Lesson01
Start with the alphabet
Master ፊደል one row at a time — Gezana drills you in your preferred pace.
Learn Tigrinya
Learn Tigrinya — one conversation at a time.
Free Tigrinya lessons for beginners and the diaspora. Start with ፊደል, build everyday vocabulary, then practice real conversations with Gezana correcting you gently along the way.
For the diaspora
Why learning Tigrinya with AI works.
Many of us grew up hearing Tigrinya at home but never quite learned to speak it. Gezana is the patient teacher we never had — no judgment, no rushed phone calls, just steady practice on your own time.
Ask "how do I say I'm sorry to my dad?" and get the right register, gender, and tone — with a pronunciation guide and a cultural note about why.
English → ትግርኛ
Teach me how to greet my Eritrean grandma.
ሰላም ኣደይ ዓባየይ! ከመይ ኣለኺ?
"Selam adey abaye! Kemey aleki?" Use the feminine '-ki' ending for women. Try saying it out loud.
What if I want to be more formal?
ሰላም ኣደይ ዓባየይ! ከመይ ኣለኽን?
Use '-ken' for plural/respectful — elders, or addressing multiple people.
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The alphabet
Start with the Tigrinya alphabet — ፊደል.
Tigrinya uses an abugida: 33 base consonants, each with 7 vowel forms. Once you see the pattern, the whole script clicks.
| — | ä | u | i | a | e | ə | o |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| h | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ |
| ḥ | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ |
| m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ |
| ś | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ |
| r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ |
| s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ |
| š | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ |
| q | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ |
| b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ |
| t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ |
| n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ |
Showing 12 of 33 base consonants. Each consonant has 7 vowel forms (the Ge'ez abugida).
Phrases
Practice Tigrinya conversation — eight phrases to start today.
Hello
selam
ሰላም
How are you?
kemey aleka?
ከመይ ኣለኻ?
Thank you
yeqenyeley
የቐንየለይ
I love you
afeqereka
ኣፈቅረካ
Good morning
dehan hadirka
ደሓን ሓዲርካ
Please
bejaka
በጃኻ
Yes / No
ewe / no
እወ / ኖ
I'm Eritrean
ane ertrawi eye
ኣነ ኤርትራዊ እየ
How it works
Your first six Tigrinya lessons.
Lesson02
Build everyday vocabulary
Family, food, greetings, faith, work — the words you'll actually use.
Lesson03
Conversational practice
Chat back and forth. Gezana corrects gently, in your native language.
Lesson04
Diaspora context
Phrases for calling grandma, ordering at injera houses, attending weddings.
Lesson05
Read Tigrinya text
Paste an article or message — get a guided breakdown of every line.
Lesson06
Write your first letter
Compose emails and birthday wishes in fluent Tigrinya with Gezana's help.
Learn Tigrinya — frequently asked questions
I'm a diaspora kid who never learned Tigrinya — can Gezana help?
Yes. Chat with Gezana in English (or Italian, Arabic, German, whatever you already speak). It teaches Eritrean Tigrinya patiently, with cultural context and pronunciation guides.
What's the Tigrinya alphabet called?
It's called ፊደል (Fidel) — an abugida script descended from Ge'ez. Each of the 33 base consonants has 7 vowel forms, giving roughly 231 unique characters.
Is Tigrinya hard to learn?
Tigrinya has rich verb conjugation and a non-Latin script, which feels unfamiliar at first. But the alphabet is systematic, the grammar is logical, and chatting daily with Gezana accelerates everything.
How is Eritrean Tigrinya different?
It uses different vocabulary, idioms, and pronunciation from the Tigray variant spoken in northern Ethiopia. Gezana is tuned for Eritrean usage.
Can my kids learn with Gezana?
Absolutely — many diaspora families use Gezana to help their children reconnect with the language their grandparents speak.
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