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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. ሰ----ቀ---ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። ሰ--- ቀ-- ተ--- ኣ--- ሰ-ያ- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ሰማያዊ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
s-may-w- k’e-ī--i --h--d-n- -loẖu። s------- k------- t-------- a------ 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. ቀይሕ-ቀ-- ተኸ----ሎኹ። ቀ-- ቀ-- ተ--- ኣ--- ቀ-ሕ ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ----------------- ቀይሕ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k’-y-h-i k---īsh- -e--ed-n---loh-u። k------- k------- t-------- a------ 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. ቀ-ልያ --- ተኸዲነ-ኣሎኹ። ቀ--- ቀ-- ተ--- ኣ--- ቀ-ል- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ቀጠልያ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k’e-’e-----k-emī--i-t-h--dīn--alo--u። k--------- k------- t-------- a------ 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--ሳ-ጣ-ክ-ዝ---። ጸ-- ሳ-- ክ------ ጸ-ም ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጸላም ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
ts’-la-- s-ni-’a-k-gezi’i---። t------- s------ k----------- t-’-l-m- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I’m buying a brown bag. ቡናዊት -ንጣ -ገዝእ‘የ። ቡ--- ሳ-- ክ------ ቡ-ዊ- ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። ---------------- ቡናዊት ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
b--awī-i -a--t-- -------i‘y-። b------- s------ k----------- b-n-w-t- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I’m buying a white bag. ጻዕዳ ሳ---ክገ-እ‘የ። ጻ-- ሳ-- ክ------ ጻ-ዳ ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጻዕዳ ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
ts’a--da --nit-a-----z-’i-ye። t------- s------ k----------- t-’-‘-d- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’a‘ida sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I need a new car. ሓዳሽ-መኪ--ተ--------። ሓ-- መ-- ተ---- ኣ- ። ሓ-ሽ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------ ሓዳሽ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
ḥ-d--hi--ek-------il--e-ī ----። h------- m----- t--------- a-- ። h-a-a-h- m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። -------------------------------- ḥadashi mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
I need a fast car. ቅል--------ተ---ኒ--- ። ቅ---- መ-- ተ---- ኣ- ። ቅ-ጥ-ቲ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። -------------------- ቅልጥፍቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
k’--i-’-fi-ī mek-n--t----iyenī--la-። k----------- m----- t--------- a-- ። 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-እቲ -ኪ--ተድ-የኒ----። ም--- መ-- ተ---- ኣ- ። ም-እ- መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------- ምችእቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
mi-hi---ī-me---a ted---ye-ī-a-a-። m-------- m----- t--------- a-- ። 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. ኣ-ዚ--ዕሊ-ሓንቲ --ይ -------መጥ ። ኣ-- ላ-- ሓ-- ዓ-- ሰ--- ት--- ። ኣ-ዚ ላ-ሊ ሓ-ቲ ዓ-ይ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። --------------------------- ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ዓባይ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
a------a-il------itī-‘aba-- -e--yi-ī-t--̱-im-t’- ። a---- l----- h------ ‘----- s------- t---------- ። 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-- ሓን---ጋድ---ይቲ ት----። ኣ-- ላ-- ሓ-- ሮ-- ሰ--- ት--- ። ኣ-ዚ ላ-ሊ ሓ-ቲ ሮ-ድ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። --------------------------- ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ሮጋድ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
ab-zī ----lī ḥ--i-- ro-ad--s--e---ī t-k--i-e--- ። a---- l----- h------ r----- s------- t---------- ። 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---ታሕቲ ሓንቲ ህ-ጥ-ቲ-ሰ--- -ቕመጥ ። ኣ-- ታ-- ሓ-- ህ---- ሰ--- ት--- ። ኣ-ዚ ታ-ቲ ሓ-ቲ ህ-ጥ-ቲ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። ----------------------------- ኣብዚ ታሕቲ ሓንቲ ህንጥይቲ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
ab-z--------ī --a-i-ī--i-it’i-it------y--- --k---m-t’i-። a---- t------ h------ h---------- s------- t---------- ። 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. ኣጋይ---ኣ-ዮ- ብሩ-ት-ኔ-ም። ኣ---- ኣ--- ብ--- ኔ--- ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ዮ- ብ-ኻ- ኔ-ም- -------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣዝዮም ብሩኻት ኔሮም። 0
a-----h-n---ziyomi ----ẖa----ēromi። a--------- a------ b-------- n------ 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. ኣጋ-ሽና --ብሮት-ዘ-ዎ- -ዮም -ሮ-። ኣ---- ኣ---- ዘ--- ኢ-- ኔ--- ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ብ-ት ዘ-ዎ- ኢ-ም ኔ-ም- ------------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣኽብሮት ዘለዎም ኢዮም ኔሮም። 0
a---ish-n-----ibir-ti-ze-ew--i---o-i---ro-i። a--------- a--------- z------- ī---- n------ 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. ኣ--ሽ---ረኽቲ --ት-እ-- --ም። ኣ---- ማ--- ሰ-- እ-- ኔ--- ኣ-ይ-ና ማ-ኽ- ሰ-ት እ-ም ኔ-ም- ----------------------- ኣጋይሽና ማረኽቲ ሰባት እዮም ኔሮም። 0
aga-i-------a-e--i----eba---i---- nē-omi። a--------- m-------- s----- i---- n------ 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. ኣ- (ፍ-ራ-- -ሩ-ት-ቆል- -ለውኒ። ኣ- (----- ብ--- ቆ-- ኣ---- ኣ- (-ቁ-ት- ብ-ኻ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ው-። ------------------------ ኣነ (ፍቁራት) ብሩኻት ቆልዑ ኣለውኒ። 0
a-----i--u--ti--bi--h--t- -’--i---ale--nī። a-- (---------- b-------- k------ a------- 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. እ-ም-ጎ-ባ----ን-ደ-ራት--ልዑ-ኣ-ዎ-። እ-- ጎ---- ግ- ደ--- ቆ-- ኣ---- እ-ም ጎ-ባ-ቲ ግ- ደ-ራ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ዎ-። --------------------------- እዞም ጎረባብቲ ግን ደፋራት ቆልዑ ኣለዎም። 0
izo-- goreba-itī -ini d--a--ti --o--‘-----wo--። i---- g--------- g--- d------- k------ a------- 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? ደ--- ---ት -ዮም? ደ--- ሕ--- ድ--- ደ-ኹ- ሕ-ዎ- ድ-ም- -------------- ደቅኹም ሕያዎት ድዮም? 0
d---i-̱----ḥ--aw-t--diy-m-? d--------- h-------- d------ d-k-i-̱-m- h-i-a-o-i d-y-m-? ---------------------------- dek’iẖumi ḥiyawoti diyomi?

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