Amharic to Fijian: make the size and membership of the group explicit
We is not one fixed group
Amharic እኛ identifies a first-person plural group. Fijian pronouns can additionally distinguish whether the listener belongs to that group and whether it consists of two people, a few, or a larger plurality. A short source we can therefore leave several target choices unresolved.
The documented Fijian keirau refers to two people excluding the listener; keimami is an exclusive plural form. Keda is inclusive plural, including the listener. These are useful examples for translating an Amharic team announcement: saying that two colleagues will do something is different from inviting the recipient into a shared undertaking.
Specify the group before translating the promise
For an Amharic arrangement about travelling or sharing work, identify who will actually take part. Two colleagues speaking to a third person should not become an inclusive group merely because everyone is in the same conversation. Conversely, an invitation should not accidentally exclude its intended recipient.
A practical source revision is to name the people or state that the listener is included before the message is translated. This supplies information that the compact Amharic plural does not itself encode. It also avoids treating Fijian pronoun selection as a stylistic preference when it can determine who is expected to turn up or perform a task.
A noun need not acquire a plural ending
Fijian common nouns do not necessarily change form to distinguish singular and plural reference. Pronouns make number contrasts that nouns themselves may leave unmarked. An Amharic reader should therefore avoid deciding that several items have become one item simply because the translated noun remains visibly unchanged.
Instead, compare quantity in the complete noun phrase and the surrounding action. An order for several objects and a message about several people can express number through different grammatical resources. Where the Amharic source contains an exact count, keep that count rather than relying on a general plural to preserve the commercial meaning of the order.
Attached source participants need target relationships
Amharic can attach an object pronoun to a verb, while Fijian has its own constraints involving verbs, pronouns, and named objects. A familiar name in the target is not enough to verify its role. Follow the action together with its object rather than moving names around to imitate the order of a source phrase.
The Fijian article na also should not be treated as an automatic definite article equivalent. Linguistic research shows that it occurs with different interpretations depending on the construction. For this translation direction, review group membership, exact count, and participant roles before making word-level edits. Those checks preserve what the Amharic writer intended without forcing Fijian nouns and pronouns to imitate the source's number and object-marking system.
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