Mearg Belay

Learning to conjugate Tigrinya verbs correctly is truely an enjoyable process. There are certain patterns that are very similar to other sister languages, such as Amharic, Arabic and Hebrew. Suffixes can be confusing (e.g. ኩም vs. תם vs. تم vs. ችሁ), but once you gain orientation through practice, you start feeling at home.  Thank you Mearg for this unit's comprehensive flash-card, with the major tenses so nicely organized !!! 🙏🙏

Mearg is a competent, patient, forthcoming teacher who provides all-around support. I’m delighted to embark on my Tigrinya journey with him and highly recommend his services! Yeqenyeley Mearg👌🏻

An exciting lesson about verb conjugations, combined with useful idioms and some cultural aspects of dialects and formal vs. colloquial usage of vocabulary. Sometimes we also compare language structures between Tigrimya and Amharic, which is so enriching - በጣም አመሰግናለሁ 🙏🙏።

Lent is a good time to learn about the religious and historical background behind Tigrinya vocabulary, as examplified in the names given to the days of the week in Tigrinya, conpared with the equivalent names in Amharic; Likewise, the first person verb conjugation's prefixes in present simple represent linguistic dilemmas shared between our Semitic languages nowadays. Thank you Mearg for these important perspectives !! 🙏🙏

He is really good. He used a Google Docs document and clearly listed what we want to work on and the areas I personally want to improve. Everything was organized and easy to understand, which made the session very helpful and focused. I felt heard and supported, and it gave me a clear direction on what steps to take next. I cant wait for my next lesson

I love how he breaks down the grammar and shows it in the form of a pattern. I’ve had 7 lessons with him and I’m already able to understand a lot of grammar rules. Yehkenyelleh Mearg!