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en Big – small   »   am ትልቅ ትንሽ

68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [ስልሳ ስምንት]

68 [ስልሳ ስምንት]

ትልቅ ትንሽ

tilik’i – tinishi

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big and small ት----- ትንሽ ት__ እ_ ት__ ት-ቅ እ- ት-ሽ ---------- ትልቅ እና ትንሽ 0
ti---’- -------hi t______ – t______ t-l-k-i – t-n-s-i ----------------- tilik’i – tinishi
The elephant is big. ዝ-- -ል--ነው ዝ__ ት__ ነ_ ዝ-ን ት-ቅ ነ- ---------- ዝሆን ትልቅ ነው 0
ti-ik’- –----is-i t______ – t______ t-l-k-i – t-n-s-i ----------------- tilik’i – tinishi
The mouse is small. አ-ጥ -ን--ናት አ__ ት__ ና_ አ-ጥ ት-ሽ ና- ---------- አይጥ ትንሽ ናት 0
tili-’- i-a t-n--hi t______ i__ t______ t-l-k-i i-a t-n-s-i ------------------- tilik’i ina tinishi
dark and bright ጨለማ-----ርሃን ጨ__ እ_ ብ___ ጨ-ማ እ- ብ-ሃ- ----------- ጨለማ እና ብርሃን 0
t-l--’i i-a -i--s-i t______ i__ t______ t-l-k-i i-a t-n-s-i ------------------- tilik’i ina tinishi
The night is dark. ለሊ- --ማ-ነ-። ለ__ ጨ__ ነ__ ለ-ት ጨ-ማ ነ-። ----------- ለሊት ጨለማ ነው። 0
t-----i---- ---i--i t______ i__ t______ t-l-k-i i-a t-n-s-i ------------------- tilik’i ina tinishi
The day is bright. ቀ---ር-ን-ነው። ቀ_ ብ___ ነ__ ቀ- ብ-ሃ- ነ-። ----------- ቀን ብርሃን ነው። 0
z-h----tilik-- n-wi z_____ t______ n___ z-h-n- t-l-k-i n-w- ------------------- zihoni tilik’i newi
old and young ሽ--- -- ወጣት ሽ___ እ_ ወ__ ሽ-ግ- እ- ወ-ት ----------- ሽማግሌ እና ወጣት 0
z-ho-i -i---’i----i z_____ t______ n___ z-h-n- t-l-k-i n-w- ------------------- zihoni tilik’i newi
Our grandfather is very old. የ----ን- -----ጣም ሽ-ግ---ው። የ__ ወ__ አ__ በ__ ሽ___ ነ__ የ-ኛ ወ-ድ አ-ት በ-ም ሽ-ግ- ነ-። ------------------------ የእኛ ወንድ አያት በጣም ሽማግሌ ነው። 0
ziho-i-til-k’--ne-i z_____ t______ n___ z-h-n- t-l-k-i n-w- ------------------- zihoni tilik’i newi
70 years ago he was still young. ከ--0 -መ- -ፊ- -ሱ-ወጣ--ነ-ረ። 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
āy-t-i tinishi -ati ā_____ t______ n___ ā-i-’- t-n-s-i n-t- ------------------- āyit’i tinishi nati
beautiful and ugly ውብ-እና አ--ያሚ ው_ እ_ አ____ ው- እ- አ-ቀ-ሚ ----------- ውብ እና አስቀያሚ 0
ā-it-- --ni-hi--a-i ā_____ t______ n___ ā-i-’- t-n-s-i n-t- ------------------- āyit’i tinishi nati
The butterfly is beautiful. ቢራ-----ጆ ነ-። ቢ___ ቆ__ ነ__ ቢ-ቢ- ቆ-ጆ ነ-። ------------ ቢራቢሮ ቆንጆ ነው። 0
āyi------ni--i na-i ā_____ t______ n___ ā-i-’- t-n-s-i n-t- ------------------- āyit’i tinishi nati
The spider is ugly. ሸ-----ስቀ-- ናት። ሸ___ አ____ ና__ ሸ-ሪ- አ-ቀ-ሚ ና-። -------------- ሸረሪት አስቀያሚ ናት። 0
ch’e---a i-- -ir--a-i c_______ i__ b_______ c-’-l-m- i-a b-r-h-n- --------------------- ch’elema ina birihani
fat and thin ወፍ-ም-እ----ን ወ___ እ_ ቀ__ ወ-ራ- እ- ቀ-ን ----------- ወፍራም እና ቀጭን 0
c----ema i-a -iri-ani c_______ i__ b_______ c-’-l-m- i-a b-r-h-n- --------------------- ch’elema ina birihani
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. መቶ -- ---መ-ን----ወፍራ- ናት። መ_ ኪ_ የ_____ ሴ_ ወ___ ና__ መ- ኪ- የ-ት-ዝ- ሴ- ወ-ራ- ና-። ------------------------ መቶ ኪሎ የምትመዝን ሴት ወፍራም ናት። 0
c-’--e-a in-----i---i c_______ i__ b_______ c-’-l-m- i-a b-r-h-n- --------------------- ch’elema ina birihani
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. ሃም- ኪ- -ሚ-ዝ--ወንድ -ጫጫ --። ሃ__ ኪ_ የ____ ወ__ ቀ__ ነ__ ሃ-ሳ ኪ- የ-መ-ን ወ-ድ ቀ-ጫ ነ-። ------------------------ ሃምሳ ኪሎ የሚመዝን ወንድ ቀጫጫ ነው። 0
l--īti ch’el-----ewi. l_____ c_______ n____ l-l-t- c-’-l-m- n-w-. --------------------- lelīti ch’elema newi.
expensive and cheap ውድ እና እርካሽ ው_ እ_ እ___ ው- እ- እ-ካ- ---------- ውድ እና እርካሽ 0
l-līt----’----a--e-i. l_____ c_______ n____ l-l-t- c-’-l-m- n-w-. --------------------- lelīti ch’elema newi.
The car is expensive. መኪናው -ድ-ነው። መ___ ው_ ነ__ መ-ና- ው- ነ-። ----------- መኪናው ውድ ነው። 0
le--ti ch---e-a -ew-. l_____ c_______ n____ l-l-t- c-’-l-m- n-w-. --------------------- lelīti ch’elema newi.
The newspaper is cheap. ጋዜጣው---ካ- ነው-። ጋ___ እ___ ነ_ ። ጋ-ጣ- እ-ካ- ነ- ። -------------- ጋዜጣው እርካሽ ነው ። 0
k-eni--i------ -ewi. k____ b_______ n____ k-e-i b-r-h-n- n-w-. -------------------- k’eni birihani newi.

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