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1 [one]

People

People

1 [ሓደ]

1 [ḥade]

ሰባት

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I -ነ ኣ_ ኣ- -- ኣነ 0
a-e a__ a-e --- ane
I and you ኣነን----ኻን ኣ___ ን___ ኣ-ን- ን-ኻ- --------- ኣነን/ ንስኻን 0
a-e-i- -is--̱a-i a_____ n_______ a-e-i- n-s-h-a-i ---------------- aneni/ nisiẖani
both of us ን-- ክልተና ን__ ክ___ ን-ና ክ-ተ- -------- ንሕና ክልተና 0
n--̣--a--il--ena n_____ k_______ n-h-i-a k-l-t-n- ---------------- niḥina kilitena
he -ሱ ን_ ን- -- ንሱ 0
n--u n___ n-s- ---- nisu
he and she ንሱን-ን-ን ን__ ን__ ን-ን ን-ን ------- ንሱን ንሳን 0
n-s-n- ---a-i n_____ n_____ n-s-n- n-s-n- ------------- nisuni nisani
they both ንሳ-- ክል--ም ን___ ክ____ ን-ቶ- ክ-ተ-ም ---------- ንሳቶም ክልተኦም 0
n------i-----t-’omi n_______ k_________ n-s-t-m- k-l-t-’-m- ------------------- nisatomi kilite’omi
the man እቲ-ሰብኣይ እ_ ሰ___ እ- ሰ-ኣ- ------- እቲ ሰብኣይ 0
i-ī -ebi--yi i__ s_______ i-ī s-b-’-y- ------------ itī sebi’ayi
the woman እታ---ይቲ እ_ ሰ___ እ- ሰ-ይ- ------- እታ ሰበይቲ 0
ita ---e---ī i__ s_______ i-a s-b-y-t- ------------ ita sebeyitī
the child እ---ታ--ልዓ እ____ ቆ__ እ-/-ታ ቆ-ዓ --------- እቲ/እታ ቆልዓ 0
i-ī-i-- -’-li-a i______ k______ i-ī-i-a k-o-i-a --------------- itī/ita k’oli‘a
a family ሓደ---ራቤት ሓ_ ስ____ ሓ- ስ-ራ-ት -------- ሓደ ስድራቤት 0
h--d- -id-ra---i ḥ___ s_________ h-a-e s-d-r-b-t- ---------------- ḥade sidirabēti
my family ናተይ------(-----ይ) ና__ ስ____________ ና-ይ ስ-ራ-ት-ስ-ራ-ተ-) ----------------- ናተይ ስድራቤት(ስድራቤተይ) 0
nat--- sidi-ab---(si--rabēte--) n_____ s_______________________ n-t-y- s-d-r-b-t-(-i-i-a-ē-e-i- ------------------------------- nateyi sidirabēti(sidirabēteyi)
My family is here. ና-ይ ስ--ቤት ኣ-ዚ ኣለ-። ና__ ስ____ ኣ__ ኣ___ ና-ይ ስ-ራ-ት ኣ-ዚ ኣ-ዉ- ------------------ ናተይ ስድራቤት ኣብዚ ኣለዉ። 0
n--e-i-sid-r---ti-abi---a-ew-። n_____ s_________ a____ a_____ n-t-y- s-d-r-b-t- a-i-ī a-e-u- ------------------------------ nateyi sidirabēti abizī alewu።
I am here. ኣነ -ብዚ-ኣ--። ኣ_ ኣ__ ኣ___ ኣ- ኣ-ዚ ኣ-ኹ- ----------- ኣነ ኣብዚ ኣሎኹ። 0
a-- -b----a---̱u። a__ a____ a_____ a-e a-i-ī a-o-̱-። ----------------- ane abizī aloẖu።
You are here. ንስኻ ኣብዚ--ሎኻ። ን__ ኣ__ ኣ___ ን-ኻ ኣ-ዚ ኣ-ኻ- ------------ ንስኻ ኣብዚ ኣሎኻ። 0
n--i-̱-----zī-al-ẖa። n_____ a____ a_____ n-s-h-a a-i-ī a-o-̱-። --------------------- nisiẖa abizī aloẖa።
He is here and she is here. ንሱ ኣ-ዚ--ሎ-----ውን -ሳ--ብ--ኣላ። ን_ ኣ__ ኣ_ ከ_____ ን_ ኣ__ ኣ__ ን- ኣ-ዚ ኣ- ከ-ኡ-ው- ን- ኣ-ዚ ኣ-። --------------------------- ንሱ ኣብዚ ኣሎ ከምኡ’ውን ንሳ ኣብዚ ኣላ። 0
n-s- a-iz- -lo --m-------i--isa abizī a-a። n___ a____ a__ k__________ n___ a____ a___ n-s- a-i-ī a-o k-m-’-’-i-i n-s- a-i-ī a-a- ------------------------------------------ nisu abizī alo kemi’u’wini nisa abizī ala።
We are here. ንሕና-ኣ-ዚ -ሎ-። ን__ ኣ__ ኣ___ ን-ና ኣ-ዚ ኣ-ና- ------------ ንሕና ኣብዚ ኣሎና። 0
n-ḥ-n- abizī a----። n_____ a____ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i-ī a-o-a- -------------------- niḥina abizī alona።
You are here. ንስኻት-ም-----ኣሎኹም። ን_____ ኣ__ ኣ____ ን-ኻ-ኩ- ኣ-ዚ ኣ-ኹ-። ---------------- ንስኻትኩም ኣብዚ ኣሎኹም። 0
n-sih----ku-- -b--ī al-h----። n___________ a____ a_______ n-s-h-a-i-u-i a-i-ī a-o-̱-m-። ----------------------------- nisiẖatikumi abizī aloẖumi።
They are all here. ንሳ-ም-ኩሎም ኣብ- ኣ--። ን___ ኩ__ ኣ__ ኣ___ ን-ቶ- ኩ-ም ኣ-ዚ ኣ-ው- ----------------- ንሳቶም ኩሎም ኣብዚ ኣለው። 0
nis----i -u--------zī---e-i። n_______ k_____ a____ a_____ n-s-t-m- k-l-m- a-i-ī a-e-i- ---------------------------- nisatomi kulomi abizī alewi።

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