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79 [seventy-nine]

Adjectives 2

Adjectives 2

79 [ሰብዓንትሽዓተን]

79 [sebi‘anitishi‘ateni]

ቅጽላት 2

[k’its’ilati 2]

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I am wearing a blue dress. ሰማያ- ቀ-- ---ነ ኣሎ-። ሰማያዊ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። ሰ-ያ- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ሰማያዊ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
se----w---’e-īs-- --ẖ-dīn- -loh--። semayawī k’emīshi teh-edīne aloh-u። s-m-y-w- k-e-ī-h- t-h-e-ī-e a-o-̱-። ----------------------------------- semayawī k’emīshi teẖedīne aloẖu።
I am wearing a red dress. ቀይ------ተኸ---ኣሎ-። ቀይሕ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። ቀ-ሕ ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ----------------- ቀይሕ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k’----̣i -’e-ī-hi t--̱--ī-e -loh-u። k’eyih-i k’emīshi teh-edīne aloh-u። k-e-i-̣- k-e-ī-h- t-h-e-ī-e a-o-̱-። ----------------------------------- k’eyiḥi k’emīshi teẖedīne aloẖu።
I am wearing a green dress. ቀጠልያ -ሚሽ --ዲነ-ኣሎ-። ቀጠልያ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። ቀ-ል- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ቀጠልያ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k’e------- ----ī-h--te------------̱-። k’et’eliya k’emīshi teh-edīne aloh-u። k-e-’-l-y- k-e-ī-h- t-h-e-ī-e a-o-̱-። ------------------------------------- k’et’eliya k’emīshi teẖedīne aloẖu።
I’m buying a black bag. ጸላ- ሳንጣ -----የ። ጸላም ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። ጸ-ም ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጸላም ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
t-’el-m- -an--’a -i--zi’-‘--። ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye። t-’-l-m- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I’m buying a brown bag. ቡ--- ሳን--ክ--እ‘-። ቡናዊት ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። ቡ-ዊ- ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። ---------------- ቡናዊት ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
b-nawī---sa--t’- -i-e-i-i---። bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye። b-n-w-t- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I’m buying a white bag. ጻ-ዳ --ጣ ---እ‘የ። ጻዕዳ ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። ጻ-ዳ ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጻዕዳ ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
ts--‘-d- --n-t’- -igezi’-‘-e። ts’a‘ida sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye። t-’-‘-d- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’a‘ida sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I need a new car. ሓዳ- -ኪና----የ- -ላ-። ሓዳሽ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። ሓ-ሽ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------ ሓዳሽ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
ḥa--s-- m-k--a---di-iy-nī-a---። h-adashi mekīna tediliyenī ala ። h-a-a-h- m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። -------------------------------- ḥadashi mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
I need a fast car. ቅ--ፍ--መ-- ተድ-----ላ-። ቅልጥፍቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። ቅ-ጥ-ቲ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። -------------------- ቅልጥፍቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
k-i---’ifit- --k--a-t----iy-nī -la-። k’ilit’ifitī mekīna tediliyenī ala ። k-i-i-’-f-t- m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። ------------------------------------ k’ilit’ifitī mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
I need a comfortable car. ም-----ኪ--ተ-----ኣላ-። ምችእቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። ም-እ- መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------- ምችእቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
m--hi’-t----k--a ------y------- ። michi’itī mekīna tediliyenī ala ። m-c-i-i-ī m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። --------------------------------- michi’itī mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
An old lady lives at the top. ኣብዚ ------ቲ -ባይ------ት--ጥ-። ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ዓባይ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። ኣ-ዚ ላ-ሊ ሓ-ቲ ዓ-ይ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። --------------------------- ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ዓባይ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
a---ī-----lī h---i---‘a--y------yi-ī---ḵ-i----i ። abizī la‘ilī h-anitī ‘abayi sebeyitī tik-’imet’i ። a-i-ī l-‘-l- h-a-i-ī ‘-b-y- s-b-y-t- t-k-’-m-t-i ። -------------------------------------------------- abizī la‘ilī ḥanitī ‘abayi sebeyitī tiḵ’imet’i ።
A fat lady lives at the top. ኣ-ዚ ላ---ሓንቲ ሮ-- ሰ--- ት-መ- ። ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ሮጋድ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። ኣ-ዚ ላ-ሊ ሓ-ቲ ሮ-ድ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። --------------------------- ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ሮጋድ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
a-izī l--ilī h-ani-- -og------b-y--ī-ti-̱---et’--። abizī la‘ilī h-anitī rogadi sebeyitī tik-’imet’i ። a-i-ī l-‘-l- h-a-i-ī r-g-d- s-b-y-t- t-k-’-m-t-i ። -------------------------------------------------- abizī la‘ilī ḥanitī rogadi sebeyitī tiḵ’imet’i ።
A curious lady lives below. ኣ-ዚ --ቲ ----ህን-ይ- ሰበ----ቕመ- ። ኣብዚ ታሕቲ ሓንቲ ህንጥይቲ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። ኣ-ዚ ታ-ቲ ሓ-ቲ ህ-ጥ-ቲ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። ----------------------------- ኣብዚ ታሕቲ ሓንቲ ህንጥይቲ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
abiz- ---̣--ī h---itī-hi-it-i-it--s--e-i-- -i---im-t’i-። abizī tah-itī h-anitī hinit’iyitī sebeyitī tik-’imet’i ። a-i-ī t-h-i-ī h-a-i-ī h-n-t-i-i-ī s-b-y-t- t-k-’-m-t-i ። -------------------------------------------------------- abizī taḥitī ḥanitī hinit’iyitī sebeyitī tiḵ’imet’i ።
Our guests were nice people. ኣ-ይሽ--ኣ--ም-ብሩኻት--ሮ-። ኣጋይሽና ኣዝዮም ብሩኻት ኔሮም። ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ዮ- ብ-ኻ- ኔ-ም- -------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣዝዮም ብሩኻት ኔሮም። 0
a--yish-n--a-iy-m- b--uẖ-ti--ē-om-። agayishina aziyomi biruh-ati nēromi። a-a-i-h-n- a-i-o-i b-r-h-a-i n-r-m-። ------------------------------------ agayishina aziyomi biruẖati nēromi።
Our guests were polite people. ኣጋይሽ--ኣኽ-ሮት -ለዎ--ኢዮ---ሮም። ኣጋይሽና ኣኽብሮት ዘለዎም ኢዮም ኔሮም። ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ብ-ት ዘ-ዎ- ኢ-ም ኔ-ም- ------------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣኽብሮት ዘለዎም ኢዮም ኔሮም። 0
agay----na --̱--i--ti----e---i--yo-i-n--om-። agayishina ah-ibiroti zelewomi īyomi nēromi። a-a-i-h-n- a-̱-b-r-t- z-l-w-m- ī-o-i n-r-m-። -------------------------------------------- agayishina aẖibiroti zelewomi īyomi nēromi።
Our guests were interesting people. ኣጋ-ሽና-ማረ----ባት-እ----ሮ-። ኣጋይሽና ማረኽቲ ሰባት እዮም ኔሮም። ኣ-ይ-ና ማ-ኽ- ሰ-ት እ-ም ኔ-ም- ----------------------- ኣጋይሽና ማረኽቲ ሰባት እዮም ኔሮም። 0
aga----in--mareh-itī -eb--- -yomi n-romi። agayishina mareh-itī sebati iyomi nēromi። a-a-i-h-n- m-r-h-i-ī s-b-t- i-o-i n-r-m-። ----------------------------------------- agayishina mareẖitī sebati iyomi nēromi።
I have lovely children. ኣነ-(ፍቁ----ብ-ኻ--ቆ-- ኣ-ውኒ። ኣነ (ፍቁራት) ብሩኻት ቆልዑ ኣለውኒ። ኣ- (-ቁ-ት- ብ-ኻ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ው-። ------------------------ ኣነ (ፍቁራት) ብሩኻት ቆልዑ ኣለውኒ። 0
a-e--f---ura-i)-b--u--at- --oli-u ----i-ī። ane (fik’urati) biruh-ati k’oli‘u alewinī። a-e (-i-’-r-t-) b-r-h-a-i k-o-i-u a-e-i-ī- ------------------------------------------ ane (fik’urati) biruẖati k’oli‘u alewinī።
But the neighbours have naughty children. እዞም--ረ-------ደፋ-ት -ል- ኣ--ም። እዞም ጎረባብቲ ግን ደፋራት ቆልዑ ኣለዎም። እ-ም ጎ-ባ-ቲ ግ- ደ-ራ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ዎ-። --------------------------- እዞም ጎረባብቲ ግን ደፋራት ቆልዑ ኣለዎም። 0
iz-m- ----bab-t- -i-- --f---ti---ol--- --e---i። izomi gorebabitī gini defarati k’oli‘u alewomi። i-o-i g-r-b-b-t- g-n- d-f-r-t- k-o-i-u a-e-o-i- ----------------------------------------------- izomi gorebabitī gini defarati k’oli‘u alewomi።
Are your children well behaved? ደቅኹም --ዎት -ዮም? ደቅኹም ሕያዎት ድዮም? ደ-ኹ- ሕ-ዎ- ድ-ም- -------------- ደቅኹም ሕያዎት ድዮም? 0
dek-iẖ-mi h----w-ti-d-yomi? dek’ih-umi h-iyawoti diyomi? d-k-i-̱-m- h-i-a-o-i d-y-m-? ---------------------------- dek’iẖumi ḥiyawoti diyomi?

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