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81 [eighty-one]

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Past tense 1

81 [ሰማንያንሓደን]

81 [semaniyaniḥadeni]

ሕሉፍ 1

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to write ምጽሓፍ ምጽሓፍ ም-ሓ- ---- ምጽሓፍ 0
mits-i--a-i mits’ih-afi m-t-’-h-a-i ----------- mits’iḥafi
He wrote a letter. ን--ሓ- ደ-ዳ- ---ፍ-ኣ-። ንሱ ሓደ ደብዳበ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ። ን- ሓ- ደ-ዳ- ይ-ሕ- ኣ-። ------------------- ንሱ ሓደ ደብዳበ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ። 0
n--u--̣a-- d-bi-a-- -----i-̣i-- alo። nisu h-ade debidabe yits’ih-ifi alo። n-s- h-a-e d-b-d-b- y-t-’-h-i-i a-o- ------------------------------------ nisu ḥade debidabe yits’iḥifi alo።
And she wrote a card. ን-‘ው- ሓ- ካር- ት-ሕፍ --። ንሳ‘ውን ሓደ ካርታ ትጽሕፍ ኣላ። ን-‘-ን ሓ- ካ-ታ ት-ሕ- ኣ-። --------------------- ንሳ‘ውን ሓደ ካርታ ትጽሕፍ ኣላ። 0
nisa‘---i ---d--ka---a-t-t--ih-i-i---a። nisa‘wini h-ade karita tits’ih-ifi ala። n-s-‘-i-i h-a-e k-r-t- t-t-’-h-i-i a-a- --------------------------------------- nisa‘wini ḥade karita tits’iḥifi ala።
to read ኣንበበ ኣንበበ ኣ-በ- ---- ኣንበበ 0
ani-ebe anibebe a-i-e-e ------- anibebe
He read a magazine. ንሱ-----ሉ-ትረይት-መ-ሔ-) የ-ብ- --። ንሱ ሓደ ኢሉስትረይት(መጽሔት) የንብብ ኔሩ። ን- ሓ- ኢ-ስ-ረ-ት-መ-ሔ-) የ-ብ- ኔ-። ---------------------------- ንሱ ሓደ ኢሉስትረይት(መጽሔት) የንብብ ኔሩ። 0
ni-u -̣ad- ------irey-ti--e-s-iḥēti---e-i---i -ēr-። nisu h-ade īlusitireyiti(mets’ih-ēti) yenibibi nēru። n-s- h-a-e ī-u-i-i-e-i-i-m-t-’-h-ē-i- y-n-b-b- n-r-። ---------------------------------------------------- nisu ḥade īlusitireyiti(mets’iḥēti) yenibibi nēru።
And she read a book. ንሳ-ከ- -- --ሓ- ተ-----ራ። ንሳ ከኣ ሓደ መጽሓፍ ተንብብ ኔራ። ን- ከ- ሓ- መ-ሓ- ተ-ብ- ኔ-። ---------------------- ንሳ ከኣ ሓደ መጽሓፍ ተንብብ ኔራ። 0
nis--ke’a-h-a-e-met-----af---e-i--bi--ē-a። nisa ke’a h-ade mets’ih-afi tenibibi nēra። n-s- k-’- h-a-e m-t-’-h-a-i t-n-b-b- n-r-። ------------------------------------------ nisa ke’a ḥade mets’iḥafi tenibibi nēra።
to take ወ-ደ ወሰደ ወ-ደ --- ወሰደ 0
w-s--e wesede w-s-d- ------ wesede
He took a cigarette. ንሱ-ሓደ---ራ ---። ንሱ ሓደ ሽጋራ ወሲዱ። ን- ሓ- ሽ-ራ ወ-ዱ- -------------- ንሱ ሓደ ሽጋራ ወሲዱ። 0
n--------e-s-i-ara wes-d-። nisu h-ade shigara wesīdu። n-s- h-a-e s-i-a-a w-s-d-። -------------------------- nisu ḥade shigara wesīdu።
She took a piece of chocolate. ን- ሓደ --ጽ-ቾ-ላ- -ሲዳ። ንሳ ሓደ ቍራጽ ቾኮላታ ወሲዳ። ን- ሓ- ቍ-ጽ ቾ-ላ- ወ-ዳ- ------------------- ንሳ ሓደ ቍራጽ ቾኮላታ ወሲዳ። 0
ni-- h--d- ----rats-i-cho----ta-we-īda። nisa h-ade k’wirats’i chokolata wesīda። n-s- h-a-e k-w-r-t-’- c-o-o-a-a w-s-d-። --------------------------------------- nisa ḥade k’wirats’i chokolata wesīda።
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. ንሱ እ----ይነበረ--- ን---- --ንቲ -ራ። ንሱ እሙን ኣይነበረን ፣ ንሳ ግን እምንቲ ኔራ። ን- እ-ን ኣ-ነ-ረ- ፣ ን- ግ- እ-ን- ኔ-። ------------------------------ ንሱ እሙን ኣይነበረን ፣ ንሳ ግን እምንቲ ኔራ። 0
n--u imu-- ---neb-re-i-- n-s---i-i---i-i-- --r-። nisu imuni ayinebereni ፣ nisa gini iminitī nēra። n-s- i-u-i a-i-e-e-e-i ፣ n-s- g-n- i-i-i-ī n-r-። ------------------------------------------------ nisu imuni ayinebereni ፣ nisa gini iminitī nēra።
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. ን- -ኩ----፣ ንሳ-ግን---ህ- -ራ። ንሱ ህኩይ ኔሩ፣ ንሳ ግን ትግህቲ ኔራ። ን- ህ-ይ ኔ-፣ ን- ግ- ት-ህ- ኔ-። ------------------------- ንሱ ህኩይ ኔሩ፣ ንሳ ግን ትግህቲ ኔራ። 0
nisu-hi-u----ēru፣ n-sa gi-i-tig-hi-ī-nē--። nisu hikuyi nēru፣ nisa gini tigihitī nēra። n-s- h-k-y- n-r-፣ n-s- g-n- t-g-h-t- n-r-። ------------------------------------------ nisu hikuyi nēru፣ nisa gini tigihitī nēra።
He was poor, but she was rich. ን---ኻ--ሩ፣ -ሳ ግ---ብ---ኢ----፣ ንሱ ድኻ ኔሩ፣ ንሳ ግን ሃብታም ኢያ ኔራ፣ ን- ድ- ኔ-፣ ን- ግ- ሃ-ታ- ኢ- ኔ-፣ --------------------------- ንሱ ድኻ ኔሩ፣ ንሳ ግን ሃብታም ኢያ ኔራ፣ 0
n--u --h-a n---፣-nisa---ni --b--a-i---a--ē--፣ nisu dih-a nēru፣ nisa gini habitami īya nēra፣ n-s- d-h-a n-r-፣ n-s- g-n- h-b-t-m- ī-a n-r-፣ --------------------------------------------- nisu diẖa nēru፣ nisa gini habitami īya nēra፣
He had no money, only debts. ን-----ብ-ኣ-ነ-ሮ-- -ዳ---ምበ---ሩ-። ንሱ ገንዘብ ኣይነበሮን፣ ዕዳታት‘ምበር ኔሩዎ። ን- ገ-ዘ- ኣ-ነ-ሮ-፣ ዕ-ታ-‘-በ- ኔ-ዎ- ----------------------------- ንሱ ገንዘብ ኣይነበሮን፣ ዕዳታት‘ምበር ኔሩዎ። 0
nisu--e-ize-- ayi-eb----i---i---------be---nēruwo። nisu genizebi ayineberoni፣ ‘idatati‘miberi nēruwo። n-s- g-n-z-b- a-i-e-e-o-i- ‘-d-t-t-‘-i-e-i n-r-w-። -------------------------------------------------- nisu genizebi ayineberoni፣ ‘idatati‘miberi nēruwo።
He had no luck, only bad luck. ሕ-- ዕ-ል-ምበ- ጽቡ- -ድል--ይ-በ-ን ። ሕማቕ ዕድል‘ምበር ጽቡቅ ዕድል ኣይነበሮን ። ሕ-ቕ ዕ-ል-ም-ር ጽ-ቅ ዕ-ል ኣ-ነ-ሮ- ። ---------------------------- ሕማቕ ዕድል‘ምበር ጽቡቅ ዕድል ኣይነበሮን ። 0
h-ima-̱’- -idi-i‘-i---i-t-’i--k---‘---li -y-nebe-o-- ። h-imak-’i ‘idili‘miberi ts’ibuk’i ‘idili ayineberoni ። h-i-a-̱-i ‘-d-l-‘-i-e-i t-’-b-k-i ‘-d-l- a-i-e-e-o-i ። ------------------------------------------------------ ḥimaḵ’i ‘idili‘miberi ts’ibuk’i ‘idili ayineberoni ።
He had no success, only failure. ውድቐ---በ- ዓ-ት-----ሮን ። ውድቐት‘ምበር ዓወት ኣይነበሮን ። ው-ቐ-‘-በ- ዓ-ት ኣ-ነ-ሮ- ። --------------------- ውድቐት‘ምበር ዓወት ኣይነበሮን ። 0
w---k--et-‘-i--r- ‘a--ti ay--e-eroni ። widik-’eti‘miberi ‘aweti ayineberoni ። w-d-k-’-t-‘-i-e-i ‘-w-t- a-i-e-e-o-i ። -------------------------------------- widiḵ’eti‘miberi ‘aweti ayineberoni ።
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. ዘ---ት‘ምበር -ሱ- ኣ-ነ-ረን። ዘይድሱት‘ምበር ድሱት ኣይነበረን። ዘ-ድ-ት-ም-ር ድ-ት ኣ-ነ-ረ-። --------------------- ዘይድሱት‘ምበር ድሱት ኣይነበረን። 0
z--id-su--‘m--eri --su---ay-n---r-n-። zeyidisuti‘miberi disuti ayinebereni። z-y-d-s-t-‘-i-e-i d-s-t- a-i-e-e-e-i- ------------------------------------- zeyidisuti‘miberi disuti ayinebereni።
He was not happy, but sad. ዘይ-ጉ- ---- ሕጉስ-ኣይ-በ-ን-። ዘይሕጉስ ‘ምበር ሕጉስ ኣይነበረን ። ዘ-ሕ-ስ ‘-በ- ሕ-ስ ኣ-ነ-ረ- ። ----------------------- ዘይሕጉስ ‘ምበር ሕጉስ ኣይነበረን ። 0
z-yi--i-------ibe-i -̣-gusi a-i-eber-ni-። zeyih-igusi ‘miberi h-igusi ayinebereni ። z-y-h-i-u-i ‘-i-e-i h-i-u-i a-i-e-e-e-i ። ----------------------------------------- zeyiḥigusi ‘miberi ḥigusi ayinebereni ።
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. ጨካን-ምበ- ር-ሩ-------- ። ጨካን‘ምበር ርህሩህ ኣይነበረን ። ጨ-ን-ም-ር ር-ሩ- ኣ-ነ-ረ- ። --------------------- ጨካን‘ምበር ርህሩህ ኣይነበረን ። 0
ch’---ni‘-i-er---ihiruhi a-in----e-i-። ch’ekani‘miberi rihiruhi ayinebereni ። c-’-k-n-‘-i-e-i r-h-r-h- a-i-e-e-e-i ። -------------------------------------- ch’ekani‘miberi rihiruhi ayinebereni ።

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