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21 [twenty-one]

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Small Talk 2

21 [ዕስራንሓደን]

21 [‘isiraniḥadeni]

ንዕሽቶ ዝርርብ 2

[ni‘ishito ziriribi 2]

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Where do you come from? ካበ----ም መጺእኩ-? ካ-- ኢ-- መ----- ካ-ይ ኢ-ም መ-እ-ም- -------------- ካበይ ኢኹም መጺእኩም? 0
k---y- -h--m--m---’ī’---m-? k----- ī----- m------------ k-b-y- ī-̱-m- m-t-’-’-k-m-? --------------------------- kabeyi īẖumi mets’ī’ikumi?
From Basel. ካ--ባ--። ካ- ባ--- ካ- ባ-ል- ------- ካብ ባሰል። 0
k-b---a-e-i። k--- b------ k-b- b-s-l-። ------------ kabi baseli።
Basel is in Switzerland. ባ-ል--ብ ----ላንድ-ኢ- -ርከብ ። ባ-- ኣ- ስ------ ኢ- ት--- ። ባ-ል ኣ- ስ-ዘ-ላ-ድ ኢ- ት-ከ- ። ------------------------ ባሰል ኣብ ስዊዘርላንድ ኢያ ትርከብ ። 0
ba--l---bi -iw----i---i-i ī-a-tiri-----። b----- a-- s------------- ī-- t------- ። b-s-l- a-i s-w-z-r-l-n-d- ī-a t-r-k-b- ። ---------------------------------------- baseli abi siwīzerilanidi īya tirikebi ።
May I introduce Mr. Miller? ም- ኣ- --- ዶ ከላል-ኩም? ም- ኣ- ሙ-- ዶ ከ------ ም- ኣ- ሙ-ር ዶ ከ-ል-ኩ-? ------------------- ምስ ኣቶ ሙለር ዶ ከላልየኩም? 0
misi --o -----i-d---e----ye--mi? m--- a-- m----- d- k------------ m-s- a-o m-l-r- d- k-l-l-y-k-m-? -------------------------------- misi ato muleri do kelaliyekumi?
He is a foreigner. ንሱ-ወጻ--ኛ እዩ። ን- ወ---- እ-- ን- ወ-እ-ኛ እ-። ------------ ንሱ ወጻእተኛ እዩ። 0
ni-- wet-----t-n-a--yu። n--- w------------ i--- n-s- w-t-’-’-t-n-a i-u- ----------------------- nisu wets’a’itenya iyu።
He speaks several languages. ን------ ----- -ዛረብ። ን- ብ--- ቋ---- ይ---- ን- ብ-ሓ- ቋ-ቋ-ት ይ-ረ-። ------------------- ንሱ ብዙሓት ቋንቋታት ይዛረብ። 0
n--u ---uḥ-t------ni--wa-at--yiza---i። n--- b-------- k------------- y-------- n-s- b-z-h-a-i k-w-n-k-w-t-t- y-z-r-b-። --------------------------------------- nisu bizuḥati k’wanik’watati yizarebi።
Are you here for the first time? ንቀ--ይ-ግ- -ኹ- ኣብዚ---ኹ-? ን---- ግ- ዲ-- ኣ-- ዘ---- ን-ዳ-ይ ግ- ዲ-ም ኣ-ዚ ዘ-ኹ-? ---------------------- ንቀዳማይ ግዜ ዲኹም ኣብዚ ዘለኹም? 0
ni-’e-----i--izē-dīh-umi a-iz-----eh---i? n---------- g--- d------ a---- z--------- n-k-e-a-a-i g-z- d-h-u-i a-i-ī z-l-h-u-i- ----------------------------------------- nik’edamayi gizē dīẖumi abizī zeleẖumi?
No, I was here once last year. ኣይኮን----ዝሓ-ፈ ዓመት -ብ- -ረ። ኣ------ ዝ--- ዓ-- ኣ-- ኔ-- ኣ-ኮ-ኩ-፣ ዝ-ላ- ዓ-ት ኣ-ዚ ኔ-። ------------------------ ኣይኮንኩን፣ ዝሓላፈ ዓመት ኣብዚ ኔረ። 0
a--k-ni-u-----ih-al-f- ‘-m-ti -biz--nē-e። a----------- z-------- ‘----- a---- n---- a-i-o-i-u-i- z-h-a-a-e ‘-m-t- a-i-ī n-r-። ----------------------------------------- ayikonikuni፣ ziḥalafe ‘ameti abizī nēre።
Only for a week, though. ግን ን-ደ ሰ-ን -ራይ። ግ- ን-- ሰ-- ጥ--- ግ- ን-ደ ሰ-ን ጥ-ይ- --------------- ግን ንሓደ ሰሙን ጥራይ። 0
g--i -i----e -em-ni-t-i---i። g--- n------ s----- t------- g-n- n-h-a-e s-m-n- t-i-a-i- ---------------------------- gini niḥade semuni t’irayi።
How do you like it here? ከመይ-ደ---ልኩም--? ከ-- ደ- ኢ--- ዶ- ከ-ይ ደ- ኢ-ኩ- ዶ- -------------- ከመይ ደስ ኢልኩም ዶ? 0
keme-- d--- ---ku-i-do? k----- d--- ī------ d-- k-m-y- d-s- ī-i-u-i d-? ----------------------- kemeyi desi īlikumi do?
A lot. The people are nice. ኣዝዩ ጽቡ---እ----ባ- ---ት----። ኣ-- ጽ--- እ-- ሰ-- ብ--- ኔ--- ኣ-ዩ ጽ-ቕ- እ-ም ሰ-ት ብ-ኻ- ኔ-ም- -------------------------- ኣዝዩ ጽቡቕ። እቶም ሰባት ብሩኻት ኔሮም። 0
a-iyu--s---u--’i።-it----seb-t---i-uh-at--nē--m-። a---- t---------- i---- s----- b-------- n------ a-i-u t-’-b-k-’-። i-o-i s-b-t- b-r-h-a-i n-r-m-። ------------------------------------------------ aziyu ts’ibuḵ’i። itomi sebati biruẖati nēromi።
And I like the scenery, too. ቅር------ውን ደ--ይብ--። ቅ--------- ደ- ይ---- ቅ-ጸ-መ-ት-ው- ደ- ይ-ለ-። ------------------- ቅርጸ-መሬት‘ውን ደስ ይብለኒ። 0
k---------m-r--i‘-i-i de-- ----lenī። k-------------------- d--- y-------- k-i-i-s-e-m-r-t-‘-i-i d-s- y-b-l-n-። ------------------------------------ k’irits’e-merēti‘wini desi yibilenī።
What is your profession? እ--ይ ዩ--ያ--? እ--- ዩ ሞ---- እ-ታ- ዩ ሞ-ኹ-? ------------ እንታይ ዩ ሞያኹም? 0
i-i-a-i yu-m--ah--m-? i------ y- m--------- i-i-a-i y- m-y-h-u-i- --------------------- initayi yu moyaẖumi?
I am a translator. ኣ-----ማይ እ-። ኣ- ተ---- እ-- ኣ- ተ-ጓ-ይ እ-። ------------ ኣነ ተርጓማይ እየ። 0
ane---r----ma-i----። a-- t---------- i--- a-e t-r-g-a-a-i i-e- -------------------- ane terigwamayi iye።
I translate books. ኣ- መጽ-ፍቲ--ተ------። ኣ- መ---- የ---- እ-- ኣ- መ-ሓ-ቲ የ-ር-ም እ-። ------------------ ኣነ መጽሓፍቲ የተርጉም እየ። 0
a-- me-s--h--f-t- y-t---gumi -ye። a-- m------------ y--------- i--- a-e m-t-’-h-a-i-ī y-t-r-g-m- i-e- --------------------------------- ane mets’iḥafitī yeterigumi iye።
Are you alone here? ኣ-ዚ-በ-ን------ም -? ኣ-- በ---- ኣ--- ዶ- ኣ-ዚ በ-ን-ም ኣ-ኹ- ዶ- ----------------- ኣብዚ በይንኹም ኣሎኹም ዶ? 0
ab------yi----umi---o-̱--- do? a---- b---------- a------- d-- a-i-ī b-y-n-h-u-i a-o-̱-m- d-? ------------------------------ abizī beyiniẖumi aloẖumi do?
No, my wife / my husband is also here. ኣይኮን--- -በ-ተይ/ሰብኣየይ---- ----ኣ--ኣሎ። ኣ------ ሰ---------- እ-- ኣ-- ኣ----- ኣ-ኮ-ኩ-፣ ሰ-ይ-ይ-ሰ-ኣ-ይ እ-ን ኣ-ዚ ኣ-/-ሎ- ---------------------------------- ኣይኮንኩን፣ ሰበይተይ/ሰብኣየይ እውን ኣብዚ ኣላ/ኣሎ። 0
ayikoni--ni- ---e-i-----s-bi’ay-y- i---i--b--- a-a-alo። a----------- s-------------------- i---- a---- a------- a-i-o-i-u-i- s-b-y-t-y-/-e-i-a-e-i i-i-i a-i-ī a-a-a-o- ------------------------------------------------------- ayikonikuni፣ sebeyiteyi/sebi’ayeyi iwini abizī ala/alo።
And those are my two children. ከ--‘ው--ክልተ ደ-----ኡ---ው። ከ----- ክ-- ደ-- ኣ-- ኣ--- ከ-ኡ-ው- ክ-ተ ደ-ይ ኣ-ኡ ኣ-ው- ----------------------- ከምኡ‘ውን ክልተ ደቀይ ኣብኡ ኣለው። 0
k-mi’-‘-i-i--ilite --k’eyi -b-’- al---። k---------- k----- d------ a---- a----- k-m-’-‘-i-i k-l-t- d-k-e-i a-i-u a-e-i- --------------------------------------- kemi’u‘wini kilite dek’eyi abi’u alewi።

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