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2 [two]

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2 [ክልተ]

2 [kilite]

ቤተሰብ

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the grandfather እቲ-ኣቦሓጎ እ_ ኣ___ እ- ኣ-ሓ- ------- እቲ ኣቦሓጎ 0
i-ī----h--go i__ a______ i-ī a-o-̣-g- ------------ itī aboḥago
the grandmother ዓባይ---ደ--ዓባይ ዓ___ ኣ__ ዓ__ ዓ-ይ- ኣ-ይ ዓ-ይ ------------ ዓባይ፣ ኣደይ ዓባይ 0
‘--ayi- -de-i ‘a-a-i ‘______ a____ ‘_____ ‘-b-y-፣ a-e-i ‘-b-y- -------------------- ‘abayi፣ adeyi ‘abayi
he and she ንሱ- --ን ን__ ን__ ን-ን ን-ን ------- ንሱን ንሳን 0
n-suni-n-sa-i n_____ n_____ n-s-n- n-s-n- ------------- nisuni nisani
the father እቲ ኣቦ እ_ ኣ_ እ- ኣ- ----- እቲ ኣቦ 0
i-- -bo i__ a__ i-ī a-o ------- itī abo
the mother እ- -ደ እ_ ኣ_ እ- ኣ- ----- እታ ኣደ 0
ita -de i__ a__ i-a a-e ------- ita ade
he and she ን-----ን ን__ ን__ ን-ን ን-ን ------- ንሱን ንሳን 0
ni--ni-ni-ani n_____ n_____ n-s-n- n-s-n- ------------- nisuni nisani
the son እቲ ው-ድ/-ዲ እ_ ው_____ እ- ው-ድ-ወ- --------- እቲ ውሉድ/ወዲ 0
itī --l-di/---ī i__ w__________ i-ī w-l-d-/-e-ī --------------- itī wiludi/wedī
the daughter እ- ----ጓል እ_ ው_____ እ- ው-ድ-ጓ- --------- እታ ውላድ/ጓል 0
i-a-wil-di---a-i i__ w___________ i-a w-l-d-/-w-l- ---------------- ita wiladi/gwali
he and she ን-ን-ን-ን ን__ ን__ ን-ን ን-ን ------- ንሱን ንሳን 0
ni---i ni-a-i n_____ n_____ n-s-n- n-s-n- ------------- nisuni nisani
the brother እ---ው እ_ ሓ_ እ- ሓ- ----- እቲ ሓው 0
it--ḥa-i i__ ḥ___ i-ī h-a-i --------- itī ḥawi
the sister እ- ሓ-ቲ እ_ ሓ__ እ- ሓ-ቲ ------ እታ ሓፍቲ 0
it- ḥ-fitī i__ ḥ_____ i-a h-a-i-ī ----------- ita ḥafitī
he and she ንሱ- ን-ን ን__ ን__ ን-ን ን-ን ------- ንሱን ንሳን 0
nis-n--n-s-ni n_____ n_____ n-s-n- n-s-n- ------------- nisuni nisani
the uncle እ- ኣኮ እ_ ኣ_ እ- ኣ- ----- እቲ ኣኮ 0
i-- a-o i__ a__ i-ī a-o ------- itī ako
the aunt እታ -ትኖ እ_ ሓ__ እ- ሓ-ኖ ------ እታ ሓትኖ 0
i-a -̣a-ino i__ ḥ_____ i-a h-a-i-o ----------- ita ḥatino
he and she ንሱ----ን ን__ ን__ ን-ን ን-ን ------- ንሱን ንሳን 0
nis-ni ---ani n_____ n_____ n-s-n- n-s-n- ------------- nisuni nisani
We are a family. ን-ና ሓን--ስ---ት --። ን__ ሓ__ ስ____ ኢ__ ን-ና ሓ-ቲ ስ-ራ-ት ኢ-። ----------------- ንሕና ሓንቲ ስድራቤት ኢና። 0
ni-̣ina-h--ni-ī-s---rabē-i--n-። n_____ ḥ_____ s_________ ī___ n-h-i-a h-a-i-ī s-d-r-b-t- ī-a- ------------------------------- niḥina ḥanitī sidirabēti īna።
The family is not small. እታ--ድራ-- -እሽቶ ኣይ-ነት-። እ_ ስ____ ን___ ኣ______ እ- ስ-ራ-ት ን-ሽ- ኣ-ኮ-ት-። --------------------- እታ ስድራቤት ንእሽቶ ኣይኮነትን። 0
it----d--abē-- -i’--h------i------n-። i__ s_________ n________ a___________ i-a s-d-r-b-t- n-’-s-i-o a-i-o-e-i-i- ------------------------------------- ita sidirabēti ni’ishito ayikonetini።
The family is big. እታ-ስድ-ቤ--ዓባ---ያ። እ_ ስ____ ዓ__ እ__ እ- ስ-ራ-ት ዓ-ይ እ-። ---------------- እታ ስድራቤት ዓባይ እያ። 0
i-a si-i-ab--i-‘a------y-። i__ s_________ ‘_____ i___ i-a s-d-r-b-t- ‘-b-y- i-a- -------------------------- ita sidirabēti ‘abayi iya።

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