Hybrid Ge'ez Class

Duration: 8 weeks
Course Start date: February 6th 2024
Format: Hybrid - Tuesdays In-person / Thursdays online
Time: 6:00PM- 8:00PM EST
Location: Sankofa Video Books & Café
Address: 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001

Course curriculum

    1. A message from the instructor

    2. How to use this course

    1. Ge’ez: Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW
    2. Discovering the Ancient Beauty of Ge'ez

      FREE PREVIEW
    3. Literacy in Aksum

      FREE PREVIEW
    4. Introduction to the Alphabets

    5. Introduction to the Alphabets Cont.

    6. Sounds Difficult for Western Speakers

    7. Ethiopian Alphabet (Fidel)

    8. Ethiopian Alphabet (Fidel) Cont.

    9. Ethiopian Alphabet (Fidel) Cont.

    10. Ethiopian Alphabet (Fidel): Labiovelar Consonants

    11. Special Characters

    1. Definite and Indefinite Articles

    2. Prepositions

    3. Introduction to Persons

    4. Introduction to Persons Cont.

    5. Introduction to Verbs

    6. The components of a Sentence

    7. Introduction to 3rd person forms

    8. Plural Forms in Ge'ez

    9. Vocabulary

    10. Quiz

    1. Introduction to Syntax

    2. Subject and Verb Agreement

    3. Two Types of Endings in Plurals

    4. Other Types of Plurals

    5. Collective Nouns

    6. Collective Nouns Cont.

    7. Introduction to Construct State

    8. Rules for forming a Construct State

    9. Plural Construct States and Construct Sequences

    10. Compounded Construct States

    11. Vocabulary Set #1

    12. Vocabulary Set #2

    13. Vocabulary Set #3

    14. Quiz Set #1

    15. Quiz Set #2

    16. Quiz Set #3

    1. Demonstrative Adjectives

    2. Personal Pronouns

    3. Non-Verbal sentences with a Nominal Predicate

    4. Non-Verbal sentences with a Nominal Predicate Cont.

    5. Word Order in Ge’ez

    6. Plural Demonstrative Adjectives

    7. Interrogative Pronouns, Adjectives and Adverbs

    8. Examples of Interrogatives

    9. Interrogative Particles

    10. Vocabulary Set #1

    11. Vocabulary Set #2

    12. Vocabulary Set #3

    13. Quiz Set #1

    14. Quiz Set #2

    15. Quiz Set #3

    1. Introduction to Accusative Case

    2. Accusative Case in Ge’ez

    3. Accusative Case Governing Propositions

    4. Accusative Case Governing Propositions Con.

    5. Rules for Forming Accusative States

    6. Accusative Case and Construct States Cont.

    7. Accusative Case of Demonstrative Pronouns

    8. Accusative Case of Demonstrative Pronouns Cont.

    9. Remote Demonstratives

    10. Accusative of Time

    11. Vocabulary

    12. Quiz

About this course

  • $250.00
  • 117 lessons
  • 5 hours of video content