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ተግባራት

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What does Martha do? ማርታ እ--- -- ትገብር? ማርታ እንታይ ድያ ትገብር? ማ-ታ እ-ታ- ድ- ት-ብ-? ----------------- ማርታ እንታይ ድያ ትገብር? 0
m--i----ni-ayi -i-a ti-e---i? marita initayi diya tigebiri? m-r-t- i-i-a-i d-y- t-g-b-r-? ----------------------------- marita initayi diya tigebiri?
She works at an office. ኣብ-ቤ-------እያ --ር-። ኣብ ቤት-ጽሕፈት እያ ትሰርሕ። ኣ- ቤ---ሕ-ት እ- ት-ር-። ------------------- ኣብ ቤት-ጽሕፈት እያ ትሰርሕ። 0
a---b----ts’-ḥ-f----iya -i-----̣-። abi bēti-ts’ih-ifeti iya tiserih-i። a-i b-t---s-i-̣-f-t- i-a t-s-r-h-i- ----------------------------------- abi bēti-ts’iḥifeti iya tiseriḥi።
She works on the computer. ኣ- ኮ-ፒ---እያ -ሰር-። ኣብ ኮምፒተር እያ ትሰርሕ። ኣ- ኮ-ፒ-ር እ- ት-ር-። ----------------- ኣብ ኮምፒተር እያ ትሰርሕ። 0
abi ko-ipī-er- -y- t-se-iḥi። abi komipīteri iya tiserih-i። a-i k-m-p-t-r- i-a t-s-r-h-i- ----------------------------- abi komipīteri iya tiseriḥi።
Where is Martha? ማ---ኣ-- --? ማርታ ኣበይ ኣላ? ማ-ታ ኣ-ይ ኣ-? ----------- ማርታ ኣበይ ኣላ? 0
mar----abey---l-? marita abeyi ala? m-r-t- a-e-i a-a- ----------------- marita abeyi ala?
At the cinema. ኣብ-ሲነ-። ኣብ ሲነማ። ኣ- ሲ-ማ- ------- ኣብ ሲነማ። 0
abi s--em-። abi sīnema። a-i s-n-m-። ----------- abi sīnema።
She is watching a film. ንሳ-ሓ----ም---- --። ንሳ ሓደ ፊልም ትርኢ ኣላ። ን- ሓ- ፊ-ም ት-ኢ ኣ-። ----------------- ንሳ ሓደ ፊልም ትርኢ ኣላ። 0
n-s--ḥ-de --li-i----i-ī -l-። nisa h-ade fīlimi tiri’ī ala። n-s- h-a-e f-l-m- t-r-’- a-a- ----------------------------- nisa ḥade fīlimi tiri’ī ala።
What does Peter do? ጰጥሮስ--ን-- ድ--ዝ-ብ-? ጰጥሮስ እንታይ ድዩ ዝገብር? ጰ-ሮ- እ-ታ- ድ- ዝ-ብ-? ------------------ ጰጥሮስ እንታይ ድዩ ዝገብር? 0
p---’iro---in-tay--diy---i--bir-? p’et’irosi initayi diyu zigebiri? p-e-’-r-s- i-i-a-i d-y- z-g-b-r-? --------------------------------- p’et’irosi initayi diyu zigebiri?
He studies at the university. ን- ኣ- ዩኒ--ስ- --ሃር። ንሱ ኣብ ዩኒቨርስቲ ይመሃር። ን- ኣ- ዩ-ቨ-ስ- ይ-ሃ-። ------------------ ንሱ ኣብ ዩኒቨርስቲ ይመሃር። 0
ni-- abi---nī-e-is------------። nisu abi yunīverisitī yimehari። n-s- a-i y-n-v-r-s-t- y-m-h-r-። ------------------------------- nisu abi yunīverisitī yimehari።
He studies languages. ንሱ ቋ--ታት ይመሃር---። ንሱ ቋንቋታት ይመሃር ኣሎ። ን- ቋ-ቋ-ት ይ-ሃ- ኣ-። ----------------- ንሱ ቋንቋታት ይመሃር ኣሎ። 0
ni-------nik’----t----meh-----l-። nisu k’wanik’watati yimehari alo። n-s- k-w-n-k-w-t-t- y-m-h-r- a-o- --------------------------------- nisu k’wanik’watati yimehari alo።
Where is Peter? ጰጥ---ኣ-- -- ዘሎ? ጰጥሮስ ኣበይ ድዩ ዘሎ? ጰ-ሮ- ኣ-ይ ድ- ዘ-? --------------- ጰጥሮስ ኣበይ ድዩ ዘሎ? 0
p’-t--ro-i ---yi--i-u -e-o? p’et’irosi abeyi diyu zelo? p-e-’-r-s- a-e-i d-y- z-l-? --------------------------- p’et’irosi abeyi diyu zelo?
At the café. ኣብ እን- ሻሂ። ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ። ኣ- እ-ዳ ሻ-። ---------- ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ። 0
a---inid- --a--። abi inida shahī። a-i i-i-a s-a-ī- ---------------- abi inida shahī።
He is drinking coffee. ንሱ--ን -ሰቲ-ኣ-። ንሱ ቡን ይሰቲ ኣሎ። ን- ቡ- ይ-ቲ ኣ-። ------------- ንሱ ቡን ይሰቲ ኣሎ። 0
ni---bun--y--et--al-። nisu buni yisetī alo። n-s- b-n- y-s-t- a-o- --------------------- nisu buni yisetī alo።
Where do they like to go? ና-- -ዮም---ዳ ዝኸ-? ናበይ ድዮም ዝያዳ ዝኸዱ? ና-ይ ድ-ም ዝ-ዳ ዝ-ዱ- ---------------- ናበይ ድዮም ዝያዳ ዝኸዱ? 0
na-----di-----ziya-a---h---u? nabeyi diyomi ziyada zih-edu? n-b-y- d-y-m- z-y-d- z-h-e-u- ----------------------------- nabeyi diyomi ziyada ziẖedu?
To a concert. ና--ኮን---። ናብ ኮንሰርት። ና- ኮ-ሰ-ት- --------- ናብ ኮንሰርት። 0
n-bi-k-nise--ti። nabi koniseriti። n-b- k-n-s-r-t-። ---------------- nabi koniseriti።
They like to listen to music. ሙዚ- ም-ማዕ -ስ-ይብሎም ። ሙዚቃ ምስማዕ ደስ ይብሎም ። ሙ-ቃ ም-ማ- ደ- ይ-ሎ- ። ------------------ ሙዚቃ ምስማዕ ደስ ይብሎም ። 0
m--īk-a-m-sim-‘i d--i yib-lomi ። muzīk’a misima‘i desi yibilomi ። m-z-k-a m-s-m-‘- d-s- y-b-l-m- ። -------------------------------- muzīk’a misima‘i desi yibilomi ።
Where do they not like to go? ናበ- ኢዮም ---ሒ--ይከ-? ናበይ ኢዮም ብብዝሒ ዘይከዱ? ና-ይ ኢ-ም ብ-ዝ- ዘ-ከ-? ------------------ ናበይ ኢዮም ብብዝሒ ዘይከዱ? 0
na-ey- ī-omi--i-i-iḥī z--ik-d-? nabeyi īyomi bibizih-ī zeyikedu? n-b-y- ī-o-i b-b-z-h-ī z-y-k-d-? -------------------------------- nabeyi īyomi bibiziḥī zeyikedu?
To the disco. ና- ዲ-ኮ። ናብ ዲስኮ። ና- ዲ-ኮ- ------- ናብ ዲስኮ። 0
nab---ī-i-o። nabi dīsiko። n-b- d-s-k-። ------------ nabi dīsiko።
They do not like to dance. ን----ክ---ዑ--ይ-ል-ን። ንሳቶም ክስዕስዑ ኣይደልዩን። ን-ቶ- ክ-ዕ-ዑ ኣ-ደ-ዩ-። ------------------ ንሳቶም ክስዕስዑ ኣይደልዩን። 0
n-----m--k-s--isi‘u ayid-l-yu--። nisatomi kisi‘isi‘u ayideliyuni። n-s-t-m- k-s-‘-s-‘- a-i-e-i-u-i- -------------------------------- nisatomi kisi‘isi‘u ayideliyuni።

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Creole Languages

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