i dont see the point of this..translating the elements names isnt beneficial they arent learning chemistry this way and aslo i dont think that they should be translating them since they are names not worfd and the honor of naming the elements were to the ones which discovered them so by what right do we change that
It's hard to believe that you are 62 and if you are you must have a brain of a 7 year old not to insult you. I can't and don't want and won't even begin to correct or try to explain any of the questions and comments you posted till you mature up I knowdiss it is your hobby to dislike and put people down but if I may ask you a single question , who do you think you rely are? And don't answer it for me it's for your own self
I always felt Ethiopians are among the most beautiful, handsome people on the Earth. They remind me of the Navi from Avatar in some strange way I can't understand myself. Gorgeous people.
They shouldnt be translating the names off elements, they should accept the names that they have been called. They have not discovered these elements. The names in the English language are not English words most of them are Latin but we have not translated them.
@TheTrav1985 People around the world do translate name of (some) elements instead of using original latin names. For example Aurum which is Gold in english and Oro in italian; Cuprum being Copper/Rame; Natron being Sodium/Sodio etc.
So is perfectly legit to translate elements names...and perhaps have fun doing it like in this case.
Ethiopia has the biggest economy in East Africa (GDP)[14] as the Ethiopian economy is also one of the fastest growing in the world and it is a regional powerhouse in the Horn and east Africa
I have been learning about Amharic people. I actually met an Amharic person in the United States. That was pretty cool. I could tell she was Ethiopian just by looking at her. Weird eh?
they are really attractive ppl all ppl in africa are beautifull there skin is a clean black and teeth are clean they not like arican americans we are muts a mixer of everything we got bumps on are face and theres are smooth
Guys, there is a nice book called ' scientists....' in Amharic. The only Eth. book who has got periodic table in Amharic published 10 years ago! Go use it.
Half the names for the elements are arbitrary anyhow. And a lot of the old ones got changed from their original names. Hence Pb for Lead and Au for Gold.
This is fantastic. I don't know if these are actual students of science or not, but nevertheless, getting them interested in science, especially when living in an area of the world like that, is extremely important. Well done!
belive it or not there are so many talented students in a place like that, with a lot of potential waiting to be released. schooling is a lot harder and more complicated that america which gives them a lot more knowledge and credit but just not a lot of apportunities. i should know cuz i grew up there.
im not sure where your coming from, but i grew up there and schooling is way different than america. and i don't think egyptians airsed from ancient ethio... it might be but im not so sure. there is definatly a linkage thou. and yea ur right most of the writing did start from egypt but as its said ethio is the only african country that have there own writhing style and calander.
@abielsi Ancient Egyptians call them selves the sons of cush which is east africa mostly including ethiopia as the main source of the nile which the Ancient egyptians say is how they got to the loand of KEMET. the name they cald egypt we knw today.
so yes the Egyptians wre african of east african disent and of kushite origins.
@Banalviewer periodic videos are spot on, I think they inspire a lot of youth. All the videos, to me, are successful attempts at making science and learning what it should have been since preschool: fun fun fun!
It's a shame that most institutions make learning seriously boring. I hope this type of creative thinking spreads.
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complete bs... how is renaming Magnesium to Lalibela going to help anyone learn chemistry. An absurd waste of f ing time. Magnesium can be writtin in amharic alphabet ma- ge- ni- zi - ye- m. If you want to get creating with naming something, get a cat or hamster.
For example its about explaining Newtons law in Amharic not about stealing and giving credit to someone else like by calling the The Newtonean Law..Ye abebe Hig?
that's what they basically did. they called magnesium, Lalibela. what do you call that? it is as if changing Newton's Law to Ye abebe hig.. that's what they did
second, i have taken physics translated into amharic when i was in grade 6 and believe me it sounds ridiculous. i couldn't refer other books because not enough reference books are written in same language . therefore what i suggest is, instead of stealing other people's words, let's study them the way they are and let's respect other people's work. in fact if we want to use amharic names, let the generation discover an element.
I always belived that our country can only progress in science if we teach our students in their mother toungs rather than in English which makes life miserible for students and dosent do any good for the grouth and progress of our country ,our country is not a colonised country so i dont see any reason why our kids have to be educated in english or any other foregain language .but I belive that english or french should be thought as a subject for students who like to learn the languages .
yess its very hard at first to learn everything in english.Specially at higer Ed but u know,The price was worth the adversity after all. Its better to have not just the knowledge but also the abilty to share it with the world.And there is no better language than English to do that.I believe it should be Thought vigorously .Its not about colonization rather pure logic. The more language one can speak the better
so why all the rich developed and technlogically advanced nations dont teach ther kids in English even though they know that English is the international language of business French Germen Japanise Chinese Russian Etc, kids dont have to learn a strange forgain language so they can just grasp the basics of science why should our kids have to go through that for me what makes sense is for ethiopian kids to learn all subjects in their own local language but learn English as just a language
Ur Idea is a beautiful one no doubt. And I was not against it but u said ``let them learn english if they choose too``I think they HAVE TO learn it, not a choice.We r heading to globalization and English is the top spoken language internationally.For our advantage it should be thought as vigorously as Math.If I was thought hulet sidemer hulet is arat..then I should know also that it means two plus two equals Four so I can practice my knowledge internationally.OR my knowledege wouldnt be complete
i disagree with you all... what is being done here is stealing... not giving credit to the previous scientists that discovered the elements. they gave each element names therefore we should stick with it and teach the students that if they can come up with their own names they will be cherished
Ow My freind,I think there seems to be a misunderstanding.We were talking about curriculum in general..not specifically about this vid.I think this video is just practice otherwsie I dont even think its legal to change names of the periodic table elements.Thru out the globe.Like u said it was worked hard for. otherthan that,yes it mighyt sound weird at first once u get in to English version.Otherwise I dont think its any worse.But remember this is an idea ,a working progress.
but this working progress is based on stealing people's mind.... when the scientists gave their discoveries names, it ment something to them. so who are we erasing the names and giving it our own. guess what, i am surprised that The University of Nottingham approved this message.
I thought I answered that down there :)I dont think its legal to begin with.Like I said we were talking about curriculum not the periodic Table my freind :)And it is the curriculum that is a working progress and has nothing to do with staeling people mind rather with translating the law of chemistry,biology and physics in to our own Language while Periodic table elemts and lawas of for example newton stay with their founders name.
the curriculum doesn't work at all either. you know why? my friend, i took physics in amharic when i was in grade 6 and it was horrible. you know why? i couldn't get reference books that uses same language. not only that, my parents couldn't help me because they don't know the terms. why going through that while you can teach them in the original language the scientific research is conducted?
Otherwsie Im with you. I can almost feel how easy and inspiring it would be to learn biology for instance In my own language.However,there are practical shortcomings like Even the translation would take long time and lots of work also dont forget we have more than 80 languages in Ethiopia.There are obvious shortcomings.
I totally agree with what u said translation work is is hard and time taking specially in the higher education level but we have able people who have fluency in many languages all we need is for them to be properly organized and funded by the government and we could achieve this in two or three years time ,and I promise you our country will soon after be home to brilliant young inventors,scientists, poets ,philosophers & ,etc...
i disagree. it is ridiculous to change names of discoveries for two reasons. one it is stealing. the scientists devoted their lives to discover the elements and after they found them they gave each one of them names. and we all should respect the names regardless of the languages used to name them. well it's ok to spell the names using different alphabets but it is irresponsible of us to change the names.
you promote invention not by not giving credits to the previoius inventions but by stimulating unique inventions and showing them that they will be respected if they can come up with their own ideas. this is basically stealing and i strongly disagree
you didnt read through my comments properly Gedonye what i was explaining is that if science and other subjects in ethiopia were thought in our local language it would make life much easier for students , rather than teaching them in a strange language which they still cant speak after completing higher education ,but I agree, naming of elements, of the periodic table in this way has no use at all for the kids and science in Ethiopia and it is not fair for the people who discovered the elements
This is amazing! I spent 3 weeks teaching at a workshop in Addis when I was 17 (last year) where we covered English, Science, Art, Drama etc and had to teach all the kids (120) using resources we had brought over from England (so obviously they were in English). It would have been so much better if we had been able to use resources like this! Great idea!
Interesting approach to the periodic table. I once read a Physics book written entirely in Amharic. I mean words like gravity, force, mass, volume etc were written in their amharic translation. I sometimes wonder how much easier education would of these subjects would be for somebody that is a native Amaric speaker.
I lived in Ethiopia for two years working at the American Embassy. I met my wife there, she is habesha. I have been to 18 countries and still think that Ethiopia is the best. They are the friendliest, most nicest people you will ever encounter. And the Doro Wat, is the best, I really miss the food. My in-laws are in Desse.
@randyandyordanos hey i bet yourwife was a sluton the streetstoo.i have also been toaddis ababa on business. I must say the ladies are cheap sluts that fuck for 5 birr and some food.
@randyandyordanos Niggeria and Ethiopia two countries that can't put two rocks together, GREAT.The whole AFRICAN mess has been sucking the WEST dry since I was 12. I'm 62 and nothing has changed except the only two countries that had a chance were ruined. Yes I'm talking RHODESIA and SOUTH AFRICA!!!
Ethiopia's calender is a bit differant then ours....ex. now the year over there is 2001 or 2 idk--- they have two seasons rainy and dry so majority of the time its hot yet if you were to go in the summer-- thats the "rainy"season : )
We called Ethiopia a country with 13 months of sunshine because in Ethiopian Calendar each month has only 30days, therefore the remaining 5 days in year (6 days every four years) becomes individually one month with only 5 or 6 days. (we called the 13th month "Pagume" . that's the reason.
I heard you teasing each other by saying: what is the element in Viagra, this kind of teasing suggest that you have a sex issue, of course molesters come as teachers, preachers to get access to children. as far as the periodic table concerns what you did is good, nevertheless, i am weary of your hiden sexual behaviour demonstrated by sexual jock. Ethiopians abrod should educate Ethiopians back home about the sexual behaviour of these Americans/Europeans so no childern of ours will be victim
Why dont you apprecieate when some is one doing good.Not all Europeans are bad .this guys mission is great .let us give him our thumbs up!! God Bless you
I was expeciting the students will come up with some names not actual translation.cause that is what they learn anyway.
we used to memorise Group 8 elements as "Regan,Xento,Kerbat ,Asro, New york Hede"
Wow.. this was great! i wonder how it was ethiopia.... but i still dont understand why lalibela was for Mg.. does the rock it was carved from contain magnesium? or lalibela could have been for lithium.. "L" : )
According to video, Lalibela has 12 churches and Mg atomic number is 12. So that's the connection. Although Wikipedia says there are actually 13 churches...
Lalibela was a cristan king early 12th century and he was highly devoted on cristan religon but he careved 12 rock hewn churchs from top to bottom at the town of Lalibela.the town of lalibela named after he died.
if you want more write me back because i'm from lalibela.Thankyou
They did a great job. But my concern is naming the elements different name other what they are known for the rest of the world seems a little add and maybe a little confusing. Here is an idea there are two unknown elements left on the periodic table why don't you try to find what they are and name them Lalibela and 13month.
Hey guys .... thanks for sharing this video and encouraging those youth to come up with so many creative names ... hope you finished the periodic table ... and we will see the amharic print soon ... I think as hard it is to study the periodic table (i know how hard it was for me then) this will help my fellow ethiopians to remember the elements easily... thanks again and God bless you!
You guys shoud have your own show on Television, Discovery Channel or something. You´re very good in putting so called "boring" themes into fascinating science :).
hey yall, this is Misganaw Tesfaye, an exchange student in USA for the 08/09 school year. im really proud of what yall did. i wish i was there. and i appreciate the creativity of that girl calling Mg, Lalibela
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Hi, i like that you went to Ethiopia and you had fun. That was enjoyable to watch.But you put up a stupid background music or some kind of clicks. I felt like I was watching documentary of the bushman tribe on national geograhic channel. The point is that is not our music, you should have added our unique and beautiful music.
no more Mg for me from now on it lalibela ....i'll proclaim it to my chem teacher......anyways great job i think its good way to convert the periodic elements to ge'ez alphabet
....er i think they do know that....thats why the people from this university invited them to this conference .....and am pretty sure you know that your self....your just trying to give some western humour.....
You guys are so awsome! and so are you guys basically coming up with new names in their language? and is that what they are going to use? So if some Ethiopian scientist 100 years from now would call it lalibela?
i dont see the point of this..translating the elements names isnt beneficial they arent learning chemistry this way and aslo i dont think that they should be translating them since they are names not worfd and the honor of naming the elements were to the ones which discovered them so by what right do we change that
lefthandovRA 1 month ago
@ thesouthrapsuks
It's hard to believe that you are 62 and if you are you must have a brain of a 7 year old not to insult you. I can't and don't want and won't even begin to correct or try to explain any of the questions and comments you posted till you mature up I knowdiss it is your hobby to dislike and put people down but if I may ask you a single question , who do you think you rely are? And don't answer it for me it's for your own self
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benyamye 4 months ago
Spot the black guy.
Moratorium 5 months ago
I can read Amharic and they are not translating it, they're just writing the sounds of the elements, anyways good work for helping my country :)
NathnaelShenkute 5 months ago
I can't even fathom some of these comments. It was clearly obvious to me..I quite liked it.
limefrog77 5 months ago
Wonderful
EthioGQ 9 months ago
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This is extremely annoying for this guy is simply making fun of these non-English speakers. Colonising their minds I see with his fat face!
Sundaysunny2 11 months ago
I always felt Ethiopians are among the most beautiful, handsome people on the Earth. They remind me of the Navi from Avatar in some strange way I can't understand myself. Gorgeous people.
GluttonForSex 11 months ago
Xcellent video, and Ethiopia is so interesting too
Their whole culture is so mystic
Shan23Studios 1 year ago
They shouldnt be translating the names off elements, they should accept the names that they have been called. They have not discovered these elements. The names in the English language are not English words most of them are Latin but we have not translated them.
TheTrav1985 1 year ago
@TheTrav1985 obvius troll is obvius
jonismack1 1 year ago
@TheTrav1985 People around the world do translate name of (some) elements instead of using original latin names. For example Aurum which is Gold in english and Oro in italian; Cuprum being Copper/Rame; Natron being Sodium/Sodio etc.
So is perfectly legit to translate elements names...and perhaps have fun doing it like in this case.
MassimoC86 9 months ago
1:57 The symbol for Thallium is "Tl". "Tm" is for Thuluim
revrunnertech2772 1 year ago
excellent. creativity, building bridges and learning all rolled into one.
bdhcarbon 1 year ago
lol Habasha think they are different from other people lol how silly that is
NubianPyankhi 1 year ago
this is just awesome, great project!
ultimatebas 1 year ago
Bravo brothers Keep it up
MrDebaglo 1 year ago
What the? 7-Up was called 7-Up Cuz it had Lithium in it?
Ashitakaandsan 1 year ago
@Ashitakaandsan I was wondering about this too... Maybe because the lithium was in the form of lithium citrate, which contains seven oxygen atoms?
smbhax 1 year ago
@smbhax I believe it's because lithium has an atomic mass of 7. (3 protons and 4 neutrons)
MrSpitfireUK 1 year ago
@MrSpitfireUK Ah that makes more sense. :)
smbhax 1 year ago
Well, I love the idea, the creativity, the cool professor and his students!! Good Job!!
Rasdashen1 1 year ago
Ethiopia has the biggest economy in East Africa (GDP)[14] as the Ethiopian economy is also one of the fastest growing in the world and it is a regional powerhouse in the Horn and east Africa
tryanjohnson 1 year ago
@tryanjohnson and the most hiv and poor sluts
thesouthrapsucks 1 year ago
I have been learning about Amharic people. I actually met an Amharic person in the United States. That was pretty cool. I could tell she was Ethiopian just by looking at her. Weird eh?
tryanjohnson 1 year ago
they are really attractive ppl all ppl in africa are beautifull there skin is a clean black and teeth are clean they not like arican americans we are muts a mixer of everything we got bumps on are face and theres are smooth
brianb3000 1 year ago
are Ethiopians black?
sean19904 1 year ago
Yes.
shoshanq 1 year ago 3
yes dummy what do you think they are
brianb3000 1 year ago
yes we might not be what you think of as an african in your head, but thats because of years of media corruption
DBadomJR 1 year ago
@sean19904
yes we are black .
BekindFul 1 year ago
@sean19904 .....yes they are.... there a mix of black & muslim......
mdani06 1 year ago
@mdani06 "a mix of black and muslim" Huh? Muslim is not an ethnicity.
Cherubicon 1 year ago
I thought that there were 11 churches at lalibela?
rastadrum 1 year ago
i love this
357cruz 2 years ago
"We need more elements!" :P
gwaur 2 years ago
Another fantastic video, Brady! It is a reminder that creativity is an important element of scientific discovery.
msm2you 2 years ago 4
lovely chemistry
maxamed1985 2 years ago
1:08 Dr. Yonas Chebude, dept of chem, AAU and some of the guys are chemistry graduates in 2003, 2004 but can't recall their names.. good
novame2 2 years ago
Cute chemistry.
eltotoX 2 years ago
Guys, there is a nice book called ' scientists....' in Amharic. The only Eth. book who has got periodic table in Amharic published 10 years ago! Go use it.
tigtaf 2 years ago
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tigtaf 2 years ago
Sorry about my comment
ramseh671 2 years ago
ethiopia is way behind.
samira1046 2 years ago
you have to understand that all schooling after grade school is in english. so they have a periodic table, they just use the english one.
emekonen 2 years ago
Half the names for the elements are arbitrary anyhow. And a lot of the old ones got changed from their original names. Hence Pb for Lead and Au for Gold.
culwin 2 years ago
Barria
ramseh67 2 years ago
This is fantastic. I don't know if these are actual students of science or not, but nevertheless, getting them interested in science, especially when living in an area of the world like that, is extremely important. Well done!
FenrirKar 2 years ago
belive it or not there are so many talented students in a place like that, with a lot of potential waiting to be released. schooling is a lot harder and more complicated that america which gives them a lot more knowledge and credit but just not a lot of apportunities. i should know cuz i grew up there.
good comment thou.
abielsi 2 years ago 2
Well ancient Ethiopia/Nubia is where the Egyptians came from and Egypt is where most of the written languages and sciences descend from.
Steadno 2 years ago
im not sure where your coming from, but i grew up there and schooling is way different than america. and i don't think egyptians airsed from ancient ethio... it might be but im not so sure. there is definatly a linkage thou. and yea ur right most of the writing did start from egypt but as its said ethio is the only african country that have there own writhing style and calander.
im not sure if we r on the same page, sorry.
abielsi 2 years ago
a: I'm talking about fourth millennium BC times here. Way before any of the intruders arrived such as the Arabs who are there in Egypt now.
Steadno 2 years ago
@abielsi Ancient Egyptians call them selves the sons of cush which is east africa mostly including ethiopia as the main source of the nile which the Ancient egyptians say is how they got to the loand of KEMET. the name they cald egypt we knw today.
so yes the Egyptians wre african of east african disent and of kushite origins.
GrandHustle247 1 year ago
@Steadno we know modern Ethipoia as Abyssinia, Nubia has nothing to do with Abyssinia, and what brings Abyssinia closer to Egypt.
NubianPyankhi 1 year ago
@NubianPyankhi abyssinia, ethiopia and egypt are greek titles. names and boarders have changed countless times from the period im referencing.
Steadno 1 year ago
@NubianPyankhi what do you have against Ethiopia and Ethiopian bro? Are you not afrikan?
youngcatlaflare 1 year ago
this is so cute.........
gayethioman 2 years ago
Sheesh people, these are just school kids having a fun learning experience at school. Don't you all remember how it feels like to be a kid?
Of course they will learn the proper names for the elements and all that in their Science classes.
I think it shows great creativity and originality on the part of the students. Good job!
Banalviewer 2 years ago 21
@Banalviewer: Thanks for "getting it"!
periodicvideos 2 years ago 8
@Banalviewer periodic videos are spot on, I think they inspire a lot of youth. All the videos, to me, are successful attempts at making science and learning what it should have been since preschool: fun fun fun!
It's a shame that most institutions make learning seriously boring. I hope this type of creative thinking spreads.
hornetpalooza 1 year ago
great project!
bmed19 2 years ago
1 + 1 does not always = 2 but it also =
10 in Binary
SG77com 2 years ago
it didn't make sense for me
MrAsmera 2 years ago
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complete bs... how is renaming Magnesium to Lalibela going to help anyone learn chemistry. An absurd waste of f ing time. Magnesium can be writtin in amharic alphabet ma- ge- ni- zi - ye- m. If you want to get creating with naming something, get a cat or hamster.
fight2Bfree 2 years ago
at least they kept the symbols...
cyberdemon107 2 years ago
For example its about explaining Newtons law in Amharic not about stealing and giving credit to someone else like by calling the The Newtonean Law..Ye abebe Hig?
Mickylife 2 years ago
that's what they basically did. they called magnesium, Lalibela. what do you call that? it is as if changing Newton's Law to Ye abebe hig.. that's what they did
Gedionye 2 years ago
continued from manofchange...
second, i have taken physics translated into amharic when i was in grade 6 and believe me it sounds ridiculous. i couldn't refer other books because not enough reference books are written in same language . therefore what i suggest is, instead of stealing other people's words, let's study them the way they are and let's respect other people's work. in fact if we want to use amharic names, let the generation discover an element.
Gedionye 2 years ago
you sound so angry, over what? haven't you ever changed the name of something, to help you remember it? it is a tool. relax.
ps-get a dictionary
Dehlila07 2 years ago
Thank you for all your hard work.
SELAMHULAGZA 2 years ago
I respect the teams motives but I dont think that encouraging the coloquiism of science is a good idea.
mattjpalmer 2 years ago
What a great creativity! Wow!
Ethiopiawian 2 years ago
I always belived that our country can only progress in science if we teach our students in their mother toungs rather than in English which makes life miserible for students and dosent do any good for the grouth and progress of our country ,our country is not a colonised country so i dont see any reason why our kids have to be educated in english or any other foregain language .but I belive that english or french should be thought as a subject for students who like to learn the languages .
manofchange83 2 years ago
yess its very hard at first to learn everything in english.Specially at higer Ed but u know,The price was worth the adversity after all. Its better to have not just the knowledge but also the abilty to share it with the world.And there is no better language than English to do that.I believe it should be Thought vigorously .Its not about colonization rather pure logic. The more language one can speak the better
Mickylife 2 years ago
so why all the rich developed and technlogically advanced nations dont teach ther kids in English even though they know that English is the international language of business French Germen Japanise Chinese Russian Etc, kids dont have to learn a strange forgain language so they can just grasp the basics of science why should our kids have to go through that for me what makes sense is for ethiopian kids to learn all subjects in their own local language but learn English as just a language
manofchange83 2 years ago
Ur Idea is a beautiful one no doubt. And I was not against it but u said ``let them learn english if they choose too``I think they HAVE TO learn it, not a choice.We r heading to globalization and English is the top spoken language internationally.For our advantage it should be thought as vigorously as Math.If I was thought hulet sidemer hulet is arat..then I should know also that it means two plus two equals Four so I can practice my knowledge internationally.OR my knowledege wouldnt be complete
Mickylife 2 years ago
i disagree with you all... what is being done here is stealing... not giving credit to the previous scientists that discovered the elements. they gave each element names therefore we should stick with it and teach the students that if they can come up with their own names they will be cherished
Gedionye 2 years ago
Ow My freind,I think there seems to be a misunderstanding.We were talking about curriculum in general..not specifically about this vid.I think this video is just practice otherwsie I dont even think its legal to change names of the periodic table elements.Thru out the globe.Like u said it was worked hard for. otherthan that,yes it mighyt sound weird at first once u get in to English version.Otherwise I dont think its any worse.But remember this is an idea ,a working progress.
Mickylife 2 years ago
but this working progress is based on stealing people's mind.... when the scientists gave their discoveries names, it ment something to them. so who are we erasing the names and giving it our own. guess what, i am surprised that The University of Nottingham approved this message.
Gedionye 2 years ago
I thought I answered that down there :)I dont think its legal to begin with.Like I said we were talking about curriculum not the periodic Table my freind :)And it is the curriculum that is a working progress and has nothing to do with staeling people mind rather with translating the law of chemistry,biology and physics in to our own Language while Periodic table elemts and lawas of for example newton stay with their founders name.
Mickylife 2 years ago
the curriculum doesn't work at all either. you know why? my friend, i took physics in amharic when i was in grade 6 and it was horrible. you know why? i couldn't get reference books that uses same language. not only that, my parents couldn't help me because they don't know the terms. why going through that while you can teach them in the original language the scientific research is conducted?
Gedionye 2 years ago
Did'nt Newton himself stole & plagerised from the ancient Egyptians(kement) ? Did he give credit to the original founders of those concept ?
itepu22 2 years ago
Otherwsie Im with you. I can almost feel how easy and inspiring it would be to learn biology for instance In my own language.However,there are practical shortcomings like Even the translation would take long time and lots of work also dont forget we have more than 80 languages in Ethiopia.There are obvious shortcomings.
Mickylife 2 years ago
I totally agree with what u said translation work is is hard and time taking specially in the higher education level but we have able people who have fluency in many languages all we need is for them to be properly organized and funded by the government and we could achieve this in two or three years time ,and I promise you our country will soon after be home to brilliant young inventors,scientists, poets ,philosophers & ,etc...
manofchange83 2 years ago
oww for sure !
Mickylife 2 years ago
i disagree. it is ridiculous to change names of discoveries for two reasons. one it is stealing. the scientists devoted their lives to discover the elements and after they found them they gave each one of them names. and we all should respect the names regardless of the languages used to name them. well it's ok to spell the names using different alphabets but it is irresponsible of us to change the names.
Gedionye 2 years ago
you promote invention not by not giving credits to the previoius inventions but by stimulating unique inventions and showing them that they will be respected if they can come up with their own ideas. this is basically stealing and i strongly disagree
Gedionye 2 years ago
you didnt read through my comments properly Gedonye what i was explaining is that if science and other subjects in ethiopia were thought in our local language it would make life much easier for students , rather than teaching them in a strange language which they still cant speak after completing higher education ,but I agree, naming of elements, of the periodic table in this way has no use at all for the kids and science in Ethiopia and it is not fair for the people who discovered the elements
manofchange83 2 years ago
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ethiopia sucks camel dick for 5 birr yuo get hiv fuck............
southrapsucks 2 years ago
This is amazing! I spent 3 weeks teaching at a workshop in Addis when I was 17 (last year) where we covered English, Science, Art, Drama etc and had to teach all the kids (120) using resources we had brought over from England (so obviously they were in English). It would have been so much better if we had been able to use resources like this! Great idea!
emilyrowanangel 2 years ago
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what a waste of money and time!!
but the students seemed to be enjoying it so....
nasty8000 2 years ago
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thats the dumbest thing i have ever heard. don't they have better things to do?
zigzag959 2 years ago
Interesting approach to the periodic table. I once read a Physics book written entirely in Amharic. I mean words like gravity, force, mass, volume etc were written in their amharic translation. I sometimes wonder how much easier education would of these subjects would be for somebody that is a native Amaric speaker.
AmaraKoreda 2 years ago
that was cute
Tigrigna 2 years ago
I lived in Ethiopia for two years working at the American Embassy. I met my wife there, she is habesha. I have been to 18 countries and still think that Ethiopia is the best. They are the friendliest, most nicest people you will ever encounter. And the Doro Wat, is the best, I really miss the food. My in-laws are in Desse.
randyandyordanos 2 years ago 21
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AIN'T NOBODY GIVE A SHIT NIGGAER
Chemical117 2 years ago
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randyandyordanos 2 years ago
@randy if you married a habesha wife, you should be eating homemade doro wat every day.
fight2Bfree 2 years ago
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@randyandyordanos hey i bet yourwife was a sluton the streetstoo.i have also been toaddis ababa on business. I must say the ladies are cheap sluts that fuck for 5 birr and some food.
thesouthrapsucks 1 year ago
@thesouthrapsucks obviously, you have never been there and tryin to make a rudecomment
wasup8543 1 year ago
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@randyandyordanos Niggeria and Ethiopia two countries that can't put two rocks together, GREAT.The whole AFRICAN mess has been sucking the WEST dry since I was 12. I'm 62 and nothing has changed except the only two countries that had a chance were ruined. Yes I'm talking RHODESIA and SOUTH AFRICA!!!
thesouthrapsucks 7 months ago
@randyandyordanos I had Doro Wat at a local Ethiopian Restaurant, and oh yes, tis yummmmmmmy! Probably as good as you'll find in the states.
painxtreme 5 months ago
The World vision or any other UN organization doesn't know a country named Eritrea, they think it's a name for one of Italian province.
Wedisilla 2 years ago
Great job brothers/sisters.............
Wedisilla 2 years ago
lol 'yasra sost wer tsega' for a name of an element
oneeth 2 years ago
Good job and Nice try. At least it will motivate the students and add to their group performance.
Good work Brady
getteshome 2 years ago
he said 13 months of sunshine. im confused
RANhxcCORE 2 years ago
Ethiopia's calender is a bit differant then ours....ex. now the year over there is 2001 or 2 idk--- they have two seasons rainy and dry so majority of the time its hot yet if you were to go in the summer-- thats the "rainy"season : )
ipodluvr23 2 years ago
he also said that the Ethiopian calendar has 13 months in it.
bl0000000000 2 years ago
Ethiopia uses its own calender similar to Julian. a year has 13 months and every day of the year is sunny.
getteshome 2 years ago
We called Ethiopia a country with 13 months of sunshine because in Ethiopian Calendar each month has only 30days, therefore the remaining 5 days in year (6 days every four years) becomes individually one month with only 5 or 6 days. (we called the 13th month "Pagume" . that's the reason.
Wedisilla 2 years ago 2
I heard you teasing each other by saying: what is the element in Viagra, this kind of teasing suggest that you have a sex issue, of course molesters come as teachers, preachers to get access to children. as far as the periodic table concerns what you did is good, nevertheless, i am weary of your hiden sexual behaviour demonstrated by sexual jock. Ethiopians abrod should educate Ethiopians back home about the sexual behaviour of these Americans/Europeans so no childern of ours will be victim
Zabatsion 2 years ago
Why dont you apprecieate when some is one doing good.Not all Europeans are bad .this guys mission is great .let us give him our thumbs up!! God Bless you
I was expeciting the students will come up with some names not actual translation.cause that is what they learn anyway.
we used to memorise Group 8 elements as "Regan,Xento,Kerbat ,Asro, New york Hede"
gsbo4all 2 years ago
I don't understand how you get the name 7up from Lithium :-s
prfctday 2 years ago
Wow.. this was great! i wonder how it was ethiopia.... but i still dont understand why lalibela was for Mg.. does the rock it was carved from contain magnesium? or lalibela could have been for lithium.. "L" : )
ipodluvr23 2 years ago
According to video, Lalibela has 12 churches and Mg atomic number is 12. So that's the connection. Although Wikipedia says there are actually 13 churches...
caramaga 2 years ago
I actually though Lalibela was a large church carved from rock... perhapes im wrong and i needed to learn that so Thanks!!!!
ipodluvr23 2 years ago
Lalibela was a cristan king early 12th century and he was highly devoted on cristan religon but he careved 12 rock hewn churchs from top to bottom at the town of Lalibela.the town of lalibela named after he died.
if you want more write me back because i'm from lalibela.Thankyou
h1upas 2 years ago
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h1upas 2 years ago
Ethiopia is poor but Eritrea is the poorest generalwow
FirewLosAngeles 2 years ago
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the world is putting aside religion and these hungry ethiopians are still fanatically religious!
ethiopia is the most backward nation on the continent of africa
generalwow 2 years ago
and god bless us for it.
misMITU 2 years ago
They did a great job. But my concern is naming the elements different name other what they are known for the rest of the world seems a little add and maybe a little confusing. Here is an idea there are two unknown elements left on the periodic table why don't you try to find what they are and name them Lalibela and 13month.
enelijit 2 years ago
I do not think so that ethiopia did not have periodic table in Amharic.
I know and i learned it at highschool.
all these names are available except lalibela, sunshine..etc but gives no sense at all.
Ethio4proud 2 years ago
How cool is that, recreating the Table of Elements for a different language ^.^ So lucky...
Truthiness231 2 years ago
well done guys. I've gotta say, fantastic video!
pitviper12345 2 years ago
nice job bros and sis.
so hw many of the elements were given ethiopian names. like lalibela for Mg.
great job
etmanz 2 years ago
great job........worth reward1
ibexit 2 years ago
Is the table posted/published anywhere? All that hard work - I'd love to see it in it's entirety.
andoullah 2 years ago
will try and arrange something... stay tuned.... will put something in the "more info" section of this video when I've done it!
periodicvideos 2 years ago
fantastic i loved it !! but for Al i think,POGME, will be great!!!!
bructait 2 years ago
This is absolutely magnificent.
NateNStuff 2 years ago
that was really nice to watch.
mike7743 2 years ago
Lalibella!
PenguinJin 2 years ago
This is pretty cool! Unfortunately I don't quite understand the background... Is there no ethiopian translation of the periodic table?
Kiliankoe 2 years ago 2
no there is not... they use English for the table.
periodicvideos 2 years ago
Ah! Now it makes sense... Thanks!
I love some of the names. The calendar is indeed very clever!
Kiliankoe 2 years ago 2
Just wonderful. You guys are a delight!
johnclavis 2 years ago
Hey guys .... thanks for sharing this video and encouraging those youth to come up with so many creative names ... hope you finished the periodic table ... and we will see the amharic print soon ... I think as hard it is to study the periodic table (i know how hard it was for me then) this will help my fellow ethiopians to remember the elements easily... thanks again and God bless you!
motimuatit 2 years ago
i can't help laughing on your comment though you just have to give him big ups for his idea ...
motimuatit 2 years ago
this amazing, the things we can do when we work together :)
EQU33NZ 2 years ago
Great moment caught on camera. =D Thank God for youtube in which we can upload all of our crazy videos like this. haha
Chick6517 2 years ago
You guys shoud have your own show on Television, Discovery Channel or something. You´re very good in putting so called "boring" themes into fascinating science :).
bereal666 2 years ago
hey yall, this is Misganaw Tesfaye, an exchange student in USA for the 08/09 school year. im really proud of what yall did. i wish i was there. and i appreciate the creativity of that girl calling Mg, Lalibela
abimacmt 2 years ago
what a great idea!! Kudos all the way!!
DarbysBored 2 years ago
Thanks... It was a fun day and we're really glad people take the time to watch our film about it.
periodicvideos 2 years ago
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Hi, i like that you went to Ethiopia and you had fun. That was enjoyable to watch.But you put up a stupid background music or some kind of clicks. I felt like I was watching documentary of the bushman tribe on national geograhic channel. The point is that is not our music, you should have added our unique and beautiful music.
manutdfan348 2 years ago
very cool
asifyoucare41 2 years ago
that's an amazing project. i think this might potentially become historically relevant to ethiopia.
reinux 2 years ago
Glorious
Spread the knowledge
WhoFlungPoop2 2 years ago
Magnesium= Lalibela :)
mullened 2 years ago
absolutly brilliant, spread science everywhere!!
JONthe13th 2 years ago
What a great idea!
MillionMoments1 2 years ago
Cool video :)
Intervene 2 years ago
Wonderful.
allsorts4me 2 years ago
fantastic !
flyffplaya 2 years ago
Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!
RavnoUK 2 years ago 3
That is beyond fantastic! Spread the science knowledge far and wide.
mjgolli 2 years ago 3
Fantastic
godsentyes 2 years ago 2
good start .......
EWAMAGA 2 years ago
no more Mg for me from now on it lalibela ....i'll proclaim it to my chem teacher......anyways great job i think its good way to convert the periodic elements to ge'ez alphabet
70steps2nazretskuul 2 years ago
Go Ethiopian Scholars! And you guys from Nottingham Science.
MeDanone 2 years ago 2
you guys are fantastic !
r5768 2 years ago
That looked like it was a blast! Also, that tidbit about 7-Up was pretty cool too. Keep up the great work!
Nummysammich 2 years ago
That was awesome. Well done. :)
mazon111 2 years ago
It is soooooooooooo great, such a good job guys!!!!
Great idea, great editing too!!!!
Well done and thanks!
kativilaga 2 years ago
thanks for the nice comment!
periodicvideos 2 years ago
they do understand that the atomic number actually represents the number of protons in the atom I hope
charlieclown 2 years ago
Yes. But it's not interesting that way.
wakka922201 2 years ago
....er i think they do know that....thats why the people from this university invited them to this conference .....and am pretty sure you know that your self....your just trying to give some western humour.....
70steps2nazretskuul 2 years ago
hamburger meat. Nice!
mclight81 2 years ago
That's really cool and amazing. Some of those translations you mentioned were very unique and creative. Looked like a neat trip.
Doogeedoo12 2 years ago
the video response on here is a longer video about other parts of the trip (from our other science channel).
periodicvideos 2 years ago
unique project.
raulitech 2 years ago
that is SO awesome!!!
JumpStop1 2 years ago
neat!
archaedemos 2 years ago
good work! :D
vivavroom 2 years ago
You guys are so awsome! and so are you guys basically coming up with new names in their language? and is that what they are going to use? So if some Ethiopian scientist 100 years from now would call it lalibela?
Ch3w3h 2 years ago 2
A-freaking-Mazing!!
:D
Science<3
100PercentGeeks 2 years ago