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6 [six]

Reading and writing

Reading and writing

6 [ስድስት]

6 [sidisiti]

ማንበብ እና መጻፍ

[manibebi ina mets’afi]

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I read. እኔ --ባለ-። እ_ አ_____ እ- አ-ባ-ው- --------- እኔ አነባለው። 0
in- ā--b-----. i__ ā_________ i-ē ā-e-a-e-i- -------------- inē ānebalewi.
I read a letter (character). እ---ደል----ለው። እ_ ፊ__ አ_____ እ- ፊ-ል አ-ባ-ው- ------------- እኔ ፊደል አነባለው። 0
i------e-i---e-a-e--. i__ f_____ ā_________ i-ē f-d-l- ā-e-a-e-i- --------------------- inē fīdeli ānebalewi.
I read a word. እኔ--ል-አ-ባለ-። እ_ ቃ_ አ_____ እ- ቃ- አ-ባ-ው- ------------ እኔ ቃል አነባለው። 0
i---k’a-- -n---l--i. i__ k____ ā_________ i-ē k-a-i ā-e-a-e-i- -------------------- inē k’ali ānebalewi.
I read a sentence. እ--አረፍ- -ገር--ነ---። እ_ አ___ ነ__ አ_____ እ- አ-ፍ- ነ-ር አ-ባ-ው- ------------------ እኔ አረፍተ ነገር አነባለው። 0
i-ē -r---t----g-r- āne-a-ewi. i__ ā______ n_____ ā_________ i-ē ā-e-i-e n-g-r- ā-e-a-e-i- ----------------------------- inē ārefite negeri ānebalewi.
I read a letter. እ- ---- አነባለው። እ_ ደ___ አ_____ እ- ደ-ዳ- አ-ባ-ው- -------------- እኔ ደብዳቤ አነባለው። 0
inē deb--ab-------l--i. i__ d_______ ā_________ i-ē d-b-d-b- ā-e-a-e-i- ----------------------- inē debidabē ānebalewi.
I read a book. እኔ --ሐፍ አ---ው። እ_ መ___ አ_____ እ- መ-ሐ- አ-ባ-ው- -------------- እኔ መጽሐፍ አነባለው። 0
i-ē----s----ā---ā-eba----. i__ m_________ ā_________ i-ē m-t-’-h-ā-i ā-e-a-e-i- -------------------------- inē mets’iḥāfi ānebalewi.
I read. እ--አ-ባለው። እ_ አ_____ እ- አ-ባ-ው- --------- እኔ አነባለው። 0
in- ān-b----i. i__ ā_________ i-ē ā-e-a-e-i- -------------- inē ānebalewi.
You read. አን-/አ----ነባለ---ታ-ቢ-ለ-። አ______ ታ_____ ታ______ አ-ተ-አ-ቺ ታ-ባ-ህ- ታ-ቢ-ለ-። ---------------------- አንተ/አንቺ ታነባለህ/ ታነቢያለሽ። 0
ā-ite--nichī--a-e-al-hi/--a--bī-a---hi. ā___________ t__________ t_____________ ā-i-e-ā-i-h- t-n-b-l-h-/ t-n-b-y-l-s-i- --------------------------------------- ānite/ānichī tanebalehi/ tanebīyaleshi.
He reads. እ--ያ---። እ_ ያ____ እ- ያ-ባ-። -------- እሱ ያነባል። 0
isu --n---l-. i__ y________ i-u y-n-b-l-. ------------- isu yanebali.
I write. እኔ -ጽፋለ-። እ_ እ_____ እ- እ-ፋ-ው- --------- እኔ እጽፋለው። 0
inē-it-’-f-l-wi. i__ i___________ i-ē i-s-i-a-e-i- ---------------- inē its’ifalewi.
I write a letter (character). እ--ፊ-ል -ጽፋ-ው። እ_ ፊ__ እ_____ እ- ፊ-ል እ-ፋ-ው- ------------- እኔ ፊደል እጽፋለው። 0
i---f-de-i it--if--ewi. i__ f_____ i___________ i-ē f-d-l- i-s-i-a-e-i- ----------------------- inē fīdeli its’ifalewi.
I write a word. እኔ ቃል---ፋ--። እ_ ቃ_ እ_____ እ- ቃ- እ-ፋ-ው- ------------ እኔ ቃል እጽፋለው። 0
in- --a-- i-s’-fal-w-. i__ k____ i___________ i-ē k-a-i i-s-i-a-e-i- ---------------------- inē k’ali its’ifalewi.
I write a sentence. እኔ--ረፍተ ነገር-እጽ---። እ_ አ___ ነ__ እ_____ እ- አ-ፍ- ነ-ር እ-ፋ-ው- ------------------ እኔ አረፍተ ነገር እጽፋለው። 0
inē-ār--it- -eg--- its’-f-l-w-. i__ ā______ n_____ i___________ i-ē ā-e-i-e n-g-r- i-s-i-a-e-i- ------------------------------- inē ārefite negeri its’ifalewi.
I write a letter. እኔ--ብ-ቤ --ፋ-ው። እ_ ደ___ እ_____ እ- ደ-ዳ- እ-ፋ-ው- -------------- እኔ ደብዳቤ እጽፋለው። 0
inē--eb-dabē i---i--l-wi. i__ d_______ i___________ i-ē d-b-d-b- i-s-i-a-e-i- ------------------------- inē debidabē its’ifalewi.
I write a book. እኔ -ጽሐፍ እ-ፋ--። እ_ መ___ እ_____ እ- መ-ሐ- እ-ፋ-ው- -------------- እኔ መጽሐፍ እጽፋለው። 0
in----ts---̣āfi---s’-f-le--. i__ m_________ i___________ i-ē m-t-’-h-ā-i i-s-i-a-e-i- ---------------------------- inē mets’iḥāfi its’ifalewi.
I write. እ- እጽ-ለው። እ_ እ_____ እ- እ-ፋ-ው- --------- እኔ እጽፋለው። 0
i-ē i--’ifal-wi. i__ i___________ i-ē i-s-i-a-e-i- ---------------- inē its’ifalewi.
You write. አንተ/አን------ህ---ፊ---። አ______ ት____________ አ-ተ-አ-ቺ ት-ፋ-ህ-ት-ፊ-ለ-። --------------------- አንተ/አንቺ ትጽፋለህ/ትጽፊያለሽ። 0
ān-te-ā-i-h- ti-s-if---hi-t-t-’if-y-les-i. ā___________ t____________________________ ā-i-e-ā-i-h- t-t-’-f-l-h-/-i-s-i-ī-a-e-h-. ------------------------------------------ ānite/ānichī tits’ifalehi/tits’ifīyaleshi.
He writes. እሱ ይጽፋ-። እ_ ይ____ እ- ይ-ፋ-። -------- እሱ ይጽፋል። 0
i-u-yi---ifali. i__ y__________ i-u y-t-’-f-l-. --------------- isu yits’ifali.

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Internationalisms

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