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93 [ninety-three]

Subordinate clauses: if

Subordinate clauses: if

93 [ተስዓንሰለስተን]

93 [tesi‘aniselesiteni]

“ከም” ዘለዎም ንኡስ ሓሳብት

[“kemi” zelewomi ni’usi ḥasabiti]

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I don’t know if he loves me. ን------ቅረ--ኣ-ፈ--ን‘የ። ን- ከ------ ኣ-------- ን- ከ-ዘ-ቅ-ኒ ኣ-ፈ-ጥ-‘-። -------------------- ንሱ ከምዘፍቅረኒ ኣይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
n-su--e---ef-k’i--n- -yi---it-ini‘y-። n--- k-------------- a--------------- n-s- k-m-z-f-k-i-e-ī a-i-e-i-’-n-‘-e- ------------------------------------- nisu kemizefik’irenī ayifelit’ini‘ye።
I don’t know if he’ll come back. ን- ከም--ለ--ይ-ል-ን-የ። ን- ከ----- ይ------- ን- ከ-ዝ-ለ- ይ-ል-ን-የ- ------------------ ንሱ ከምዝምለስ ይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
ni-- kem-----l-----i-e-i-’--i‘--። n--- k----------- y-------------- n-s- k-m-z-m-l-s- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። --------------------------------- nisu kemizimilesi yifelit’ini‘ye።
I don’t know if he’ll call me. ን ----ድ---ይ ይ-ልጥ--የ። ን ሱ-------- ይ------- ን ሱ-ም-ድ-ለ-ይ ይ-ል-ን-የ- -------------------- ን ሱከምዝድውለለይ ይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
ni-suk-----d--------i---f-li-’--i-ye። n- s----------------- y-------------- n- s-k-m-z-d-w-l-l-y- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። ------------------------------------- ni sukemizidiwileleyi yifelit’ini‘ye።
Maybe he doesn’t love me? ከም ዘፍቅ-ኒ ? ከ- ዘ---- ? ከ- ዘ-ቅ-ኒ ? ---------- ከም ዘፍቅረኒ ? 0
kem- z-fik’--en- ? k--- z---------- ? k-m- z-f-k-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi zefik’irenī ?
Maybe he won’t come back? ከም--ምለስ ? ከ- ዝ--- ? ከ- ዝ-ለ- ? --------- ከም ዝምለስ ? 0
k--i----ile-i ? k--- z------- ? k-m- z-m-l-s- ? --------------- kemi zimilesi ?
Maybe he won’t call me? ከም-ዝድውለለ--? ከ- ዝ----- ? ከ- ዝ-ው-ለ- ? ----------- ከም ዝድውለለይ ? 0
ke-i -----i-ele---? k--- z----------- ? k-m- z-d-w-l-l-y- ? ------------------- kemi zidiwileleyi ?
I wonder if he thinks about me. ይ-ስ-------ብ---ቶ ኣ-- ። ይ---- ዲ- ዝ-- ሕ- ኣ-- ። ይ-ስ-ኒ ዲ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ ። --------------------- ይሓስበኒ ዲዩ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ ። 0
yi-̣a---e----ī-u-z-b-li h-i-- --onī-። y---------- d--- z----- h---- a---- ። y-h-a-i-e-ī d-y- z-b-l- h-i-o a-o-ī ። ------------------------------------- yiḥasibenī dīyu zibili ḥito alonī ።
I wonder if he has someone else. ካ-- ኣላ- ---ዝ-ል--- -ሎኒ። ካ-- ኣ-- ድ- ዝ-- ሕ- ኣ--- ካ-እ ኣ-ቶ ድ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ---------------------- ካልእ ኣላቶ ድያ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ። 0
k----- --ato -i-a-zi-ili -̣i------n-። k----- a---- d--- z----- h---- a----- k-l-’- a-a-o d-y- z-b-l- h-i-o a-o-ī- ------------------------------------- kali’i alato diya zibili ḥito alonī።
I wonder if he lies. ይ---ዲ-------ቶ --ኒ። ይ-- ዲ- ዝ-- ሕ- ኣ--- ይ-ሱ ዲ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ------------------ ይሕሱ ዲዩ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ። 0
yih--su----u -ibi-i-h---o----n-። y------ d--- z----- h---- a----- y-h-i-u d-y- z-b-l- h-i-o a-o-ī- -------------------------------- yiḥisu dīyu zibili ḥito alonī።
Maybe he thinks of me? ከ- -ሓስበ- ? ከ- ዝ---- ? ከ- ዝ-ስ-ኒ ? ---------- ከም ዝሓስበኒ ? 0
k--- --h------nī-? k--- z---------- ? k-m- z-h-a-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi ziḥasibenī ?
Maybe he has someone else? ካ-እ-ከ----ቶ-? ካ-- ከ- ዘ-- ? ካ-እ ከ- ዘ-ቶ ? ------------ ካልእ ከም ዘላቶ ? 0
k----- -emi--e--to ? k----- k--- z----- ? k-l-’- k-m- z-l-t- ? -------------------- kali’i kemi zelato ?
Maybe he tells me the truth? እ- -ቂ ከ--ዝዛረ- ? እ- ሓ- ከ- ዝ--- ? እ- ሓ- ከ- ዝ-ረ- ? --------------- እቲ ሓቂ ከም ዝዛረብ ? 0
i-ī ḥ-k------- --z--eb- ? i-- h----- k--- z------- ? i-ī h-a-’- k-m- z-z-r-b- ? -------------------------- itī ḥak’ī kemi zizarebi ?
I doubt whether he really likes me. ናይብ---ከ-ዝ-ት----ጣ--- ኣሎ-። ና---- ከ------ እ---- ኣ--- ና-ብ-ቂ ከ-ዝ-ት-ኒ እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ------------------------ ናይብሓቂ ከምዝፈትወኒ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
n--i-iḥa-’- k--iz-f-ti-en- -t---a---ri--lo--u። n----------- k------------- i---------- a------ n-y-b-h-a-’- k-m-z-f-t-w-n- i-’-r-t-e-i a-o-̱-። ----------------------------------------------- nayibiḥak’ī kemizifetiwenī it’arat’eri aloẖu።
I doubt whether he’ll write to me. እጽ-ፈ-- ዲዩ--- እ--ጠ--ኣሎኹ። እ----- ዲ- ኢ- እ---- ኣ--- እ-ሕ-ለ- ዲ- ኢ- እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ----------------------- እጽሕፈለይ ዲዩ ኢለ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
i--’---ife-ey- ---- -l--it-ar-t’--i-alo-̱-። i------------- d--- ī-- i---------- a------ i-s-i-̣-f-l-y- d-y- ī-e i-’-r-t-e-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------------------- its’iḥifeleyi dīyu īle it’arat’eri aloẖu።
I doubt whether he’ll marry me. ከም----ወኒ--ጣ-ጠር ኣሎ-። ከ------- እ---- ኣ--- ከ-ዝ-ር-ወ- እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ------------------- ከምዝምርዓወኒ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
k-mi------‘-we-- i-’-r-t-er- aloẖu። k--------------- i---------- a------ k-m-z-m-r-‘-w-n- i-’-r-t-e-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------------ kemizimiri‘awenī it’arat’eri aloẖu።
Does he really like me? ናይ-ሓ- ከም--ፈትወ--? ና---- ከ- ዝ---- ? ና-ብ-ዊ ከ- ዝ-ት-ኒ ? ---------------- ናይብሓዊ ከም ዝፈትወኒ ? 0
n-y-bi---------i--if--iwe-- ? n---------- k--- z--------- ? n-y-b-h-a-ī k-m- z-f-t-w-n- ? ----------------------------- nayibiḥawī kemi zifetiwenī ?
Will he write to me? ከ- ---ፈለይ ? ከ- ዝ----- ? ከ- ዝ-ሕ-ለ- ? ----------- ከም ዝጽሕፈለይ ? 0
k-mi-z--s--h-i-el-yi ? k--- z-------------- ? k-m- z-t-’-h-i-e-e-i ? ---------------------- kemi zits’iḥifeleyi ?
Will he marry me? ከም -ም-ዓ-ኒ ? ከ- ዝ----- ? ከ- ዝ-ር-ወ- ? ----------- ከም ዝምርዓወኒ ? 0
kemi----i--‘aw--- ? k--- z----------- ? k-m- z-m-r-‘-w-n- ? ------------------- kemi zimiri‘awenī ?

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