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81 [eighty-one]

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Past tense 1

81 [ሰማንያንሓደን]

81 [semaniyaniḥadeni]

ሕሉፍ 1

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to write ምጽ-ፍ ም___ ም-ሓ- ---- ምጽሓፍ 0
mi--’-h--fi m_________ m-t-’-h-a-i ----------- mits’iḥafi
He wrote a letter. ንሱ-ሓደ ---በ ይ--ፍ --። ን_ ሓ_ ደ___ ይ___ ኣ__ ን- ሓ- ደ-ዳ- ይ-ሕ- ኣ-። ------------------- ንሱ ሓደ ደብዳበ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ። 0
n-s- ḥa---deb------y-t-’--̣i-i -l-። n___ ḥ___ d_______ y_________ a___ n-s- h-a-e d-b-d-b- y-t-’-h-i-i a-o- ------------------------------------ nisu ḥade debidabe yits’iḥifi alo።
And she wrote a card. ንሳ‘ውን ሓደ ካርታ -ጽ-ፍ ኣ-። ን____ ሓ_ ካ__ ት___ ኣ__ ን-‘-ን ሓ- ካ-ታ ት-ሕ- ኣ-። --------------------- ንሳ‘ውን ሓደ ካርታ ትጽሕፍ ኣላ። 0
ni------i---ade-ka---a --ts’ih-i----la። n________ ḥ___ k_____ t_________ a___ n-s-‘-i-i h-a-e k-r-t- t-t-’-h-i-i a-a- --------------------------------------- nisa‘wini ḥade karita tits’iḥifi ala።
to read ኣን-በ ኣ___ ኣ-በ- ---- ኣንበበ 0
an---be a______ a-i-e-e ------- anibebe
He read a magazine. ንሱ -ደ---ስትረይ-(-ጽሔት- -ንብብ -ሩ። ን_ ሓ_ ኢ____________ የ___ ኔ__ ን- ሓ- ኢ-ስ-ረ-ት-መ-ሔ-) የ-ብ- ኔ-። ---------------------------- ንሱ ሓደ ኢሉስትረይት(መጽሔት) የንብብ ኔሩ። 0
n------a-e īlu-i--re-iti---ts--ḥ-t-) --n-b--- n-r-። n___ ḥ___ ī________________________ y_______ n____ n-s- h-a-e ī-u-i-i-e-i-i-m-t-’-h-ē-i- y-n-b-b- n-r-። ---------------------------------------------------- nisu ḥade īlusitireyiti(mets’iḥēti) yenibibi nēru።
And she read a book. ን--ከ---ደ መጽ-- --ብ- --። ን_ ከ_ ሓ_ መ___ ተ___ ኔ__ ን- ከ- ሓ- መ-ሓ- ተ-ብ- ኔ-። ---------------------- ንሳ ከኣ ሓደ መጽሓፍ ተንብብ ኔራ። 0
n----k--- -̣-d- m-t--ih-afi-te-i--b--n---። n___ k___ ḥ___ m_________ t_______ n____ n-s- k-’- h-a-e m-t-’-h-a-i t-n-b-b- n-r-። ------------------------------------------ nisa ke’a ḥade mets’iḥafi tenibibi nēra።
to take ወሰደ ወ__ ወ-ደ --- ወሰደ 0
we-ede w_____ w-s-d- ------ wesede
He took a cigarette. ንሱ -- -ጋራ----። ን_ ሓ_ ሽ__ ወ___ ን- ሓ- ሽ-ራ ወ-ዱ- -------------- ንሱ ሓደ ሽጋራ ወሲዱ። 0
n-su-h---e-----ara -esī--። n___ ḥ___ s______ w______ n-s- h-a-e s-i-a-a w-s-d-። -------------------------- nisu ḥade shigara wesīdu።
She took a piece of chocolate. ን---ደ---ጽ---ላ- ወ--። ን_ ሓ_ ቍ__ ቾ___ ወ___ ን- ሓ- ቍ-ጽ ቾ-ላ- ወ-ዳ- ------------------- ንሳ ሓደ ቍራጽ ቾኮላታ ወሲዳ። 0
ni-a--̣ade k’-ira--’- -hokola-------d-። n___ ḥ___ k_________ c________ w______ n-s- h-a-e k-w-r-t-’- c-o-o-a-a w-s-d-። --------------------------------------- nisa ḥade k’wirats’i chokolata wesīda።
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. ን--እሙ- ኣይነበረ- ፣--ሳ -ን እም-ቲ--ራ። ን_ እ__ ኣ_____ ፣ ን_ ግ_ እ___ ኔ__ ን- እ-ን ኣ-ነ-ረ- ፣ ን- ግ- እ-ን- ኔ-። ------------------------------ ንሱ እሙን ኣይነበረን ፣ ንሳ ግን እምንቲ ኔራ። 0
n-su im--i -y--eb-re-i-፣-ni-a-gin--i-i--t--n---። n___ i____ a__________ ፣ n___ g___ i______ n____ n-s- i-u-i a-i-e-e-e-i ፣ n-s- g-n- i-i-i-ī n-r-። ------------------------------------------------ nisu imuni ayinebereni ፣ nisa gini iminitī nēra።
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. ንሱ-ህ-ይ --፣ ----- ትግ---ኔ-። ን_ ህ__ ኔ__ ን_ ግ_ ት___ ኔ__ ን- ህ-ይ ኔ-፣ ን- ግ- ት-ህ- ኔ-። ------------------------- ንሱ ህኩይ ኔሩ፣ ንሳ ግን ትግህቲ ኔራ። 0
nisu ----y- --ru- ---a --n- t-gihit--nēr-። n___ h_____ n____ n___ g___ t_______ n____ n-s- h-k-y- n-r-፣ n-s- g-n- t-g-h-t- n-r-። ------------------------------------------ nisu hikuyi nēru፣ nisa gini tigihitī nēra።
He was poor, but she was rich. ን- -- ኔሩ---- -ን -ብ-ም ኢያ ኔ-፣ ን_ ድ_ ኔ__ ን_ ግ_ ሃ___ ኢ_ ኔ__ ን- ድ- ኔ-፣ ን- ግ- ሃ-ታ- ኢ- ኔ-፣ --------------------------- ንሱ ድኻ ኔሩ፣ ንሳ ግን ሃብታም ኢያ ኔራ፣ 0
ni---d--̱a -ēr-- nis- g-n- ha-ita---īya nēra፣ n___ d___ n____ n___ g___ h_______ ī__ n____ n-s- d-h-a n-r-፣ n-s- g-n- h-b-t-m- ī-a n-r-፣ --------------------------------------------- nisu diẖa nēru፣ nisa gini habitami īya nēra፣
He had no money, only debts. ንሱ--ንዘብ ---በሮን፣-ዕዳ-----ር---ዎ። ን_ ገ___ ኣ______ ዕ_______ ኔ___ ን- ገ-ዘ- ኣ-ነ-ሮ-፣ ዕ-ታ-‘-በ- ኔ-ዎ- ----------------------------- ንሱ ገንዘብ ኣይነበሮን፣ ዕዳታት‘ምበር ኔሩዎ። 0
nisu-g-niz--i-ay---bero----------t--m--eri ------። n___ g_______ a___________ ‘______________ n______ n-s- g-n-z-b- a-i-e-e-o-i- ‘-d-t-t-‘-i-e-i n-r-w-። -------------------------------------------------- nisu genizebi ayineberoni፣ ‘idatati‘miberi nēruwo።
He had no luck, only bad luck. ሕማቕ -ድል---ር ጽ-- ዕድል------ን-። ሕ__ ዕ______ ጽ__ ዕ__ ኣ_____ ። ሕ-ቕ ዕ-ል-ም-ር ጽ-ቅ ዕ-ል ኣ-ነ-ሮ- ። ---------------------------- ሕማቕ ዕድል‘ምበር ጽቡቅ ዕድል ኣይነበሮን ። 0
h-----̱-i---dil-‘miberi-ts’ibuk’- ------ -----b-r--i-። ḥ______ ‘____________ t________ ‘_____ a__________ ። h-i-a-̱-i ‘-d-l-‘-i-e-i t-’-b-k-i ‘-d-l- a-i-e-e-o-i ። ------------------------------------------------------ ḥimaḵ’i ‘idili‘miberi ts’ibuk’i ‘idili ayineberoni ።
He had no success, only failure. ውድ-ት---- ዓ-ት ኣይ--ሮን-። ው_______ ዓ__ ኣ_____ ። ው-ቐ-‘-በ- ዓ-ት ኣ-ነ-ሮ- ። --------------------- ውድቐት‘ምበር ዓወት ኣይነበሮን ። 0
w-di-̱----‘m-beri---we-i--yi--ber--i ። w_______________ ‘_____ a__________ ። w-d-k-’-t-‘-i-e-i ‘-w-t- a-i-e-e-o-i ። -------------------------------------- widiḵ’eti‘miberi ‘aweti ayineberoni ።
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. ዘይድሱ---በ----ት -ይነ---። ዘ________ ድ__ ኣ______ ዘ-ድ-ት-ም-ር ድ-ት ኣ-ነ-ረ-። --------------------- ዘይድሱት‘ምበር ድሱት ኣይነበረን። 0
z-yidi-ut--m--eri-----ti ay--eb-----። z________________ d_____ a___________ z-y-d-s-t-‘-i-e-i d-s-t- a-i-e-e-e-i- ------------------------------------- zeyidisuti‘miberi disuti ayinebereni።
He was not happy, but sad. ዘይሕ-ስ ‘ም-- ሕ-ስ-----ረን-። ዘ____ ‘___ ሕ__ ኣ_____ ። ዘ-ሕ-ስ ‘-በ- ሕ-ስ ኣ-ነ-ረ- ። ----------------------- ዘይሕጉስ ‘ምበር ሕጉስ ኣይነበረን ። 0
zeyi-̣---s--‘-ib--- h-i-u---a--ne-e-e---። z_________ ‘______ ḥ_____ a__________ ። z-y-h-i-u-i ‘-i-e-i h-i-u-i a-i-e-e-e-i ። ----------------------------------------- zeyiḥigusi ‘miberi ḥigusi ayinebereni ።
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. ጨካን‘ምበር--ህ-ህ-ኣይ-በረን-። ጨ______ ር___ ኣ_____ ። ጨ-ን-ም-ር ር-ሩ- ኣ-ነ-ረ- ። --------------------- ጨካን‘ምበር ርህሩህ ኣይነበረን ። 0
ch’ekani‘m-beri-ri-iruhi -y-ne-ere-- ። c______________ r_______ a__________ ። c-’-k-n-‘-i-e-i r-h-r-h- a-i-e-e-e-i ። -------------------------------------- ch’ekani‘miberi rihiruhi ayinebereni ።

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How children learn to speak properly

As soon as a person is born, he communicates with others. Babies cry when they want something. They can already say a few simple words at a few months of age. With two years, they can say sentences of about three words. You can't influence when children begin to speak. But you can influence how well children learn their native language! For that, however, you have to consider a few things. Above all, it's important that the child is always motivated when learning. He must recognize that he's succeeding in something when he speaks. Babies like a smile as positive feedback. Older children look for dialogue with their environment. They orient themselves towards the language of the people around them. Therefore the language skills of their parents and educators are important. Children must also learn that language is valuable! However, they should always have fun in the process. Reading aloud to them shows children how exciting language can be. Parents should also do as much as possible with their child. When a child experiences many things, he wants to talk about them. Children growing up bilingual need firm rules. They have to know which language should be spoken with whom. This way their brain can learn to differentiate between the two languages. When children start going to school, their language changes. They learn a new colloquial language. Then it's important that the parents pay attention to how their child speaks. Studies show that the first language is stamped on the brain forever. What we learn as children accompanies us for the rest of our lives. He who learns his native language properly as a child will profit from it later. He learns new things faster and better – not only foreign languages…