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8 [eight]

The time

The time

8 [ስምንት]

8 [siminiti]

ጊዜው

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Excuse me! ይ----ን! ይ______ ይ-ር-ዎ-! ------- ይቅርታዎን! 0
yi-’--i------! y_____________ y-k-i-i-a-o-i- -------------- yik’iritawoni!
What time is it, please? እባ-ህ/ሽ---- ስንት ነው? እ_____ ሰ__ ስ__ ነ__ እ-ክ-/- ሰ-ት ስ-ት ነ-? ------------------ እባክህ/ሽ ሰዓት ስንት ነው? 0
iba--h-/-h--se--t- sin-t- n---? i__________ s_____ s_____ n____ i-a-i-i-s-i s-‘-t- s-n-t- n-w-? ------------------------------- ibakihi/shi se‘ati siniti newi?
Thank you very much. እ---በጣም አመሰ--ለ-። እ__ በ__ አ_______ እ-ግ በ-ም አ-ሰ-ና-ው- ---------------- እጅግ በጣም አመሰግናለው። 0
i---i---t’am- ā-e-eg--a--wi. i____ b______ ā_____________ i-i-i b-t-a-i ā-e-e-i-a-e-i- ---------------------------- ijigi bet’ami āmeseginalewi.
It is one o’clock. አ---ሰ-ት--ው። አ__ ሰ__ ነ__ አ-ድ ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- አንድ ሰዓት ነው። 0
ā-i-- se---- n--i. ā____ s_____ n____ ā-i-i s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------ ānidi se‘ati newi.
It is two o’clock. ሁ-ት ሰ-- ነው። ሁ__ ሰ__ ነ__ ሁ-ት ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- ሁለት ሰዓት ነው። 0
hule-i se‘-t---e--. h_____ s_____ n____ h-l-t- s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------- huleti se‘ati newi.
It is three o’clock. ሶስት -ዓ- -ው። ሶ__ ሰ__ ነ__ ሶ-ት ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- ሶስት ሰዓት ነው። 0
s-si-i se‘ati-n--i. s_____ s_____ n____ s-s-t- s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------- sositi se‘ati newi.
It is four o’clock. አራ- ሰ-ት --። አ__ ሰ__ ነ__ አ-ት ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- አራት ሰዓት ነው። 0
ār--- s--a-- ---i. ā____ s_____ n____ ā-a-i s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------ ārati se‘ati newi.
It is five o’clock. አምስ---ዓ---ው። አ___ ሰ__ ነ__ አ-ስ- ሰ-ት ነ-። ------------ አምስት ሰዓት ነው። 0
ā-isi-i-se---- n-wi. ā______ s_____ n____ ā-i-i-i s-‘-t- n-w-. -------------------- āmisiti se‘ati newi.
It is six o’clock. ስ-ስ- -ዓ- ነው። ስ___ ሰ__ ነ__ ስ-ስ- ሰ-ት ነ-። ------------ ስድስት ሰዓት ነው። 0
s-d----i-se-ati--ew-. s_______ s_____ n____ s-d-s-t- s-‘-t- n-w-. --------------------- sidisiti se‘ati newi.
It is seven o’clock. ሰባ- ሰዓ---ው። ሰ__ ሰ__ ነ__ ሰ-ት ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- ሰባት ሰዓት ነው። 0
se-ati -e--t--ne-i. s_____ s_____ n____ s-b-t- s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------- sebati se‘ati newi.
It is eight o’clock. ስምን- --- ነ-። ስ___ ሰ__ ነ__ ስ-ን- ሰ-ት ነ-። ------------ ስምንት ሰዓት ነው። 0
s---ni-- s------ne-i. s_______ s_____ n____ s-m-n-t- s-‘-t- n-w-. --------------------- siminiti se‘ati newi.
It is nine o’clock. ዘ-ኝ ሰ-- --። ዘ__ ሰ__ ነ__ ዘ-ኝ ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ነው። 0
ze----y- se-a-i -ewi. z_______ s_____ n____ z-t-e-y- s-‘-t- n-w-. --------------------- zet’enyi se‘ati newi.
It is ten o’clock. አስር ሰ-- -ው። አ__ ሰ__ ነ__ አ-ር ሰ-ት ነ-። ----------- አስር ሰዓት ነው። 0
ās-r- se-at- n--i. ā____ s_____ n____ ā-i-i s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------ āsiri se‘ati newi.
It is eleven o’clock. አ-ራ -----ዓ- ነው። አ__ አ__ ሰ__ ነ__ አ-ራ አ-ድ ሰ-ት ነ-። --------------- አስራ አንድ ሰዓት ነው። 0
ās-r---nid- ---a-i new-. ā____ ā____ s_____ n____ ā-i-a ā-i-i s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------------ āsira ānidi se‘ati newi.
It is twelve o’clock. አስ----ት-ሰ-- ነው። አ__ ሁ__ ሰ__ ነ__ አ-ራ ሁ-ት ሰ-ት ነ-። --------------- አስራ ሁለት ሰዓት ነው። 0
ās-r--hule---se‘a-i ne--. ā____ h_____ s_____ n____ ā-i-a h-l-t- s-‘-t- n-w-. ------------------------- āsira huleti se‘ati newi.
A minute has sixty seconds. አ-ድ-ደቂቃ --ሳ ሰከ----አሉ-። አ__ ደ__ ስ__ ሰ____ አ___ አ-ድ ደ-ቃ ስ-ሳ ሰ-ን-ች አ-ት- ---------------------- አንድ ደቂቃ ስልሳ ሰከንዶች አሉት። 0
ān-di-d-k’---a-s-l-sa--ek--id-chi--luti. ā____ d_______ s_____ s__________ ā_____ ā-i-i d-k-ī-’- s-l-s- s-k-n-d-c-i ā-u-i- ---------------------------------------- ānidi dek’īk’a silisa sekenidochi āluti.
An hour has sixty minutes. አ-- ሰ-ት --ሳ -ቂቃ-ች-አሉ-። አ__ ሰ__ ስ__ ደ____ አ___ አ-ድ ሰ-ት ስ-ሳ ደ-ቃ-ች አ-ት- ---------------------- አንድ ሰዓት ስልሳ ደቂቃዎች አሉት። 0
ān--i -e---- si---a-d-k--k’-----i-ā---i. ā____ s_____ s_____ d____________ ā_____ ā-i-i s-‘-t- s-l-s- d-k-ī-’-w-c-i ā-u-i- ---------------------------------------- ānidi se‘ati silisa dek’īk’awochi āluti.
A day has twenty-four hours. አንድ----ሃያ-አራ--ሰ-ቶች-አሉት። አ__ ቀ_ ሃ_ አ__ ሰ___ አ___ አ-ድ ቀ- ሃ- አ-ት ሰ-ቶ- አ-ት- ----------------------- አንድ ቀን ሃያ አራት ሰዓቶች አሉት። 0
ā--d------- ha-- -r-t- se--to-hi āluti. ā____ k____ h___ ā____ s________ ā_____ ā-i-i k-e-i h-y- ā-a-i s-‘-t-c-i ā-u-i- --------------------------------------- ānidi k’eni haya ārati se‘atochi āluti.

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