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4 [four]

At school

At school

4 [ኣርባዕተ]

4 [ariba‘ite]

ኣብ ትምህርቲ

abi timihiritī

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Where are we? ኣበይ----ዘለ-? ኣ__ ኢ_ ዘ___ ኣ-ይ ኢ- ዘ-ና- ----------- ኣበይ ኢና ዘለና? 0
a---ti---iri-ī a__ t_________ a-i t-m-h-r-t- -------------- abi timihiritī
We are at school. ንሕና ኣብ-ቤ--ት-ህ-- ---። ን__ ኣ_ ቤ_ ት____ ኣ___ ን-ና ኣ- ቤ- ት-ህ-ቲ ኣ-ና- -------------------- ንሕና ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኣሎና። 0
a-----mih-ritī a__ t_________ a-i t-m-h-r-t- -------------- abi timihiritī
We are having class / a lesson. ን-- ኣ--ትምህር-/ክላ-----። ን__ ኣ_ ት________ ኣ___ ን-ና ኣ- ት-ህ-ቲ-ክ-ስ ኣ-ና- --------------------- ንሕና ኣብ ትምህርቲ/ክላስ ኣሎና። 0
ab----ī-a -e-en-? a____ ī__ z______ a-e-i ī-a z-l-n-? ----------------- abeyi īna zelena?
Those are the school children. እ---ም -----መሃ- እ--። እ____ እ__ ተ___ እ___ እ-ኣ-ም እ-ም ተ-ሃ- እ-ም- ------------------- እዚኣቶም እቶም ተመሃሮ እዮም። 0
a--yi īn- z--en-? a____ ī__ z______ a-e-i ī-a z-l-n-? ----------------- abeyi īna zelena?
That is the teacher. እዚኣ--ታ----ር -ያ። እ__ እ_ መ___ እ__ እ-ኣ እ- መ-ህ- እ-። --------------- እዚኣ እታ መምህር እያ። 0
ab-yi-ī-a z-le-a? a____ ī__ z______ a-e-i ī-a z-l-n-? ----------------- abeyi īna zelena?
That is the class. እ- እቲ --- እ-። እ_ እ_ ክ__ እ__ እ- እ- ክ-ስ እ-። ------------- እዚ እቲ ክላስ እዩ። 0
ni----- abi -ēt---i--hiritī-al---። n_____ a__ b___ t_________ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i b-t- t-m-h-r-t- a-o-a- ---------------------------------- niḥina abi bēti timihiritī alona።
What are we doing? እ-ታ- ክ-ገብር-ኢ-? እ___ ክ____ ኢ__ እ-ታ- ክ-ገ-ር ኢ-? -------------- እንታይ ክንገብር ኢና? 0
n------ ab--bēti timi--ri-ī-alona። n_____ a__ b___ t_________ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i b-t- t-m-h-r-t- a-o-a- ---------------------------------- niḥina abi bēti timihiritī alona።
We are learning. ን-ና-ን-ሃ--ኣ-ና። ን__ ን___ ኣ___ ን-ና ን-ሃ- ኣ-ና- ------------- ንሕና ንምሃር ኣሎና። 0
n--̣--- -b- --ti---m--ir-tī ----a። n_____ a__ b___ t_________ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i b-t- t-m-h-r-t- a-o-a- ---------------------------------- niḥina abi bēti timihiritī alona።
We are learning a language. ን-- -ደ--ንቋ----- ኣሎ-። ን__ ሓ_ ቋ__ ን___ ኣ___ ን-ና ሓ- ቋ-ቋ ን-ሃ- ኣ-ና- -------------------- ንሕና ሓደ ቋንቋ ንመሃር ኣሎና። 0
n-h-i--------i---------ki-a-- alona። n_____ a__ t________________ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i t-m-h-r-t-/-i-a-i a-o-a- ------------------------------------ niḥina abi timihiritī/kilasi alona።
I learn English. ኣነ ኢ-ግሊ-ኛ እ--ር ኣ-ኹ። ኣ_ ኢ_____ እ___ ኣ___ ኣ- ኢ-ግ-ዝ- እ-ሃ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------- ኣነ ኢንግሊዝኛ እመሃር ኣሎኹ። 0
niḥ--- --------h------------ -l-n-። n_____ a__ t________________ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i t-m-h-r-t-/-i-a-i a-o-a- ------------------------------------ niḥina abi timihiritī/kilasi alona።
You learn Spanish. ን--------ፓ- -መ-ር ኣሎኻ---ኺ። ን______ ስ__ ት___ ኣ_______ ን-ኻ-ን-ኺ ስ-ኛ ት-ሃ- ኣ-ኻ-ኣ-ኺ- ------------------------- ንስኻ/ንስኺ ስፓኛ ትመሃር ኣሎኻ/ኣሎኺ። 0
niḥi-a-a-i-ti-i-iri--/---a-i-al-n-። n_____ a__ t________________ a_____ n-h-i-a a-i t-m-h-r-t-/-i-a-i a-o-a- ------------------------------------ niḥina abi timihiritī/kilasi alona።
He learns German. ን--ጀ-----ይ-ሃር -ሎ። ን_ ጀ____ ይ___ ኣ__ ን- ጀ-መ-ኛ ይ-ሃ- ኣ-። ----------------- ንሱ ጀርመንኛ ይመሃር ኣሎ። 0
izī---o----tom- t-----r- i-o-i። i________ i____ t_______ i_____ i-ī-a-o-i i-o-i t-m-h-r- i-o-i- ------------------------------- izī’atomi itomi temeharo iyomi።
We learn French. ን-ና----ስ- --ሃር -ሎ-። ን__ ፍ____ ን___ ኣ___ ን-ና ፍ-ን-ኛ ን-ሃ- ኣ-ና- ------------------- ንሕና ፍራንስኛ ንመሃር ኣሎና። 0
iz--at--- i-----t-m-ha---iyo--። i________ i____ t_______ i_____ i-ī-a-o-i i-o-i t-m-h-r- i-o-i- ------------------------------- izī’atomi itomi temeharo iyomi።
You all learn Italian. ንስኻ----ጣል-------ሩ ኢኹ-። ን_____ ጣ____ ት___ ኢ___ ን-ኻ-ኩ- ጣ-ያ-ኛ ት-ሃ- ኢ-ም- ---------------------- ንስኻትኩም ጣልያንኛ ትመሃሩ ኢኹም። 0
iz--------i--m- te---a-----o-i። i________ i____ t_______ i_____ i-ī-a-o-i i-o-i t-m-h-r- i-o-i- ------------------------------- izī’atomi itomi temeharo iyomi።
They learn Russian. ን---ኩም -------- ኢኹ-። ን_____ ሩ__ ት___ ኢ___ ን-ኻ-ኩ- ሩ-ኛ ት-ሃ- ኢ-ም- -------------------- ንስኻትኩም ሩስኛ ትመሃሩ ኢኹም። 0
i-ī’a--ta--e-ihi-i-iy-። i____ i__ m_______ i___ i-ī-a i-a m-m-h-r- i-a- ----------------------- izī’a ita memihiri iya።
Learning languages is interesting. ቋንቋታ---ምሃ--ማራ----። ቋ____ ም___ ማ__ እ__ ቋ-ቋ-ት ም-ሃ- ማ-ኺ እ-። ------------------ ቋንቋታት ምምሃር ማራኺ እዩ። 0
iz-’--it--m-mih----iy-። i____ i__ m_______ i___ i-ī-a i-a m-m-h-r- i-a- ----------------------- izī’a ita memihiri iya።
We want to understand people. ን-ና ን--- ክ--ድ-- ደሊ-። ን__ ን___ ክ_____ ደ___ ን-ና ን-ባ- ክ-ር-ኦ- ደ-ና- -------------------- ንሕና ንሰባት ክንርድኦም ደሊና። 0
i--’a-ita-m--ihiri ---። i____ i__ m_______ i___ i-ī-a i-a m-m-h-r- i-a- ----------------------- izī’a ita memihiri iya።
We want to speak with people. ን-ና-ም----ት -ን--ብ -ሊ-። ን__ ም_ ሰ__ ክ____ ደ___ ን-ና ም- ሰ-ት ክ-ዛ-ብ ደ-ና- --------------------- ንሕና ምስ ሰባት ክንዛረብ ደሊና። 0
i-- --- -i---i ---። i__ i__ k_____ i___ i-ī i-ī k-l-s- i-u- ------------------- izī itī kilasi iyu።

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Mother Language Day

Do you love your native language? Then you should celebrate it in the future! And always on February 21! That is International Mother Language Day. It has been celebrated every year since 2000. UNESCO established the day. UNESCO is a United Nations (UN) organization. They are concerned with topics in science, education, and culture. UNESCO strives to protect the cultural heritage of humanity. Languages are a cultural heritage too. Therefore, they must be protected, cultivated, and promoted. Linguistic diversity is commemorated on February 21. It is estimated that there are 6,000 to 7,000 languages worldwide. Half of those, however, are threatened by extinction. Every two weeks, a language is lost forever. Yet each language is an enormous wealth of knowledge. The knowledge of a nation's people is gathered in languages. The history of a nation is reflected in its language. Experiences and traditions are also passed on through language. For this reason, the native language is an element of every national identity. When a language dies out, more than just words are lost. And all of this is meant to be commemorated on February 21. People should understand what meaning languages have. And they should reflect upon what they can do to protect languages. So show your language that it's important to you! Perhaps you could bake it a cake? And put nice fondant writing on it. In your ‘mother language’, of course!
Did you know?
Bosnian is a South Slavic language. It is primarily spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Groups of speakers can also be found in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. Bosnian is the native language of approximately 2.5 million people. It is very similar to Croatian and Serbian. The vocabulary, orthography, and grammar of the 3 languages only differ slightly. A person who speaks Bosnian can also understand Serbian and Croatian very easily. Therefore, the status of the Bosnian language is discussed often. Some linguists doubt that Bosnian is a language at all. They claim that it is just a dialect of the Serbo-Croatian language. The many foreign influences in Bosnian are interesting. Earlier the region belonged to the Orient and to the Occident on a rotating basis. Because of this, there are many Arabic, Turkish, and Persian terms in the vocabulary. That is actually very rare in Slavic languages. It makes Bosnian very unique though.