Every Morning is a Good Morning

I speak Amharic, the major language of Ethiopia. In Amharic, the word for morning is “ጧት” (pronounced twat with the first “t” hard). If you want to say something happens repeatedly, you just say the period of time it occurs in twice. For example: “day” is ቃን (qan) so “every day” would be “ቃን ቃን” (qan qan).

I don’t think I’ve ever had a conversation in Amharic about any event occuring ever morning that did not make me blush.

Mundane actions like eating breakfast or brushing ones teeth seem different when you reflect on the fact that you are doing them “ጧት ጧት.”