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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? ካ---ኢ-ም -----? ካ__ ኢ__ መ_____ ካ-ይ ኢ-ም መ-እ-ም- -------------- ካበይ ኢኹም መጺእኩም? 0
ni‘i--it--zir-ri-- 2 n________ z_______ 2 n-‘-s-i-o z-r-r-b- 2 -------------------- ni‘ishito ziriribi 2
From Basel. ካ--ባ--። ካ_ ባ___ ካ- ባ-ል- ------- ካብ ባሰል። 0
n-‘---i-o -iri-ib--2 n________ z_______ 2 n-‘-s-i-o z-r-r-b- 2 -------------------- ni‘ishito ziriribi 2
Basel is in Switzerland. ባ-ል-----ዊ--ላ----ያ ትር-- ። ባ__ ኣ_ ስ______ ኢ_ ት___ ። ባ-ል ኣ- ስ-ዘ-ላ-ድ ኢ- ት-ከ- ። ------------------------ ባሰል ኣብ ስዊዘርላንድ ኢያ ትርከብ ። 0
kab--i---̱u-- met-’ī-i-u--? k_____ ī____ m____________ k-b-y- ī-̱-m- m-t-’-’-k-m-? --------------------------- kabeyi īẖumi mets’ī’ikumi?
May I introduce Mr. Miller? ምስ ኣቶ--ለ- ዶ -ላ---ም? ም_ ኣ_ ሙ__ ዶ ከ______ ም- ኣ- ሙ-ር ዶ ከ-ል-ኩ-? ------------------- ምስ ኣቶ ሙለር ዶ ከላልየኩም? 0
kabey- īh-umi --t-’----u--? k_____ ī____ m____________ k-b-y- ī-̱-m- m-t-’-’-k-m-? --------------------------- kabeyi īẖumi mets’ī’ikumi?
He is a foreigner. ንሱ--ጻ-ተኛ---። ን_ ወ____ እ__ ን- ወ-እ-ኛ እ-። ------------ ንሱ ወጻእተኛ እዩ። 0
k-b--i -ẖ-m- m-t-’ī’ik---? k_____ ī____ m____________ k-b-y- ī-̱-m- m-t-’-’-k-m-? --------------------------- kabeyi īẖumi mets’ī’ikumi?
He speaks several languages. ን- ብ-ሓ- ቋ-ቋታ--ይ--ብ። ን_ ብ___ ቋ____ ይ____ ን- ብ-ሓ- ቋ-ቋ-ት ይ-ረ-። ------------------- ንሱ ብዙሓት ቋንቋታት ይዛረብ። 0
ka-i-base-i። k___ b______ k-b- b-s-l-። ------------ kabi baseli።
Are you here for the first time? ን-ዳማይ--- -ኹም---ዚ-ዘ--ም? ን____ ግ_ ዲ__ ኣ__ ዘ____ ን-ዳ-ይ ግ- ዲ-ም ኣ-ዚ ዘ-ኹ-? ---------------------- ንቀዳማይ ግዜ ዲኹም ኣብዚ ዘለኹም? 0
kabi --s---። k___ b______ k-b- b-s-l-። ------------ kabi baseli።
No, I was here once last year. ኣይኮንኩን- -ሓ-ፈ-ዓመ---ብ- -ረ። ኣ______ ዝ___ ዓ__ ኣ__ ኔ__ ኣ-ኮ-ኩ-፣ ዝ-ላ- ዓ-ት ኣ-ዚ ኔ-። ------------------------ ኣይኮንኩን፣ ዝሓላፈ ዓመት ኣብዚ ኔረ። 0
ka-- b--e-i። k___ b______ k-b- b-s-l-። ------------ kabi baseli።
Only for a week, though. ግን---ደ-ሰሙን ---። ግ_ ን__ ሰ__ ጥ___ ግ- ን-ደ ሰ-ን ጥ-ይ- --------------- ግን ንሓደ ሰሙን ጥራይ። 0
b-seli ab- --wī-er-la---i -y---i-i-ebi ። 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 ።
How do you like it here? ከመይ -ስ----ም--? ከ__ ደ_ ኢ___ ዶ_ ከ-ይ ደ- ኢ-ኩ- ዶ- -------------- ከመይ ደስ ኢልኩም ዶ? 0
ba---i a---s-wīz--il-n--i -y- tir-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 ።
A lot. The people are nice. ኣዝ- -ቡ-። እቶም ሰባ- -ሩኻት ኔ--። 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
ba--li---- si--ze--l--id-------------- ። 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 ።
And I like the scenery, too. ቅር--መሬ---ን ደ--ይብለኒ። ቅ_________ ደ_ ይ____ ቅ-ጸ-መ-ት-ው- ደ- ይ-ለ-። ------------------- ቅርጸ-መሬት‘ውን ደስ ይብለኒ። 0
mi-- at- m-le-i -o---l-li--k-mi? m___ a__ m_____ d_ k____________ m-s- a-o m-l-r- d- k-l-l-y-k-m-? -------------------------------- misi ato muleri do kelaliyekumi?
What is your profession? እንታ--ዩ-ሞያ-ም? እ___ ዩ ሞ____ እ-ታ- ዩ ሞ-ኹ-? ------------ እንታይ ዩ ሞያኹም? 0
m----a-o--u-e----o --l-li---umi? m___ a__ m_____ d_ k____________ m-s- a-o m-l-r- d- k-l-l-y-k-m-? -------------------------------- misi ato muleri do kelaliyekumi?
I am a translator. ኣነ-ተርጓማ- -የ። ኣ_ ተ____ እ__ ኣ- ተ-ጓ-ይ እ-። ------------ ኣነ ተርጓማይ እየ። 0
m-s- -t--muler- -o ---al-----mi? m___ a__ m_____ d_ k____________ m-s- a-o m-l-r- d- k-l-l-y-k-m-? -------------------------------- misi ato muleri do kelaliyekumi?
I translate books. ኣነ -ጽሓፍቲ የተርጉም--የ። ኣ_ መ____ የ____ እ__ ኣ- መ-ሓ-ቲ የ-ር-ም እ-። ------------------ ኣነ መጽሓፍቲ የተርጉም እየ። 0
n--- w--s-a-i---ya ---። n___ w____________ i___ n-s- w-t-’-’-t-n-a i-u- ----------------------- nisu wets’a’itenya iyu።
Are you alone here? ኣብ- በ-ንኹም-------? ኣ__ በ____ ኣ___ ዶ_ ኣ-ዚ በ-ን-ም ኣ-ኹ- ዶ- ----------------- ኣብዚ በይንኹም ኣሎኹም ዶ? 0
n--u-we--’a-i---y--iy-። n___ w____________ i___ n-s- w-t-’-’-t-n-a i-u- ----------------------- nisu wets’a’itenya iyu።
No, my wife / my husband is also here. ኣ--ንኩን--ሰ-ይተይ/-ብ--ይ እውን---- ኣላ-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
ni----e-s--’--en-- iyu። n___ w____________ i___ n-s- w-t-’-’-t-n-a i-u- ----------------------- nisu wets’a’itenya iyu።
And those are my two children. ከ-ኡ‘-ን-ክ-----ይ---ኡ--ለው። ከ_____ ክ__ ደ__ ኣ__ ኣ___ ከ-ኡ-ው- ክ-ተ ደ-ይ ኣ-ኡ ኣ-ው- ----------------------- ከምኡ‘ውን ክልተ ደቀይ ኣብኡ ኣለው። 0
nis---iz-ḥat--k--ani-’--t-t----zarebi። 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።

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