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26 [twenty-six]

In nature

In nature

26 [ሃያ ስድስት]

26 [haya sidisiti]

በተፈጥሮ

[betefet’iro wisit’i]

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Do you see the tower there? እዛ-ማ-- ይታ--ል --ል-? እዛ ማማው ይታይካል /ሻል ? እ- ማ-ው ይ-ይ-ል /-ል ? ------------------ እዛ ማማው ይታይካል /ሻል ? 0
iza--am-w- -ita-i--li --h--i-? iza mamawi yitayikali /shali ? i-a m-m-w- y-t-y-k-l- /-h-l- ? ------------------------------ iza mamawi yitayikali /shali ?
Do you see the mountain there? እ- ---ው--ታይ-- ---? እዛ ተራራው ይታይካል /ሻል? እ- ተ-ራ- ይ-ይ-ል /-ል- ------------------ እዛ ተራራው ይታይካል /ሻል? 0
i-a -e--r--- yi-ayikali -sh-li? iza terarawi yitayikali /shali? i-a t-r-r-w- y-t-y-k-l- /-h-l-? ------------------------------- iza terarawi yitayikali /shali?
Do you see the village there? እ----ደር-ይታ--ል /ሻ- ? እዛ መንደር ይታይካል /ሻል ? እ- መ-ደ- ይ-ይ-ል /-ል ? ------------------- እዛ መንደር ይታይካል /ሻል ? 0
iza m----er------------ /s-ali ? iza menideri yitayikali /shali ? i-a m-n-d-r- y-t-y-k-l- /-h-l- ? -------------------------------- iza menideri yitayikali /shali ?
Do you see the river there? እ--ወ-- -ታይ------? እዛ ወንዙ ይታይካል /ሻል? እ- ወ-ዙ ይ-ይ-ል /-ል- ----------------- እዛ ወንዙ ይታይካል /ሻል? 0
iz----ni-u-y-ta--kali-/sh--i? iza wenizu yitayikali /shali? i-a w-n-z- y-t-y-k-l- /-h-l-? ----------------------------- iza wenizu yitayikali /shali?
Do you see the bridge there? እ- -ል-ዩ-ይ-ይ----ሻ-? እዛ ድልድዩ ይታይካል /ሻል? እ- ድ-ድ- ይ-ይ-ል /-ል- ------------------ እዛ ድልድዩ ይታይካል /ሻል? 0
i-a d--id----yi-ayi-al- -s-a-i? iza dilidiyu yitayikali /shali? i-a d-l-d-y- y-t-y-k-l- /-h-l-? ------------------------------- iza dilidiyu yitayikali /shali?
Do you see the lake there? እዛ-ሃይ--ይታይ-ል-/ሻል? እዛ ሃይቅ ይታይካል /ሻል? እ- ሃ-ቅ ይ-ይ-ል /-ል- ----------------- እዛ ሃይቅ ይታይካል /ሻል? 0
i----a--k---y---y--a-- /-h--i? iza hayik’i yitayikali /shali? i-a h-y-k-i y-t-y-k-l- /-h-l-? ------------------------------ iza hayik’i yitayikali /shali?
I like that bird. ያን---ር-- ----ለ-። ያንን እርግብ ወድጄዋለው። ያ-ን እ-ግ- ወ-ጄ-ለ-። ---------------- ያንን እርግብ ወድጄዋለው። 0
ya---i i--gi-- ------w-lew-. yanini irigibi wedijēwalewi. y-n-n- i-i-i-i w-d-j-w-l-w-. ---------------------------- yanini irigibi wedijēwalewi.
I like that tree. ያንን -ፍ ---ዋ--። ያንን ዛፍ ወድጄዋለው። ያ-ን ዛ- ወ-ጄ-ለ-። -------------- ያንን ዛፍ ወድጄዋለው። 0
y-nini--af--we-ij------i. yanini zafi wedijēwalewi. y-n-n- z-f- w-d-j-w-l-w-. ------------------------- yanini zafi wedijēwalewi.
I like this stone. ይ-ን---ንጋይ --ጄ---። ይሄንን ድንጋይ ወድጄዋለው። ይ-ን- ድ-ጋ- ወ-ጄ-ለ-። ----------------- ይሄንን ድንጋይ ወድጄዋለው። 0
yihē--ni d-n-g-y- w-di-ēw--e--. yihēnini dinigayi wedijēwalewi. y-h-n-n- d-n-g-y- w-d-j-w-l-w-. ------------------------------- yihēnini dinigayi wedijēwalewi.
I like that park. ያንን-መ-ፈ- ወ-ጄዋለው። ያንን መናፈሻ ወድጄዋለው። ያ-ን መ-ፈ- ወ-ጄ-ለ-። ---------------- ያንን መናፈሻ ወድጄዋለው። 0
ya-ini----afe--a ---i-ēwalew-. yanini menafesha wedijēwalewi. y-n-n- m-n-f-s-a w-d-j-w-l-w-. ------------------------------ yanini menafesha wedijēwalewi.
I like that garden. ያ-----ታ--ት-ቦ- -ድ---ው። ያንን የአታክልት ቦታ ወድጄዋለው። ያ-ን የ-ታ-ል- ቦ- ወ-ጄ-ለ-። --------------------- ያንን የአታክልት ቦታ ወድጄዋለው። 0
y-nini---’ā-a-i-it- bota--ed-jē-a----. yanini ye’ātakiliti bota wedijēwalewi. y-n-n- y-’-t-k-l-t- b-t- w-d-j-w-l-w-. -------------------------------------- yanini ye’ātakiliti bota wedijēwalewi.
I like this flower. ይሄ-ን ------ጄ-ለው። ይሄንን አበባ ወድጄዋለው። ይ-ን- አ-ባ ወ-ጄ-ለ-። ---------------- ይሄንን አበባ ወድጄዋለው። 0
y--ē--n- -b-ba w-dij-w--e--. yihēnini ābeba wedijēwalewi. y-h-n-n- ā-e-a w-d-j-w-l-w-. ---------------------------- yihēnini ābeba wedijēwalewi.
I find that pretty. ው- -- አግ-ቼ-ለው። ውብ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። ው- ሆ- አ-ኝ-ዋ-ው- -------------- ውብ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። 0
w----h-no---i-y--hē-ale-i. wibi hono āginyichēwalewi. w-b- h-n- ā-i-y-c-ē-a-e-i- -------------------------- wibi hono āginyichēwalewi.
I find that interesting. አጋ-/--- -ኖ አ-ኝ-ዋለ-። አጋጊ/ ሳቢ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። አ-ጊ- ሳ- ሆ- አ-ኝ-ዋ-ው- ------------------- አጋጊ/ ሳቢ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። 0
āgag-/-s-bī--ono ā-i-y----w-le-i. āgagī/ sabī hono āginyichēwalewi. ā-a-ī- s-b- h-n- ā-i-y-c-ē-a-e-i- --------------------------------- āgagī/ sabī hono āginyichēwalewi.
I find that gorgeous. በ-ም ቆን- ሆ- -ግ-ቼ-ለው። በጣም ቆንጆ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። በ-ም ቆ-ጆ ሆ- አ-ኝ-ዋ-ው- ------------------- በጣም ቆንጆ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። 0
b-t’am-----n-jo-h-no-ā----ichē-a--w-. bet’ami k’onijo hono āginyichēwalewi. b-t-a-i k-o-i-o h-n- ā-i-y-c-ē-a-e-i- ------------------------------------- bet’ami k’onijo hono āginyichēwalewi.
I find that ugly. አስቀ-- ----ግ--ዋለ-። አስቀያሚ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። አ-ቀ-ሚ ሆ- አ-ኝ-ዋ-ው- ----------------- አስቀያሚ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። 0
āsi---ya---hono -g-n-ic--w--e-i. āsik’eyamī hono āginyichēwalewi. ā-i-’-y-m- h-n- ā-i-y-c-ē-a-e-i- -------------------------------- āsik’eyamī hono āginyichēwalewi.
I find that boring. አ--- ሆኖ -----ለው። አሰልቺ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። አ-ል- ሆ- አ-ኝ-ዋ-ው- ---------------- አሰልቺ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። 0
āseli-h---ono ā-i-yich-w-l-wi. āselichī hono āginyichēwalewi. ā-e-i-h- h-n- ā-i-y-c-ē-a-e-i- ------------------------------ āselichī hono āginyichēwalewi.
I find that terrible. አሳቃ---ኖ አ--ቼ-ለ-። አሳቃቂ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። አ-ቃ- ሆ- አ-ኝ-ዋ-ው- ---------------- አሳቃቂ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለው። 0
ās-k-a-’ī -on- ---n------al---. āsak’ak’ī hono āginyichēwalewi. ā-a-’-k-ī h-n- ā-i-y-c-ē-a-e-i- ------------------------------- āsak’ak’ī hono āginyichēwalewi.

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