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21 [twenty-one]

Small Talk 2

Small Talk 2

21 [ዕስራንሓደን]

21 [‘isiraniḥadeni]

ንዕሽቶ ዝርርብ 2

[ni‘ishito ziriribi 2]

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Where do you come from? ካበ- --ም-መጺ-ኩ-? ካ__ ኢ__ መ_____ ካ-ይ ኢ-ም መ-እ-ም- -------------- ካበይ ኢኹም መጺእኩም? 0
k-be-i-īẖum- m-ts-----u--? k_____ ī____ m____________ k-b-y- ī-̱-m- m-t-’-’-k-m-? --------------------------- kabeyi īẖumi mets’ī’ikumi?
From Basel. ካ- ---። ካ_ ባ___ ካ- ባ-ል- ------- ካብ ባሰል። 0
ka-- -as---። k___ b______ k-b- b-s-l-። ------------ kabi baseli።
Basel is in Switzerland. ባሰ- ኣ- -ዊዘ--ን- ኢ--ት-ከ- ። ባ__ ኣ_ ስ______ ኢ_ ት___ ። ባ-ል ኣ- ስ-ዘ-ላ-ድ ኢ- ት-ከ- ። ------------------------ ባሰል ኣብ ስዊዘርላንድ ኢያ ትርከብ ። 0
ba---i abi-s----e-ilani------ --r-keb- ። b_____ a__ s_____________ ī__ t_______ ። b-s-l- a-i s-w-z-r-l-n-d- ī-a t-r-k-b- ። ---------------------------------------- baseli abi siwīzerilanidi īya tirikebi ።
May I introduce Mr. Miller? ም- -ቶ ሙ-- - -ላ-የኩ-? ም_ ኣ_ ሙ__ ዶ ከ______ ም- ኣ- ሙ-ር ዶ ከ-ል-ኩ-? ------------------- ምስ ኣቶ ሙለር ዶ ከላልየኩም? 0
mi-i---o-muler- d- ke---i-e---i? m___ a__ m_____ d_ k____________ m-s- a-o m-l-r- d- k-l-l-y-k-m-? -------------------------------- misi ato muleri do kelaliyekumi?
He is a foreigner. ንሱ-ወ-እ-ኛ---። ን_ ወ____ እ__ ን- ወ-እ-ኛ እ-። ------------ ንሱ ወጻእተኛ እዩ። 0
n--u-----’a---e-y-----። n___ w____________ i___ n-s- w-t-’-’-t-n-a i-u- ----------------------- nisu wets’a’itenya iyu።
He speaks several languages. ን----ሓት -ንቋታ--ይ-ረብ። ን_ ብ___ ቋ____ ይ____ ን- ብ-ሓ- ቋ-ቋ-ት ይ-ረ-። ------------------- ንሱ ብዙሓት ቋንቋታት ይዛረብ። 0
n--u b-z-h--ti-k-wani--w---ti yiza---i። n___ b_______ k_____________ y________ n-s- b-z-h-a-i k-w-n-k-w-t-t- y-z-r-b-። --------------------------------------- nisu bizuḥati k’wanik’watati yizarebi።
Are you here for the first time? ን-ዳ----- ----ኣ-ዚ -ለ-ም? ን____ ግ_ ዲ__ ኣ__ ዘ____ ን-ዳ-ይ ግ- ዲ-ም ኣ-ዚ ዘ-ኹ-? ---------------------- ንቀዳማይ ግዜ ዲኹም ኣብዚ ዘለኹም? 0
ni------a-i -i-ē -ī---m- ----ī-ze----um-? n__________ g___ d_____ a____ z________ n-k-e-a-a-i g-z- d-h-u-i a-i-ī z-l-h-u-i- ----------------------------------------- nik’edamayi gizē dīẖumi abizī zeleẖumi?
No, I was here once last year. ኣይኮ-ኩ-፣ ---- ዓ-ት---ዚ --። ኣ______ ዝ___ ዓ__ ኣ__ ኔ__ ኣ-ኮ-ኩ-፣ ዝ-ላ- ዓ-ት ኣ-ዚ ኔ-። ------------------------ ኣይኮንኩን፣ ዝሓላፈ ዓመት ኣብዚ ኔረ። 0
ay-k--ik-------ḥala-- --m--i--b--ī n-r-። a___________ z_______ ‘_____ a____ n____ a-i-o-i-u-i- z-h-a-a-e ‘-m-t- a-i-ī n-r-። ----------------------------------------- ayikonikuni፣ ziḥalafe ‘ameti abizī nēre።
Only for a week, though. ግ- -ሓ----- -ራይ። ግ_ ን__ ሰ__ ጥ___ ግ- ን-ደ ሰ-ን ጥ-ይ- --------------- ግን ንሓደ ሰሙን ጥራይ። 0
g--i niḥ--e -e-uni -’-ra--። g___ n_____ s_____ t_______ g-n- n-h-a-e s-m-n- t-i-a-i- ---------------------------- gini niḥade semuni t’irayi።
How do you like it here? ከ-ይ ደ--ኢ--ም--? ከ__ ደ_ ኢ___ ዶ_ ከ-ይ ደ- ኢ-ኩ- ዶ- -------------- ከመይ ደስ ኢልኩም ዶ? 0
ke--yi de-i ī--kum--do? k_____ d___ ī______ d__ k-m-y- d-s- ī-i-u-i d-? ----------------------- kemeyi desi īlikumi do?
A lot. The people are nice. ኣ-- ---- እ----ባ- ብሩ-- -ሮ-። ኣ__ ጽ___ እ__ ሰ__ ብ___ ኔ___ ኣ-ዩ ጽ-ቕ- እ-ም ሰ-ት ብ-ኻ- ኔ-ም- -------------------------- ኣዝዩ ጽቡቕ። እቶም ሰባት ብሩኻት ኔሮም። 0
a-iy- ---ibu-̱-i። ---m- sebat- b--uẖati-nēro--። a____ t_________ i____ s_____ b_______ n______ a-i-u t-’-b-k-’-። i-o-i s-b-t- b-r-h-a-i n-r-m-። ------------------------------------------------ aziyu ts’ibuḵ’i። itomi sebati biruẖati nēromi።
And I like the scenery, too. ቅ------‘-- -ስ--ብ-ኒ። ቅ_________ ደ_ ይ____ ቅ-ጸ-መ-ት-ው- ደ- ይ-ለ-። ------------------- ቅርጸ-መሬት‘ውን ደስ ይብለኒ። 0
k’ir--s’e-m-r--i‘w-n-----i-y-----n-። k____________________ d___ y________ k-i-i-s-e-m-r-t-‘-i-i d-s- y-b-l-n-። ------------------------------------ k’irits’e-merēti‘wini desi yibilenī።
What is your profession? እን-- --ሞ--ም? እ___ ዩ ሞ____ እ-ታ- ዩ ሞ-ኹ-? ------------ እንታይ ዩ ሞያኹም? 0
i----y- -u mo-ah-u--? i______ y_ m________ i-i-a-i y- m-y-h-u-i- --------------------- initayi yu moyaẖumi?
I am a translator. ኣ- -ርጓ-ይ---። ኣ_ ተ____ እ__ ኣ- ተ-ጓ-ይ እ-። ------------ ኣነ ተርጓማይ እየ። 0
a-e t---g--ma-i---e። a__ t__________ i___ a-e t-r-g-a-a-i i-e- -------------------- ane terigwamayi iye።
I translate books. ኣ- -ጽሓ-ቲ -ተ--ም --። ኣ_ መ____ የ____ እ__ ኣ- መ-ሓ-ቲ የ-ር-ም እ-። ------------------ ኣነ መጽሓፍቲ የተርጉም እየ። 0
an- m--s’i-̣--itī---te-----i---e። a__ m___________ y_________ i___ a-e m-t-’-h-a-i-ī y-t-r-g-m- i-e- --------------------------------- ane mets’iḥafitī yeterigumi iye።
Are you alone here? ኣብዚ--ይ--ም-ኣሎኹም ዶ? ኣ__ በ____ ኣ___ ዶ_ ኣ-ዚ በ-ን-ም ኣ-ኹ- ዶ- ----------------- ኣብዚ በይንኹም ኣሎኹም ዶ? 0
a--zī be--nih-umi ------mi --? a____ b_________ a______ d__ a-i-ī b-y-n-h-u-i a-o-̱-m- d-? ------------------------------ abizī beyiniẖumi aloẖumi do?
No, my wife / my husband is also here. ኣይኮ---- ሰበ-ተ--ሰ--የይ-እ-ን-ኣ-- --/--። ኣ______ ሰ__________ እ__ ኣ__ ኣ_____ ኣ-ኮ-ኩ-፣ ሰ-ይ-ይ-ሰ-ኣ-ይ እ-ን ኣ-ዚ ኣ-/-ሎ- ---------------------------------- ኣይኮንኩን፣ ሰበይተይ/ሰብኣየይ እውን ኣብዚ ኣላ/ኣሎ። 0
a-i-o-i-uni--sebeyi--y-/-e--’a--yi----n- a---ī-a-a-al-። a___________ s____________________ i____ a____ a_______ a-i-o-i-u-i- s-b-y-t-y-/-e-i-a-e-i i-i-i a-i-ī a-a-a-o- ------------------------------------------------------- ayikonikuni፣ sebeyiteyi/sebi’ayeyi iwini abizī ala/alo።
And those are my two children. ከም--ው----- ደ----ብኡ ኣ-ው። ከ_____ ክ__ ደ__ ኣ__ ኣ___ ከ-ኡ-ው- ክ-ተ ደ-ይ ኣ-ኡ ኣ-ው- ----------------------- ከምኡ‘ውን ክልተ ደቀይ ኣብኡ ኣለው። 0
ke-i---w-ni ---ite -ek-eyi----’---le-i። k__________ k_____ d______ a____ a_____ k-m-’-‘-i-i k-l-t- d-k-e-i a-i-u a-e-i- --------------------------------------- kemi’u‘wini kilite dek’eyi abi’u alewi።

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