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en The time   »   ti ሰዓታት

8 [eight]

The time

The time

8 [ሸሞንተ]

8 [shemonite]

ሰዓታት

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Excuse me! ይ-ሬ- ! ይ___ ! ይ-ሬ- ! ------ ይቕሬታ ! 0
yi----rē---! y________ ! y-k-’-r-t- ! ------------ yiḵ’irēta !
What time is it, please? ሰዓ--ክንደይ ኣሎ፣ብጃ-ም-? ሰ__ ክ___ ኣ______ ? ሰ-ት ክ-ደ- ኣ-፣-ጃ-ም ? ------------------ ሰዓት ክንደይ ኣሎ፣ብጃኹም ? 0
se‘at--k-ni-e-- -lo፣-ij--̱-m- ? s_____ k_______ a___________ ? s-‘-t- k-n-d-y- a-o-b-j-h-u-i ? ------------------------------- se‘ati kinideyi alo፣bijaẖumi ?
Thank you very much. ብጣዕ--የ-----። ብ___ የ______ ብ-ዕ- የ-ን-ለ-። ------------ ብጣዕሚ የቐንዩለይ። 0
b-t-a-imī -e-̱---i----y-። b________ y_____________ b-t-a-i-ī y-k-’-n-y-l-y-። ------------------------- bit’a‘imī yeḵ’eniyuleyi።
It is one o’clock. ሰ-- -ደ-ኣ-። ሰ__ ሓ_ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ሓ- ኣ-። ---------- ሰዓት ሓደ ኣሎ። 0
s-‘--i h--d- -l-። s_____ ḥ___ a___ s-‘-t- h-a-e a-o- ----------------- se‘ati ḥade alo።
It is two o’clock. ሰዓት -ል- -ሎ። ሰ__ ክ__ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ክ-ተ ኣ-። ----------- ሰዓት ክልተ ኣሎ። 0
s--ati ki--te -l-። s_____ k_____ a___ s-‘-t- k-l-t- a-o- ------------------ se‘ati kilite alo።
It is three o’clock. ሰ-- --ስ--ኣ-። ሰ__ ሰ___ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ሰ-ስ- ኣ-። ------------ ሰዓት ሰለስተ ኣሎ። 0
s-‘ati-s-l-si-- --o። s_____ s_______ a___ s-‘-t- s-l-s-t- a-o- -------------------- se‘ati selesite alo።
It is four o’clock. ሰዓት --ባዕተ-ኣሎ። ሰ__ ኣ____ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ኣ-ባ-ተ ኣ-። ------------- ሰዓት ኣርባዕተ ኣሎ። 0
se‘ati a--b---t-----። s_____ a________ a___ s-‘-t- a-i-a-i-e a-o- --------------------- se‘ati ariba‘ite alo።
It is five o’clock. ሰዓ---ሙ---ኣ-። ሰ__ ሓ___ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ሓ-ሽ- ኣ-። ------------ ሰዓት ሓሙሽተ ኣሎ። 0
s----i-h-amu-h----a--። s_____ ḥ________ a___ s-‘-t- h-a-u-h-t- a-o- ---------------------- se‘ati ḥamushite alo።
It is six o’clock. ሰዓ------ ኣ-። ሰ__ ሽ___ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ሽ-ሽ- ኣ-። ------------ ሰዓት ሽዱሽተ ኣሎ። 0
se‘a-- shid-shi-- a-o። s_____ s_________ a___ s-‘-t- s-i-u-h-t- a-o- ---------------------- se‘ati shidushite alo።
It is seven o’clock. ሰዓ---ው-ተ---። ሰ__ ሸ___ እ__ ሰ-ት ሸ-ዓ- እ-። ------------ ሰዓት ሸውዓተ እዩ። 0
s----i sh-w-‘ate-iyu። s_____ s________ i___ s-‘-t- s-e-i-a-e i-u- --------------------- se‘ati shewi‘ate iyu።
It is eight o’clock. ሰዓት--ሞን--ኣሎ። ሰ__ ሸ___ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ሸ-ን- ኣ-። ------------ ሰዓት ሸሞንተ ኣሎ። 0
s-‘-t--s--m-n-----l-። s_____ s________ a___ s-‘-t- s-e-o-i-e a-o- --------------------- se‘ati shemonite alo።
It is nine o’clock. ሰ-ት ት-ዓተ-ኣ-። ሰ__ ት___ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ት-ዓ- ኣ-። ------------ ሰዓት ትሽዓተ ኣሎ። 0
se--ti-tis-------al-። s_____ t________ a___ s-‘-t- t-s-i-a-e a-o- --------------------- se‘ati tishi‘ate alo።
It is ten o’clock. ሰ-ት-ዓ-ር---ሎ። ሰ__ ዓ___ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ዓ-ር- ኣ-። ------------ ሰዓት ዓሰርተ ኣሎ። 0
s-‘a-i ‘a-e-i-- al-። s_____ ‘_______ a___ s-‘-t- ‘-s-r-t- a-o- -------------------- se‘ati ‘aserite alo።
It is eleven o’clock. ሰዓት----ተ----ኣ-። ሰ__ ዓ______ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ዓ-ር---ደ ኣ-። --------------- ሰዓት ዓሰርተ-ሓደ ኣሎ። 0
s-‘ati ‘a--r-te-h-ad- ---። s_____ ‘____________ a___ s-‘-t- ‘-s-r-t---̣-d- a-o- -------------------------- se‘ati ‘aserite-ḥade alo።
It is twelve o’clock. ሰ-ት-ዓ-ር-ክ---ኣ-። ሰ__ ዓ______ ኣ__ ሰ-ት ዓ-ር-ክ-ተ ኣ-። --------------- ሰዓት ዓሰርተክልተ ኣሎ። 0
se-at- -a--r-tekil--e al-። s_____ ‘_____________ a___ s-‘-t- ‘-s-r-t-k-l-t- a-o- -------------------------- se‘ati ‘aseritekilite alo።
A minute has sixty seconds. ሓ- --- -ሳ ካል-ት ---። ሓ_ ደ__ ሱ_ ካ___ ኣ___ ሓ- ደ-ቕ ሱ- ካ-ኢ- ኣ-ዎ- ------------------- ሓደ ደቒቕ ሱሳ ካልኢት ኣለዎ። 0
h--de dek-’---’- ------a--’-ti----wo። ḥ___ d_______ s___ k_______ a_____ h-a-e d-k-’-k-’- s-s- k-l-’-t- a-e-o- ------------------------------------- ḥade deḵ’īḵ’i susa kali’īti alewo።
An hour has sixty minutes. ሓደ-----ሱሳ---ይ---ለ-። ሓ_ ሰ__ ሱ_ ደ___ ኣ___ ሓ- ሰ-ት ሱ- ደ-ይ- ኣ-ዎ- ------------------- ሓደ ሰዓት ሱሳ ደቓይቕ ኣለዎ። 0
ḥ-d----‘--i sus--dek--ayik-’i---ewo። ḥ___ s_____ s___ d_________ a_____ h-a-e s-‘-t- s-s- d-k-’-y-k-’- a-e-o- ------------------------------------- ḥade se‘ati susa deḵ’ayiḵ’i alewo።
A day has twenty-four hours. ሓደ-መዓል---ስ---ርባዕተ ---ት -ለዎ። ሓ_ መ___ ዕ________ ሰ___ ኣ___ ሓ- መ-ል- ዕ-ራ-ኣ-ባ-ተ ሰ-ታ- ኣ-ዎ- --------------------------- ሓደ መዓልቲ ዕስራንኣርባዕተ ሰዓታት ኣለዎ። 0
h-----m-‘a-itī-‘i-i--ni---i---it- -e--t-t- a-ewo። ḥ___ m_______ ‘_________________ s_______ a_____ h-a-e m-‘-l-t- ‘-s-r-n-’-r-b-‘-t- s-‘-t-t- a-e-o- ------------------------------------------------- ḥade me‘alitī ‘isirani’ariba‘ite se‘atati alewo።

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