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68 [sixty-eight]

big – small

big – small

68 [ስልሳ ስምንት]

68 [silisa siminiti]

ትልቅ ትንሽ

[tilik’i – tinishi]

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big and small ት-ቅ--- -ንሽ ትልቅ እና ትንሽ ት-ቅ እ- ት-ሽ ---------- ትልቅ እና ትንሽ 0
t-li--i-ina tinishi tilik’i ina tinishi t-l-k-i i-a t-n-s-i ------------------- tilik’i ina tinishi
The elephant is big. ዝሆን-ት---ነው ዝሆን ትልቅ ነው ዝ-ን ት-ቅ ነ- ---------- ዝሆን ትልቅ ነው 0
zih--- --l-k’---e-i zihoni tilik’i newi z-h-n- t-l-k-i n-w- ------------------- zihoni tilik’i newi
The mouse is small. አ-- --ሽ-ናት አይጥ ትንሽ ናት አ-ጥ ት-ሽ ና- ---------- አይጥ ትንሽ ናት 0
āy-t’i -i--s-i-nati āyit’i tinishi nati ā-i-’- t-n-s-i n-t- ------------------- āyit’i tinishi nati
dark and bright ጨለ- -- -ርሃን ጨለማ እና ብርሃን ጨ-ማ እ- ብ-ሃ- ----------- ጨለማ እና ብርሃን 0
c------- i-- -i--h--i ch’elema ina birihani c-’-l-m- i-a b-r-h-n- --------------------- ch’elema ina birihani
The night is dark. ለ----ለማ ነው። ለሊት ጨለማ ነው። ለ-ት ጨ-ማ ነ-። ----------- ለሊት ጨለማ ነው። 0
l------ch-el-m--n---. lelīti ch’elema newi. l-l-t- c-’-l-m- n-w-. --------------------- lelīti ch’elema newi.
The day is bright. ቀን ብ-ሃን ነው። ቀን ብርሃን ነው። ቀ- ብ-ሃ- ነ-። ----------- ቀን ብርሃን ነው። 0
k-eni ---iha-i new-. k’eni birihani newi. k-e-i b-r-h-n- n-w-. -------------------- k’eni birihani newi.
old and young ሽ-ግ--እና ወ-ት ሽማግሌ እና ወጣት ሽ-ግ- እ- ወ-ት ----------- ሽማግሌ እና ወጣት 0
s-i--gi-ē-i-- w-t-a-i shimagilē ina wet’ati s-i-a-i-ē i-a w-t-a-i --------------------- shimagilē ina wet’ati
Our grandfather is very old. የእኛ --ድ-አያ- በጣም----ሌ ነው። የእኛ ወንድ አያት በጣም ሽማግሌ ነው። የ-ኛ ወ-ድ አ-ት በ-ም ሽ-ግ- ነ-። ------------------------ የእኛ ወንድ አያት በጣም ሽማግሌ ነው። 0
y--iny--wen-di -y-t--be----i---ima--lē newi- | ye’inya wenidi āyati bet’ami shimagilē newi. | y-’-n-a w-n-d- ā-a-i b-t-a-i s-i-a-i-ē n-w-. | ---------------------------------------------- ye’inya wenidi āyati bet’ami shimagilē newi. |
70 years ago he was still young. ከ 7- --ት---ት -ሱ-ወ---ነበረ። ከ 70 አመት በፊት እሱ ወጣት ነበረ። ከ 7- አ-ት በ-ት እ- ወ-ት ነ-ረ- ------------------------ ከ 70 አመት በፊት እሱ ወጣት ነበረ። 0
ke--0-ā-e-i-bef--i -s--w-t---i-neber-. ke 70 āmeti befīti isu wet’ati nebere. k- 7- ā-e-i b-f-t- i-u w-t-a-i n-b-r-. -------------------------------------- ke 70 āmeti befīti isu wet’ati nebere.
beautiful and ugly ው- -ና-አ---ሚ ውብ እና አስቀያሚ ው- እ- አ-ቀ-ሚ ----------- ውብ እና አስቀያሚ 0
wibi ----ā-ik’e---ī wibi ina āsik’eyamī w-b- i-a ā-i-’-y-m- ------------------- wibi ina āsik’eyamī
The butterfly is beautiful. ቢራቢሮ--ን- ነው። ቢራቢሮ ቆንጆ ነው። ቢ-ቢ- ቆ-ጆ ነ-። ------------ ቢራቢሮ ቆንጆ ነው። 0
b-r-b-r- k--ni-o new-. bīrabīro k’onijo newi. b-r-b-r- k-o-i-o n-w-. ---------------------- bīrabīro k’onijo newi.
The spider is ugly. ሸረሪት--ስቀ-----። ሸረሪት አስቀያሚ ናት። ሸ-ሪ- አ-ቀ-ሚ ና-። -------------- ሸረሪት አስቀያሚ ናት። 0
sherer--- ā-i-’--a-- n-ti. shererīti āsik’eyamī nati. s-e-e-ī-i ā-i-’-y-m- n-t-. -------------------------- shererīti āsik’eyamī nati.
fat and thin ወፍራ- -ና -ጭን ወፍራም እና ቀጭን ወ-ራ- እ- ቀ-ን ----------- ወፍራም እና ቀጭን 0
we-----i i---k-ec--ini wefirami ina k’ech’ini w-f-r-m- i-a k-e-h-i-i ---------------------- wefirami ina k’ech’ini
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. መቶ-ኪ--የ-ትመ----ት---ራ--ናት። መቶ ኪሎ የምትመዝን ሴት ወፍራም ናት። መ- ኪ- የ-ት-ዝ- ሴ- ወ-ራ- ና-። ------------------------ መቶ ኪሎ የምትመዝን ሴት ወፍራም ናት። 0
meto kīl--y---tim-z--i---t- wef-r--i n-t-. meto kīlo yemitimezini sēti wefirami nati. m-t- k-l- y-m-t-m-z-n- s-t- w-f-r-m- n-t-. ------------------------------------------ meto kīlo yemitimezini sēti wefirami nati.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. ሃ----- የሚመ-- ወ----ጫ- --። ሃምሳ ኪሎ የሚመዝን ወንድ ቀጫጫ ነው። ሃ-ሳ ኪ- የ-መ-ን ወ-ድ ቀ-ጫ ነ-። ------------------------ ሃምሳ ኪሎ የሚመዝን ወንድ ቀጫጫ ነው። 0
ha-is---ī-- ---ī-ezi-- w-n--i k’-c-’-c-’- n---. hamisa kīlo yemīmezini wenidi k’ech’ach’a newi. h-m-s- k-l- y-m-m-z-n- w-n-d- k-e-h-a-h-a n-w-. ----------------------------------------------- hamisa kīlo yemīmezini wenidi k’ech’ach’a newi.
expensive and cheap ው---- እርካሽ ውድ እና እርካሽ ው- እ- እ-ካ- ---------- ውድ እና እርካሽ 0
wi-i ----i---ashi widi ina irikashi w-d- i-a i-i-a-h- ----------------- widi ina irikashi
The car is expensive. መኪና- -- ነው። መኪናው ውድ ነው። መ-ና- ው- ነ-። ----------- መኪናው ውድ ነው። 0
m------i----i-ne--. mekīnawi widi newi. m-k-n-w- w-d- n-w-. ------------------- mekīnawi widi newi.
The newspaper is cheap. ጋ--ው-እ-ካሽ -ው-። ጋዜጣው እርካሽ ነው ። ጋ-ጣ- እ-ካ- ነ- ። -------------- ጋዜጣው እርካሽ ነው ። 0
g-zē-’-w- ir-kas---n-wi . gazēt’awi irikashi newi . g-z-t-a-i i-i-a-h- n-w- . ------------------------- gazēt’awi irikashi newi .

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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…