- ቤተልሔም Betelhemጉዞው እንዴት ነበር?guzo hu endet neber?How was the trip?
- አቤል Abelጥሩ ነበር።t'iru neber.It was good.
