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23 [twenty-three]

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23 [ዕስራንሰለስተን]

23 [‘isiraniselesiteni]

ባዕዳዊ ቋንቋታት ምምሃር

[ba‘idawī k’wanik’watati mimihari]

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Where did you learn Spanish? ስ-ኛ--በ------ኩም? ስ__ ኣ__ ተ______ ስ-ኛ ኣ-ይ ተ-ሂ-ኩ-? --------------- ስፓኛ ኣበይ ተማሂርኩም? 0
si-a-ya a---i---mahīr-k---? s______ a____ t____________ s-p-n-a a-e-i t-m-h-r-k-m-? --------------------------- sipanya abeyi temahīrikumi?
Can you also speak Portuguese? ፖርቱጊሰኛ-- -ኽ-ሉ ዲ-ም? ፖ_____ ከ ት___ ዲ___ ፖ-ቱ-ሰ- ከ ት-እ- ዲ-ም- ------------------ ፖርቱጊሰኛ ከ ትኽእሉ ዲኹም? 0
p--i----------k---i-̱---lu -īẖum-? p____________ k_ t_______ d______ p-r-t-g-s-n-a k- t-h-i-i-u d-h-u-i- ----------------------------------- poritugīsenya ke tiẖi’ilu dīẖumi?
Yes, and I also speak some Italian. እ-፣-እንተ-ይ-ቅሩ- ጣልያ-ኛ እ--- ኢ-። እ__ እ____ ቅ__ ጣ____ እ___ ኢ__ እ-፣ እ-ተ-ይ ቅ-ብ ጣ-ያ-ኛ እ-እ- ኢ-። ---------------------------- እወ፣ እንተላይ ቅሩብ ጣልያንኛ እኽእል ኢየ። 0
i--፣-i--te-ayi k’irubi-t---i---inya---̱-------y-። i___ i________ k______ t___________ i______ ī___ i-e- i-i-e-a-i k-i-u-i t-a-i-a-i-y- i-̱-’-l- ī-e- ------------------------------------------------- iwe፣ initelayi k’irubi t’aliyaninya iẖi’ili īye።
I think you speak very well. ከም-ት-ዝብተ- -ዚኹ----- ኢኹም------። ከ_ ት_____ ኣ___ ጽ__ ኢ__ ት___ ። ከ- ት-ዝ-ተ- ኣ-ኹ- ጽ-ቕ ኢ-ም ት-ረ- ። ----------------------------- ከም ትዕዝብተይ ኣዚኹም ጽቡቕ ኢኹም ትዛረቡ ። 0
kemi--i‘-z----e-i-a-īh---- ts-i-u-̱’- --̱u-- --z-r--u-። k___ t___________ a______ t________ ī____ t_______ ። k-m- t-‘-z-b-t-y- a-ī-̱-m- t-’-b-k-’- ī-̱-m- t-z-r-b- ። ------------------------------------------------------- kemi ti‘izibiteyi azīẖumi ts’ibuḵ’i īẖumi tizarebu ።
The languages are quite similar. እዞም ቋንቋ-- ተመሳሰል--እ--። እ__ ቋ____ ተ_____ እ___ እ-ም ቋ-ቋ-ት ተ-ሳ-ል- እ-ም- --------------------- እዞም ቋንቋታት ተመሳሰልቲ እዮም። 0
i-om- k----ik’---at- -em--a-e---ī i--m-። i____ k_____________ t___________ i_____ i-o-i k-w-n-k-w-t-t- t-m-s-s-l-t- i-o-i- ---------------------------------------- izomi k’wanik’watati temesaselitī iyomi።
I can understand them well. ኣነ--ቡቕ -----ር-ኣ-ም-ይኽእ-----። ኣ_ ጽ__ ገ__ ክ_____ ይ___ ኢ_ ። ኣ- ጽ-ቕ ገ-ረ ክ-ድ-ኩ- ይ-እ- ኢ- ። --------------------------- ኣነ ጽቡቕ ገይረ ክርድኣኩም ይኽእል ኢየ ። 0
ane---’---ḵ-i -eyi-e kiri-i’ak--- yih--’i-i --- ። a__ t________ g_____ k___________ y_______ ī__ ። a-e t-’-b-k-’- g-y-r- k-r-d-’-k-m- y-h-i-i-i ī-e ። -------------------------------------------------- ane ts’ibuḵ’i geyire kiridi’akumi yiẖi’ili īye ።
But speaking and writing is difficult. ግ---ም--------ፍን--ቢ--እ-። ግ__ ም____ ም____ ከ__ እ__ ግ-፣ ም-ራ-ን ም-ሓ-ን ከ-ድ እ-። ----------------------- ግን፣ ምዝራብን ምጽሓፍን ከቢድ እዩ። 0
g--i፣ m-zi----n- m-----ḥaf-ni-keb-di -y-። g____ m_________ m___________ k_____ i___ g-n-፣ m-z-r-b-n- m-t-’-h-a-i-i k-b-d- i-u- ------------------------------------------ gini፣ mizirabini mits’iḥafini kebīdi iyu።
I still make many mistakes. ጌ- --ሕ-ጌጋ-ት -- ዝ---። ጌ_ ብ__ ጌ___ እ_ ዝ____ ጌ- ብ-ሕ ጌ-ታ- እ- ዝ-ብ-። -------------------- ጌና ብዙሕ ጌጋታት እየ ዝገብር። 0
g-n- ---uh-----g-t----i-- z-g-bir-። g___ b_____ g_______ i__ z________ g-n- b-z-h-i g-g-t-t- i-e z-g-b-r-። ----------------------------------- gēna bizuḥi gēgatati iye zigebiri።
Please correct me each time. በጃ-ም-ኩ--ግዜ-ኣ-ሙኒ። በ___ ኩ_ ግ_ ኣ____ በ-ኹ- ኩ- ግ- ኣ-ሙ-። ---------------- በጃኹም ኩሉ ግዜ ኣርሙኒ። 0
beja---m--kulu -i-ē ari-unī። b_______ k___ g___ a_______ b-j-h-u-i k-l- g-z- a-i-u-ī- ---------------------------- bejaẖumi kulu gizē arimunī።
Your pronunciation is very good. ኣ-ማም--ም--ዚዩ ጽብ----። ኣ______ ኣ__ ጽ__ እ__ ኣ-ማ-ጻ-ም ኣ-ዩ ጽ-ቅ እ-። ------------------- ኣደማምጻኹም ኣዚዩ ጽብቅ እዩ። 0
a-e-a-i----h-u-- a--y--t-’i-ik’- ---። a______________ a____ t________ i___ a-e-a-i-s-a-̱-m- a-ī-u t-’-b-k-i i-u- ------------------------------------- ademamits’aẖumi azīyu ts’ibik’i iyu።
You only have a slight accent. ንእ-ቶ --ሰ-ት ኣ---። ን___ ኣ____ ኣ____ ን-ሽ- ኣ-ሰ-ት ኣ-ኩ-። ---------------- ንእሽቶ ኣክሰንት ኣለኩም። 0
n-’-s-----a-ise-----a-e-u--። n________ a________ a_______ n-’-s-i-o a-i-e-i-i a-e-u-i- ---------------------------- ni’ishito akiseniti alekumi።
One can tell where you come from. ካ-ይ--ም--ጻኻ -ልለ--ኻ። ካ__ ከ_____ ት__ ኢ__ ካ-ይ ከ-ዝ-ጻ- ት-ለ ኢ-። ------------------ ካበይ ከምዝመጻኻ ትልለ ኢኻ። 0
k----i -e-izi-ets-a-̱------l---ẖ-። k_____ k_____________ t_____ ī___ k-b-y- k-m-z-m-t-’-h-a t-l-l- ī-̱-። ----------------------------------- kabeyi kemizimets’aẖa tilile īẖa።
What is your mother tongue / native language (am.)? ቋንቋ--ኣደኹ- እን-ይ-ድዩ? ቋ__ -____ እ___ ድ__ ቋ-ቋ --ደ-ም እ-ታ- ድ-? ------------------ ቋንቋ -ኣደኹም እንታይ ድዩ? 0
k’-a------ ----ẖu-- i--t----d---? k_________ -_______ i______ d____ k-w-n-k-w- --d-h-u-i i-i-a-i d-y-? ---------------------------------- k’wanik’wa -adeẖumi initayi diyu?
Are you taking a language course? ቋ-ቋ- ት--- ዲኹም። ቋ___ ት___ ዲ___ ቋ-ቋ- ት-ሃ- ዲ-ም- -------------- ቋንቋ- ትምሃሩ ዲኹም። 0
k’--ni--wa--ti----ru--ī-̱um-። k__________ t_______ d______ k-w-n-k-w-- t-m-h-r- d-h-u-i- ----------------------------- k’wanik’wa- timiharu dīẖumi።
Which textbook are you using? እ-ታይ--ይነ--ምም----ብረ- ትጥ-ሙ? እ___ ዓ___ ም___ ና___ ት____ እ-ታ- ዓ-ነ- ም-ሃ- ና-ረ- ት-ቐ-? ------------------------- እንታይ ዓይነት ምምሃር ናብረት ትጥቐሙ? 0
ini-ayi ‘ayinet- mim--a-i -ab-r----tit-i-̱’e--? i______ ‘_______ m_______ n_______ t__________ i-i-a-i ‘-y-n-t- m-m-h-r- n-b-r-t- t-t-i-̱-e-u- ----------------------------------------------- initayi ‘ayineti mimihari nabireti tit’iḵ’emu?
I don’t remember the name right now. ሕጂ-ከ---ከምዝበ-ል --ፈ--ን-እ-። ሕ_ ከ__ ከ_____ ኣ_____ እ__ ሕ- ከ-ይ ከ-ዝ-ሃ- ኣ-ፈ-ጥ- እ-። ------------------------ ሕጂ ከመይ ከምዝበሃል ኣይፈልጥን እየ። 0
ḥij- --me-- --m-z--e--li ay-fel----n- iye። ḥ___ k_____ k___________ a___________ i___ h-i-ī k-m-y- k-m-z-b-h-l- a-i-e-i-’-n- i-e- ------------------------------------------- ḥijī kemeyi kemizibehali ayifelit’ini iye።
The title is not coming to me. እታ-ኣ---ቲ(ስም) -ፊኡኒ። እ_ ኣ________ ጠ____ እ- ኣ-እ-ቲ-ስ-) ጠ-ኡ-። ------------------ እታ ኣርእስቲ(ስም) ጠፊኡኒ። 0
i---ar----i-ī--im-) t’e---un-። i__ a______________ t_________ i-a a-i-i-i-ī-s-m-) t-e-ī-u-ī- ------------------------------ ita ari’isitī(simi) t’efī’unī።
I’ve forgotten it. ኣነ -ሲዐዮ-እ-። ኣ_ ረ___ እ__ ኣ- ረ-ዐ- እ-። ----------- ኣነ ረሲዐዮ እየ። 0
an- r-s---y- --e። a__ r_______ i___ a-e r-s-‘-y- i-e- ----------------- ane resī‘āyo iye።

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