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What does Martha do? ማ-----ታ- -- ትገብ-? ማ__ እ___ ድ_ ት____ ማ-ታ እ-ታ- ድ- ት-ብ-? ----------------- ማርታ እንታይ ድያ ትገብር? 0
mar--- ini---- -i-- tige----? m_____ i______ d___ t________ m-r-t- i-i-a-i d-y- t-g-b-r-? ----------------------------- marita initayi diya tigebiri?
She works at an office. ኣ--ቤ----ፈት-እያ-----። ኣ_ ቤ______ እ_ ት____ ኣ- ቤ---ሕ-ት እ- ት-ር-። ------------------- ኣብ ቤት-ጽሕፈት እያ ትሰርሕ። 0
abi b-----s-ih---eti iya--i-e-----። a__ b______________ i__ t________ a-i b-t---s-i-̣-f-t- i-a t-s-r-h-i- ----------------------------------- abi bēti-ts’iḥifeti iya tiseriḥi።
She works on the computer. ኣ--ኮ-ፒተር-እያ-ትሰ--። ኣ_ ኮ____ እ_ ት____ ኣ- ኮ-ፒ-ር እ- ት-ር-። ----------------- ኣብ ኮምፒተር እያ ትሰርሕ። 0
a-i ---ip---r------tise--ḥi። a__ k_________ i__ t________ a-i k-m-p-t-r- i-a t-s-r-h-i- ----------------------------- abi komipīteri iya tiseriḥi።
Where is Martha? ማ---ኣ-----? ማ__ ኣ__ ኣ__ ማ-ታ ኣ-ይ ኣ-? ----------- ማርታ ኣበይ ኣላ? 0
m----a-a-ey- ---? m_____ a____ a___ m-r-t- a-e-i a-a- ----------------- marita abeyi ala?
At the cinema. ኣብ--ነማ። ኣ_ ሲ___ ኣ- ሲ-ማ- ------- ኣብ ሲነማ። 0
ab----nema። a__ s______ a-i s-n-m-። ----------- abi sīnema።
She is watching a film. ንሳ ---ፊ-- ትርኢ --። ን_ ሓ_ ፊ__ ት__ ኣ__ ን- ሓ- ፊ-ም ት-ኢ ኣ-። ----------------- ንሳ ሓደ ፊልም ትርኢ ኣላ። 0
n-s----ade f--i-i-tir-’--ala። n___ ḥ___ f_____ t_____ a___ n-s- h-a-e f-l-m- t-r-’- a-a- ----------------------------- nisa ḥade fīlimi tiri’ī ala።
What does Peter do? ጰጥሮስ -ንታ- -- ዝ--ር? ጰ___ እ___ ድ_ ዝ____ ጰ-ሮ- እ-ታ- ድ- ዝ-ብ-? ------------------ ጰጥሮስ እንታይ ድዩ ዝገብር? 0
p---’i--s- ------i----u z------i? p_________ i______ d___ z________ p-e-’-r-s- i-i-a-i d-y- z-g-b-r-? --------------------------------- p’et’irosi initayi diyu zigebiri?
He studies at the university. ንሱ -ብ-ዩኒ-ርስቲ -መሃር። ን_ ኣ_ ዩ_____ ይ____ ን- ኣ- ዩ-ቨ-ስ- ይ-ሃ-። ------------------ ንሱ ኣብ ዩኒቨርስቲ ይመሃር። 0
ni-- a-i-yunī-e--s--ī-y--e-ar-። n___ a__ y___________ y________ n-s- a-i y-n-v-r-s-t- y-m-h-r-። ------------------------------- nisu abi yunīverisitī yimehari።
He studies languages. ን--ቋ---- --ሃ---ሎ። ን_ ቋ____ ይ___ ኣ__ ን- ቋ-ቋ-ት ይ-ሃ- ኣ-። ----------------- ንሱ ቋንቋታት ይመሃር ኣሎ። 0
ni-u k’-ani-’--tati yime---i--l-። n___ k_____________ y_______ a___ n-s- k-w-n-k-w-t-t- y-m-h-r- a-o- --------------------------------- nisu k’wanik’watati yimehari alo።
Where is Peter? ጰ-ሮስ ----ድዩ--ሎ? ጰ___ ኣ__ ድ_ ዘ__ ጰ-ሮ- ኣ-ይ ድ- ዘ-? --------------- ጰጥሮስ ኣበይ ድዩ ዘሎ? 0
p-e-’irosi-a-eyi-d--u zel-? p_________ a____ d___ z____ p-e-’-r-s- a-e-i d-y- z-l-? --------------------------- p’et’irosi abeyi diyu zelo?
At the café. ኣ- -ን- ሻሂ። ኣ_ እ__ ሻ__ ኣ- እ-ዳ ሻ-። ---------- ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ። 0
a---ini-a-----ī። a__ i____ s_____ a-i i-i-a s-a-ī- ---------------- abi inida shahī።
He is drinking coffee. ን- -- ይ---ኣ-። ን_ ቡ_ ይ__ ኣ__ ን- ቡ- ይ-ቲ ኣ-። ------------- ንሱ ቡን ይሰቲ ኣሎ። 0
n-s- -uni----et- alo። n___ b___ y_____ a___ n-s- b-n- y-s-t- a-o- --------------------- nisu buni yisetī alo።
Where do they like to go? ና------ ዝያ- ዝኸ-? ና__ ድ__ ዝ__ ዝ___ ና-ይ ድ-ም ዝ-ዳ ዝ-ዱ- ---------------- ናበይ ድዮም ዝያዳ ዝኸዱ? 0
n-beyi -i--m---iyada-----e-u? n_____ d_____ z_____ z______ n-b-y- d-y-m- z-y-d- z-h-e-u- ----------------------------- nabeyi diyomi ziyada ziẖedu?
To a concert. ናብ-ኮ----። ና_ ኮ_____ ና- ኮ-ሰ-ት- --------- ናብ ኮንሰርት። 0
n-bi -on-ser-ti። n___ k__________ n-b- k-n-s-r-t-። ---------------- nabi koniseriti።
They like to listen to music. ሙዚ---ስ-- ---ይ-ሎም ። ሙ__ ም___ ደ_ ይ___ ። ሙ-ቃ ም-ማ- ደ- ይ-ሎ- ። ------------------ ሙዚቃ ምስማዕ ደስ ይብሎም ። 0
mu-īk-- ----m--i --si -i-i-o-i ። m______ m_______ d___ y_______ ። m-z-k-a m-s-m-‘- d-s- y-b-l-m- ። -------------------------------- muzīk’a misima‘i desi yibilomi ።
Where do they not like to go? ና-- ኢ-- ብብ-ሒ --ከዱ? ና__ ኢ__ ብ___ ዘ____ ና-ይ ኢ-ም ብ-ዝ- ዘ-ከ-? ------------------ ናበይ ኢዮም ብብዝሒ ዘይከዱ? 0
n-be---īy--i -ib---------yike-u? n_____ ī____ b_______ z________ n-b-y- ī-o-i b-b-z-h-ī z-y-k-d-? -------------------------------- nabeyi īyomi bibiziḥī zeyikedu?
To the disco. ና-----። ና_ ዲ___ ና- ዲ-ኮ- ------- ናብ ዲስኮ። 0
nabi dī---o። n___ d______ n-b- d-s-k-። ------------ nabi dīsiko።
They do not like to dance. ን--ም ክስዕ-ዑ -ይ-ል-ን። ን___ ክ____ ኣ______ ን-ቶ- ክ-ዕ-ዑ ኣ-ደ-ዩ-። ------------------ ንሳቶም ክስዕስዑ ኣይደልዩን። 0
n-s-tom----s-----‘- ayi----yu-i። n_______ k_________ a___________ n-s-t-m- k-s-‘-s-‘- a-i-e-i-u-i- -------------------------------- nisatomi kisi‘isi‘u ayideliyuni።

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