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en Big – small   »   ti ዓቢ - ንእሽቶ

68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [ሱሳንሸሞንተን]

68 [susanishemoniteni]

ዓቢ - ንእሽቶ

‘abī - ni’ishito

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big and small ዓብ- -እ---ን ዓ__ ን_____ ዓ-ን ን-ሽ-ይ- ---------- ዓብን ንእሽቶይን 0
‘-bī-- n--ishito ‘___ - n________ ‘-b- - n-’-s-i-o ---------------- ‘abī - ni’ishito
The elephant is big. እቲ ሓ--- ዓቢ እ-። እ_ ሓ___ ዓ_ እ__ እ- ሓ-ማ- ዓ- እ-። -------------- እቲ ሓርማዝ ዓቢ እዩ። 0
‘ab--- n-’ishito ‘___ - n________ ‘-b- - n-’-s-i-o ---------------- ‘abī - ni’ishito
The mouse is small. እታ--ን-ዋ ንእሽቶይ -ያ። እ_ ኣ___ ን____ እ__ እ- ኣ-ጨ- ን-ሽ-ይ እ-። ----------------- እታ ኣንጨዋ ንእሽቶይ እያ። 0
‘----- ni--s----y--i ‘_____ n____________ ‘-b-n- n-’-s-i-o-i-i -------------------- ‘abini ni’ishitoyini
dark and bright ድ--ን-ብ-ህን ድ___ ብ___ ድ-ን- ብ-ህ- --------- ድቡንን ብሩህን 0
‘a---i--i-i--i-o--ni ‘_____ n____________ ‘-b-n- n-’-s-i-o-i-i -------------------- ‘abini ni’ishitoyini
The night is dark. ለይቲ -ቡን-ጸ-ማ- -ዩ። ለ__ ድ_______ እ__ ለ-ቲ ድ-ን-ጸ-ማ- እ-። ---------------- ለይቲ ድቡን/ጸልማት እዩ። 0
‘a--ni-n-’-s-i-oy-ni ‘_____ n____________ ‘-b-n- n-’-s-i-o-i-i -------------------- ‘abini ni’ishitoyini
The day is bright. መ--- ብሩህ -ዩ። መ___ ብ__ እ__ መ-ል- ብ-ህ እ-። ------------ መዓልቲ ብሩህ እዩ። 0
itī h--rim-zi--abī-iy-። i__ ḥ_______ ‘___ i___ i-ī h-a-i-a-i ‘-b- i-u- ----------------------- itī ḥarimazi ‘abī iyu።
old and young ኣ-ጊትን-መ----ን ኣ____ መ_____ ኣ-ጊ-ን መ-እ-ይ- ------------ ኣረጊትን መንእሰይን 0
itī --ari--zi-‘-bī-iyu። i__ ḥ_______ ‘___ i___ i-ī h-a-i-a-i ‘-b- i-u- ----------------------- itī ḥarimazi ‘abī iyu።
Our grandfather is very old. ኣቦሓ-ና ኣ-ዩ-ኣ--- -ዩ። ኣ____ ኣ__ ኣ___ እ__ ኣ-ሓ-ና ኣ-ዩ ኣ-ኢ- እ-። ------------------ ኣቦሓጎና ኣዝዩ ኣረኢጉ እዩ። 0
i-- --a--mazi ‘a-- i--። i__ ḥ_______ ‘___ i___ i-ī h-a-i-a-i ‘-b- i-u- ----------------------- itī ḥarimazi ‘abī iyu።
70 years ago he was still young. ን--ቅ---70-ዓ-ታ- መ-እሰ- ----ሩ። ን_ ቅ__ 7_ ዓ___ መ____ እ_ ኔ__ ን- ቅ-ሚ 7- ዓ-ታ- መ-እ-ይ እ- ኔ-። --------------------------- ንሱ ቅድሚ 70 ዓመታት መንእሰይ እዩ ኔሩ። 0
i-a-----h’-wa ni’is---o-i-iya። i__ a________ n__________ i___ i-a a-i-h-e-a n-’-s-i-o-i i-a- ------------------------------ ita anich’ewa ni’ishitoyi iya።
beautiful and ugly ጽ-ቕ--ክ--ን ጽ___ ክ___ ጽ-ቕ- ክ-እ- --------- ጽቡቕን ክፉእን 0
it- --ich-ew- --’i-hit-yi ---። i__ a________ n__________ i___ i-a a-i-h-e-a n-’-s-i-o-i i-a- ------------------------------ ita anich’ewa ni’ishitoyi iya።
The butterfly is beautiful. እ--ጽንብላሊ---ዝ- -ቡቕ--እ-። እ_ ጽ_____ ኣ__ ጽ___ እ__ እ- ጽ-ብ-ሊ- ኣ-ዩ ጽ-ቕ- እ-። ---------------------- እታ ጽንብላሊዕ ኣዝዩ ጽቡቕቲ እያ። 0
i-------h’ew---i’is----yi i--። i__ a________ n__________ i___ i-a a-i-h-e-a n-’-s-i-o-i i-a- ------------------------------ ita anich’ewa ni’ishitoyi iya።
The spider is ugly. እታ--ሬ- ክፍ-- እያ። እ_ ሳ__ ክ___ እ__ እ- ሳ-ት ክ-እ- እ-። --------------- እታ ሳሬት ክፍእቲ እያ። 0
d-bun--i--ir--i-i d_______ b_______ d-b-n-n- b-r-h-n- ----------------- dibunini biruhini
fat and thin ሮ-ድን-ቀ--ን ሮ___ ቀ___ ሮ-ድ- ቀ-ን- --------- ሮጊድን ቀጢንን 0
di--nini -----ini d_______ b_______ d-b-n-n- b-r-h-n- ----------------- dibunini biruhini
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. ሓ---10- -ሎ-እ-ም-- ---ቲ--ጋድ---። ሓ__ 1__ ኪ_ እ____ ሰ___ ሮ__ እ__ ሓ-ቲ 1-0 ኪ- እ-ም-ን ሰ-ይ- ሮ-ድ እ-። ----------------------------- ሓንቲ 100 ኪሎ እትምዘን ሰበይቲ ሮጋድ እያ። 0
di-u-ini--i-uhini d_______ b_______ d-b-n-n- b-r-h-n- ----------------- dibunini biruhini
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. ሓ- ---ኪሎ--ም-----ኣይ ------። ሓ_ 5_ ኪ_ ዝ___ ሰ___ ቀ__ እ__ ሓ- 5- ኪ- ዝ-ዘ- ሰ-ኣ- ቀ-ን እ-። -------------------------- ሓደ 50 ኪሎ ዝምዘን ሰብኣይ ቀጢን እዩ። 0
le--t--di-u-i--s’-lim--i -y-። l_____ d________________ i___ l-y-t- d-b-n-/-s-e-i-a-i i-u- ----------------------------- leyitī dibuni/ts’elimati iyu።
expensive and cheap ክቡርን ---ን ክ___ ሕ___ ክ-ር- ሕ-ር- --------- ክቡርን ሕሱርን 0
l-y-t---i--n--ts-e-ima-i-iyu። l_____ d________________ i___ l-y-t- d-b-n-/-s-e-i-a-i i-u- ----------------------------- leyitī dibuni/ts’elimati iyu።
The car is expensive. እ- -ኪና ከ--ቲ -ያ። እ_ መ__ ከ___ እ__ እ- መ-ና ከ-ር- እ-። --------------- እታ መኪና ከብርቲ እያ። 0
l-y----dibu-i--s’e--m-ti iyu። l_____ d________________ i___ l-y-t- d-b-n-/-s-e-i-a-i i-u- ----------------------------- leyitī dibuni/ts’elimati iyu።
The newspaper is cheap. እቲ-ጋዜጣ--ሱር -ዩ። እ_ ጋ__ ሕ__ እ__ እ- ጋ-ጣ ሕ-ር እ-። -------------- እቲ ጋዜጣ ሕሱር እዩ። 0
me‘ali-----ru----yu። m_______ b_____ i___ m-‘-l-t- b-r-h- i-u- -------------------- me‘alitī biruhi iyu።

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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…