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68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [ስልሳ ስምንት]

68 [silisa siminiti]

ትልቅ ትንሽ

[tilik’i – tinishi]

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big and small ት----ና--ንሽ ት__ እ_ ት__ ት-ቅ እ- ት-ሽ ---------- ትልቅ እና ትንሽ 0
t-l-k’----- ---is-i t______ i__ t______ t-l-k-i i-a t-n-s-i ------------------- tilik’i ina tinishi
The elephant is big. ዝ-ን ት-ቅ -ው ዝ__ ት__ ነ_ ዝ-ን ት-ቅ ነ- ---------- ዝሆን ትልቅ ነው 0
z------t--i-----ewi z_____ t______ n___ z-h-n- t-l-k-i n-w- ------------------- zihoni tilik’i newi
The mouse is small. አይ- --ሽ -ት አ__ ት__ ና_ አ-ጥ ት-ሽ ና- ---------- አይጥ ትንሽ ናት 0
ā-it’- t-n--h--na-i ā_____ t______ n___ ā-i-’- t-n-s-i n-t- ------------------- āyit’i tinishi nati
dark and bright ጨለ- እና -ርሃን ጨ__ እ_ ብ___ ጨ-ማ እ- ብ-ሃ- ----------- ጨለማ እና ብርሃን 0
c-’el-m---n-------ani c_______ i__ b_______ c-’-l-m- i-a b-r-h-n- --------------------- ch’elema ina birihani
The night is dark. ለሊት---- -ው። ለ__ ጨ__ ነ__ ለ-ት ጨ-ማ ነ-። ----------- ለሊት ጨለማ ነው። 0
l-l-t----’--ema ---i. l_____ c_______ n____ l-l-t- c-’-l-m- n-w-. --------------------- lelīti ch’elema newi.
The day is bright. ቀን ብር-ን--ው። ቀ_ ብ___ ነ__ ቀ- ብ-ሃ- ነ-። ----------- ቀን ብርሃን ነው። 0
k’en----ri-a-- ----. k____ b_______ n____ k-e-i b-r-h-n- n-w-. -------------------- k’eni birihani newi.
old and young ሽማግ- እ- -ጣት ሽ___ እ_ ወ__ ሽ-ግ- እ- ወ-ት ----------- ሽማግሌ እና ወጣት 0
shi--g-lē-in- -et’a-i s________ i__ w______ s-i-a-i-ē i-a w-t-a-i --------------------- shimagilē ina wet’ati
Our grandfather is very old. የ-- ወ-ድ አ----ጣ- --ግሌ-ነው። የ__ ወ__ አ__ በ__ ሽ___ ነ__ የ-ኛ ወ-ድ አ-ት በ-ም ሽ-ግ- ነ-። ------------------------ የእኛ ወንድ አያት በጣም ሽማግሌ ነው። 0
ye--n-- -e--di---a-i-----a-i -hi--gi---newi- | y______ w_____ ā____ b______ s________ n____ | y-’-n-a w-n-d- ā-a-i b-t-a-i s-i-a-i-ē n-w-. | ---------------------------------------------- ye’inya wenidi āyati bet’ami shimagilē newi. |
70 years ago he was still young. ከ--0-አመት--ፊት--- ወ-ት ነበ-። ከ 7_ አ__ በ__ እ_ ወ__ ነ___ ከ 7- አ-ት በ-ት እ- ወ-ት ነ-ረ- ------------------------ ከ 70 አመት በፊት እሱ ወጣት ነበረ። 0
ke ---āme-- ----t--isu-we-’-ti-ne--re. k_ 7_ ā____ b_____ i__ w______ n______ k- 7- ā-e-i b-f-t- i-u w-t-a-i n-b-r-. -------------------------------------- ke 70 āmeti befīti isu wet’ati nebere.
beautiful and ugly ውብ--ና -ስቀ-ሚ ው_ እ_ አ____ ው- እ- አ-ቀ-ሚ ----------- ውብ እና አስቀያሚ 0
wibi--na āsik’ey-mī w___ i__ ā_________ w-b- i-a ā-i-’-y-m- ------------------- wibi ina āsik’eyamī
The butterfly is beautiful. ቢራ-ሮ --ጆ -ው። ቢ___ ቆ__ ነ__ ቢ-ቢ- ቆ-ጆ ነ-። ------------ ቢራቢሮ ቆንጆ ነው። 0
b--ab-ro -’onijo----i. b_______ k______ n____ b-r-b-r- k-o-i-o n-w-. ---------------------- bīrabīro k’onijo newi.
The spider is ugly. ሸ-----ስ--ሚ-ና-። ሸ___ አ____ ና__ ሸ-ሪ- አ-ቀ-ሚ ና-። -------------- ሸረሪት አስቀያሚ ናት። 0
s-e-erī---------yamī----i. s________ ā_________ n____ s-e-e-ī-i ā-i-’-y-m- n-t-. -------------------------- shererīti āsik’eyamī nati.
fat and thin ወፍራም -ና --ን ወ___ እ_ ቀ__ ወ-ራ- እ- ቀ-ን ----------- ወፍራም እና ቀጭን 0
w---ra-i--n- -’ech’-ni w_______ i__ k________ w-f-r-m- i-a k-e-h-i-i ---------------------- wefirami ina k’ech’ini
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. መቶ-ኪ- የምት--- -ት--ፍ---ና-። መ_ ኪ_ የ_____ ሴ_ ወ___ ና__ መ- ኪ- የ-ት-ዝ- ሴ- ወ-ራ- ና-። ------------------------ መቶ ኪሎ የምትመዝን ሴት ወፍራም ናት። 0
m--o --lo y--iti--z--i sēti----ir-mi-n-t-. m___ k___ y___________ s___ w_______ n____ m-t- k-l- y-m-t-m-z-n- s-t- w-f-r-m- n-t-. ------------------------------------------ meto kīlo yemitimezini sēti wefirami nati.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. ሃ---ኪ--የሚ-ዝን-ወንድ--ጫጫ -ው። ሃ__ ኪ_ የ____ ወ__ ቀ__ ነ__ ሃ-ሳ ኪ- የ-መ-ን ወ-ድ ቀ-ጫ ነ-። ------------------------ ሃምሳ ኪሎ የሚመዝን ወንድ ቀጫጫ ነው። 0
h---s- -īlo----īm--i-i----i-i----c-’--h’- ne-i. h_____ k___ y_________ w_____ k__________ n____ h-m-s- k-l- y-m-m-z-n- w-n-d- k-e-h-a-h-a n-w-. ----------------------------------------------- hamisa kīlo yemīmezini wenidi k’ech’ach’a newi.
expensive and cheap ውድ -- -ር-ሽ ው_ እ_ እ___ ው- እ- እ-ካ- ---------- ውድ እና እርካሽ 0
wid---na iri---hi w___ i__ i_______ w-d- i-a i-i-a-h- ----------------- widi ina irikashi
The car is expensive. መ--ው--ድ---። መ___ ው_ ነ__ መ-ና- ው- ነ-። ----------- መኪናው ውድ ነው። 0
m--ī--w- w--- new-. m_______ w___ n____ m-k-n-w- w-d- n-w-. ------------------- mekīnawi widi newi.
The newspaper is cheap. ጋ-ጣ--እር-ሽ ነ- ። ጋ___ እ___ ነ_ ። ጋ-ጣ- እ-ካ- ነ- ። -------------- ጋዜጣው እርካሽ ነው ። 0
gaz---a-- -rik-s-i-n--i-. g________ i_______ n___ . g-z-t-a-i i-i-a-h- n-w- . ------------------------- gazēt’awi irikashi newi .

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Code-switching

More and more people are growing up bilingual. They can speak more than one language. Many of these people often switch languages. They decide which language to use depending on the situation. For example, they speak a different language at work than at home. By doing so, they adapt themselves to their environment. But there is also the possibility of switching languages spontaneously. This phenomenon is called code-switching . In code-switching, the language gets switched in the middle of speaking. There could be many reasons why speakers switch languages. Often, they don't find the appropriate word in one language. They can express themselves better in the other language. It can also be that the speaker feels more confident in one of the languages. They use this language for private or personal things. Sometimes a certain word doesn't exist in a language. In this case the speaker must switch languages. Or they switch languages so that they aren't understood. In that case code-switching works like a secret language. Earlier, mixing languages was criticized. It was thought that the speaker couldn't speak either language correctly. Today it is viewed differently. Code-switching is recognized as a special linguistic competence. It can be interesting to observe speakers using code-switching. Often, they don't just switch the language they're speaking. Other communicative elements change as well. Many speak faster, louder or more accentuated in the other language. Or they suddenly use more gestures and facial expressions. In this way, code-switching is always a little bit of culture-switching too…