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en At the restaurant 2   »   ti ቤት መግቢ 2

30 [thirty]

At the restaurant 2

At the restaurant 2

30 [ሳላሳ]

30 [salasa]

ቤት መግቢ 2

[bēti megibī 2]

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An apple juice, please. ሓ---ጽ-ቕ-ቱ-ሕ-በጃ-ም። ሓ__ ጽ______ በ____ ሓ-ቲ ጽ-ቕ-ቱ-ሕ በ-ኹ-። ----------------- ሓንቲ ጽማቕ-ቱፋሕ በጃኹም። 0
h-an-t--t-’ima-̱-i--ufaḥi-be-a-----። ḥ_____ t_______________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’---u-a-̣- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi።
A lemonade, please. ሓንቲ-ለሞናደ--ጃ-ም። ሓ__ ለ___ በ____ ሓ-ቲ ለ-ና- በ-ኹ-። -------------- ሓንቲ ለሞናደ በጃኹም። 0
h-an--ī-le-o-----b-j-ẖ---። ḥ_____ l_______ b________ h-a-i-ī l-m-n-d- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------- ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi።
A tomato juice, please. ሓንቲ ጽማ------ -ጃኹም። ሓ__ ጽ_______ በ____ ሓ-ቲ ጽ-ቝ-ኮ-ደ- በ-ኹ-። ------------------ ሓንቲ ጽማቝ-ኮሚደረ በጃኹም። 0
h--n----ts’--aḵ-w--k----e-e--e-ah--mi። ḥ_____ t__________________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’-i-k-m-d-r- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi።
I’d like a glass of red wine. ሓደ -ኬሪ -ይሕ-----ደ----ይ-። ሓ_ ብ__ ቀ__ ን__ ደ__ ነ___ ሓ- ብ-ሪ ቀ-ሕ ን-ት ደ-የ ነ-ረ- ----------------------- ሓደ ብኬሪ ቀይሕ ንቢት ደልየ ነይረ። 0
ḥa-- -ikēr---’ey--̣i n--ī-i de-iye-ne----። ḥ___ b_____ k______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- k-e-i-̣- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire።
I’d like a glass of white wine. ሓ--ብ----ዕ----- --የ ነ-ረ። ሓ_ ብ__ ጻ__ ነ__ ደ__ ነ___ ሓ- ብ-ሪ ጻ-ዳ ነ-ት ደ-የ ነ-ረ- ----------------------- ሓደ ብኬሪ ጻዕዳ ነቢት ደልየ ነይረ። 0
ḥad- -ik--ī----a‘id- n-b-ti-de-iye-n----e። ḥ___ b_____ t_______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- t-’-‘-d- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire።
I’d like a bottle of champagne. ሓ- ጥርሙ----ፐይን---የ-ነይ-። ሓ_ ጥ___ ሻ____ ደ__ ነ___ ሓ- ጥ-ሙ- ሻ-ፐ-ን ደ-የ ነ-ረ- ---------------------- ሓደ ጥርሙዝ ሻምፐይን ደልየ ነይረ። 0
h---e-t’iri-uzi -h--ipeyini deli-e ---ir-። ḥ___ t________ s__________ d_____ n______ h-a-e t-i-i-u-i s-a-i-e-i-i d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------ ḥade t’irimuzi shamipeyini deliye neyire።
Do you like fish? ዓ-------ኻ? ዓ_ ት__ ዲ__ ዓ- ት-ቱ ዲ-? ---------- ዓሳ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? 0
‘as--ti--tu--ī--a? ‘___ t_____ d____ ‘-s- t-f-t- d-h-a- ------------------ ‘asa tifetu dīẖa?
Do you like beef? ስ- ብዕ-- -ፈቱ-ዲ-? ስ_ ብ___ ት__ ዲ__ ስ- ብ-ራ- ት-ቱ ዲ-? --------------- ስጋ ብዕራይ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? 0
si-a bi-i-ay- -i---u --h--? s___ b_______ t_____ d____ s-g- b-‘-r-y- t-f-t- d-h-a- --------------------------- siga bi‘irayi tifetu dīẖa?
Do you like pork? ስ--ሓሰ- ት-ቱ-ዲ-? ስ_ ሓ__ ት__ ዲ__ ስ- ሓ-ማ ት-ቱ ዲ-? -------------- ስጋ ሓሰማ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? 0
sig- -̣a--ma-ti---u-dīẖ-? s___ ḥ_____ t_____ d____ s-g- h-a-e-a t-f-t- d-h-a- -------------------------- siga ḥasema tifetu dīẖa?
I’d like something without meat. ኣነ--ለ ስጋ--ይብ- ኢ- --ሊ-። ኣ_ ገ_ ስ_ ዘ___ ኢ_ ዝ__ ። ኣ- ገ- ስ- ዘ-ብ- ኢ- ዝ-ሊ ። ---------------------- ኣነ ገለ ስጋ ዘይብሉ ኢየ ዝደሊ ። 0
an---e-- ---a----ib--u--ye zid-lī-። a__ g___ s___ z_______ ī__ z_____ ። a-e g-l- s-g- z-y-b-l- ī-e z-d-l- ። ----------------------------------- ane gele siga zeyibilu īye zidelī ።
I’d like some mixed vegetables. ሓ--ሸ-ኒ-ኣ-ጫ--ል-። ሓ_ ሸ__ ኣ__ ደ___ ሓ- ሸ-ኒ ኣ-ጫ ደ-የ- --------------- ሓደ ሸሓኒ ኣሊጫ ደልየ። 0
h--d- -h-ḥa---alīc-’a----i-e። ḥ___ s______ a______ d______ h-a-e s-e-̣-n- a-ī-h-a d-l-y-። ------------------------------ ḥade sheḥanī alīch’a deliye።
I’d like something that won’t take much time. ኣነ--ደ -ዊሕ ግዜ-ዘ-ወስ- ----ደሊ። ኣ_ ሓ_ ነ__ ግ_ ዘ____ እ_ ዝ___ ኣ- ሓ- ነ-ሕ ግ- ዘ-ወ-ድ እ- ዝ-ሊ- -------------------------- ኣነ ሓደ ነዊሕ ግዜ ዘይወስድ እየ ዝደሊ። 0
ane-h-a-e-newī--- gi-ē---y--es--i -----ide-ī። a__ ḥ___ n_____ g___ z_________ i__ z______ a-e h-a-e n-w-h-i g-z- z-y-w-s-d- i-e z-d-l-። --------------------------------------------- ane ḥade newīḥi gizē zeyiwesidi iye zidelī።
Would you like that with rice? ም- ሩ- ዲ----ሊኹሞ? ም_ ሩ_ ዲ__ ደ____ ም- ሩ- ዲ-ም ደ-ኹ-? --------------- ምስ ሩዝ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? 0
mis---uzi dī-̱-mi del-h-u-o? m___ r___ d_____ d________ m-s- r-z- d-h-u-i d-l-h-u-o- ---------------------------- misi ruzi dīẖumi delīẖumo?
Would you like that with pasta? ምስ ፓ-- ዲኹም-ደሊኹሞ? ም_ ፓ__ ዲ__ ደ____ ም- ፓ-ታ ዲ-ም ደ-ኹ-? ---------------- ምስ ፓስታ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? 0
misi-p-sita-dī-̱-----el--̱--o? m___ p_____ d_____ d________ m-s- p-s-t- d-h-u-i d-l-h-u-o- ------------------------------ misi pasita dīẖumi delīẖumo?
Would you like that with potatoes? ምስ-ድ-- -ኹ---ሊ--? ም_ ድ__ ዲ__ ደ____ ም- ድ-ሽ ዲ-ም ደ-ኹ-? ---------------- ምስ ድንሽ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? 0
mis- d---s-- -ī-̱um- -el--̱-mo? m___ d______ d_____ d________ m-s- d-n-s-i d-h-u-i d-l-h-u-o- ------------------------------- misi dinishi dīẖumi delīẖumo?
That doesn’t taste good. እዚ ን-ይ----ዓመ-ን-። እ_ ን__ ኣ______ ። እ- ን-ይ ኣ-ጥ-መ-ን ። ---------------- እዚ ንዓይ ኣይጥዓመንን ። 0
i---n--ayi -y-t----me---- ። i__ n_____ a_____________ ። i-ī n-‘-y- a-i-’-‘-m-n-n- ። --------------------------- izī ni‘ayi ayit’i‘amenini ።
The food is cold. እቲ-ምግቢ-ዝሑ- -ዩ። እ_ ም__ ዝ__ እ__ እ- ም-ቢ ዝ-ል እ-። -------------- እቲ ምግቢ ዝሑል እዩ። 0
itī-m-gi-ī -i-̣u------። i__ m_____ z_____ i___ i-ī m-g-b- z-h-u-i i-u- ----------------------- itī migibī ziḥuli iyu።
I didn’t order this. ነዚ-ኣይ--ኩ----- ። ነ_ ኣ_____ ጠ__ ። ነ- ኣ-ኮ-ኩ- ጠ-በ ። --------------- ነዚ ኣይኮንኩን ጠሊበ ። 0
nez--a---o---uni-t-e-ī-e ። n___ a__________ t______ ። n-z- a-i-o-i-u-i t-e-ī-e ። -------------------------- nezī ayikonikuni t’elībe ።

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