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23 [twenty-three]

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23 [ዕስራንሰለስተን]

23 [‘isiraniselesiteni]

ባዕዳዊ ቋንቋታት ምምሃር

[ba‘idawī k’wanik’watati mimihari]

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Where did you learn Spanish? ስፓኛ ኣበይ-ተ-ሂ-ኩ-? ስ-- ኣ-- ተ------ ስ-ኛ ኣ-ይ ተ-ሂ-ኩ-? --------------- ስፓኛ ኣበይ ተማሂርኩም? 0
s-pa-ya --e-i----ahīri----? s------ a---- t------------ s-p-n-a a-e-i t-m-h-r-k-m-? --------------------------- sipanya abeyi temahīrikumi?
Can you also speak Portuguese? ፖርቱጊሰ- ---ኽ-ሉ---ም? ፖ----- ከ ት--- ዲ--- ፖ-ቱ-ሰ- ከ ት-እ- ዲ-ም- ------------------ ፖርቱጊሰኛ ከ ትኽእሉ ዲኹም? 0
p--i------ny--k- t----’----d-h-um-? p------------ k- t-------- d------- p-r-t-g-s-n-a k- t-h-i-i-u d-h-u-i- ----------------------------------- poritugīsenya ke tiẖi’ilu dīẖumi?
Yes, and I also speak some Italian. እወ--እንተላ- ቅ-ብ-ጣል--- -ኽእል-ኢ-። እ-- እ---- ቅ-- ጣ---- እ--- ኢ-- እ-፣ እ-ተ-ይ ቅ-ብ ጣ-ያ-ኛ እ-እ- ኢ-። ---------------------------- እወ፣ እንተላይ ቅሩብ ጣልያንኛ እኽእል ኢየ። 0
iwe፣ ini-e-ayi--’i---- t-al-y--inya ih-i’-li -ye። i--- i-------- k------ t----------- i------- ī--- i-e- i-i-e-a-i k-i-u-i t-a-i-a-i-y- i-̱-’-l- ī-e- ------------------------------------------------- iwe፣ initelayi k’irubi t’aliyaninya iẖi’ili īye።
I think you speak very well. ከ- ትዕዝብተ--ኣዚኹ- -ቡ- ኢኹም ትዛረ--። ከ- ት----- ኣ--- ጽ-- ኢ-- ት--- ። ከ- ት-ዝ-ተ- ኣ-ኹ- ጽ-ቕ ኢ-ም ት-ረ- ። ----------------------------- ከም ትዕዝብተይ ኣዚኹም ጽቡቕ ኢኹም ትዛረቡ ። 0
k-m--ti‘i--bi-ey- -zīh---- -s’i-uḵ’i--h-umi ti-a--bu ። k--- t----------- a------- t--------- ī----- t------- ። k-m- t-‘-z-b-t-y- a-ī-̱-m- t-’-b-k-’- ī-̱-m- t-z-r-b- ። ------------------------------------------------------- kemi ti‘izibiteyi azīẖumi ts’ibuḵ’i īẖumi tizarebu ።
The languages are quite similar. እዞ- -ን----ተመሳ-------። እ-- ቋ---- ተ----- እ--- እ-ም ቋ-ቋ-ት ተ-ሳ-ል- እ-ም- --------------------- እዞም ቋንቋታት ተመሳሰልቲ እዮም። 0
i---i k-w-nik’---ati -em-sa--l-tī iy--i። i---- k------------- t----------- i----- i-o-i k-w-n-k-w-t-t- t-m-s-s-l-t- i-o-i- ---------------------------------------- izomi k’wanik’watati temesaselitī iyomi።
I can understand them well. ኣ- --- ገይ--ክ--ኣኩ- -ኽ-- ኢ--። ኣ- ጽ-- ገ-- ክ----- ይ--- ኢ- ። ኣ- ጽ-ቕ ገ-ረ ክ-ድ-ኩ- ይ-እ- ኢ- ። --------------------------- ኣነ ጽቡቕ ገይረ ክርድኣኩም ይኽእል ኢየ ። 0
a-e ---ib--̱’i--e-i---k-ridi’ak-mi-yiẖ-’i-- īye-። a-- t--------- g----- k----------- y-------- ī-- ። a-e t-’-b-k-’- g-y-r- k-r-d-’-k-m- y-h-i-i-i ī-e ። -------------------------------------------------- ane ts’ibuḵ’i geyire kiridi’akumi yiẖi’ili īye ።
But speaking and writing is difficult. ግ-- ም-ራ-ን---ሓፍን-ከ-ድ-እ-። ግ-- ም---- ም---- ከ-- እ-- ግ-፣ ም-ራ-ን ም-ሓ-ን ከ-ድ እ-። ----------------------- ግን፣ ምዝራብን ምጽሓፍን ከቢድ እዩ። 0
gi--፣ -i-ir---n---i-----̣a--n---eb--i ---። g---- m--------- m------------ k----- i--- g-n-፣ m-z-r-b-n- m-t-’-h-a-i-i k-b-d- i-u- ------------------------------------------ gini፣ mizirabini mits’iḥafini kebīdi iyu።
I still make many mistakes. ጌ- -ዙ--ጌጋ-- እ- -ገ-ር። ጌ- ብ-- ጌ--- እ- ዝ---- ጌ- ብ-ሕ ጌ-ታ- እ- ዝ-ብ-። -------------------- ጌና ብዙሕ ጌጋታት እየ ዝገብር። 0
g--a------̣- -ēg-t---------ig-----። g--- b------ g------- i-- z-------- g-n- b-z-h-i g-g-t-t- i-e z-g-b-r-። ----------------------------------- gēna bizuḥi gēgatati iye zigebiri።
Please correct me each time. በጃ---ኩ- -ዜ -ር-ኒ። በ--- ኩ- ግ- ኣ---- በ-ኹ- ኩ- ግ- ኣ-ሙ-። ---------------- በጃኹም ኩሉ ግዜ ኣርሙኒ። 0
b-ja--um- kul- g--ē--r-m--ī። b-------- k--- g--- a------- b-j-h-u-i k-l- g-z- a-i-u-ī- ---------------------------- bejaẖumi kulu gizē arimunī።
Your pronunciation is very good. ኣ-ማ-ጻ-ም---- ጽ-ቅ --። ኣ------ ኣ-- ጽ-- እ-- ኣ-ማ-ጻ-ም ኣ-ዩ ጽ-ቅ እ-። ------------------- ኣደማምጻኹም ኣዚዩ ጽብቅ እዩ። 0
a---am-t-’-----i-azīyu---’---k’i i-u። a--------------- a---- t-------- i--- a-e-a-i-s-a-̱-m- a-ī-u t-’-b-k-i i-u- ------------------------------------- ademamits’aẖumi azīyu ts’ibik’i iyu።
You only have a slight accent. ን-ሽ- ኣክ--ት ኣለኩ-። ን--- ኣ---- ኣ---- ን-ሽ- ኣ-ሰ-ት ኣ-ኩ-። ---------------- ንእሽቶ ኣክሰንት ኣለኩም። 0
ni’-shit--a-i--ni-i--l---mi። n-------- a-------- a------- n-’-s-i-o a-i-e-i-i a-e-u-i- ---------------------------- ni’ishito akiseniti alekumi።
One can tell where you come from. ካበ--ከም-መጻ- -ልለ-ኢኻ። ካ-- ከ----- ት-- ኢ-- ካ-ይ ከ-ዝ-ጻ- ት-ለ ኢ-። ------------------ ካበይ ከምዝመጻኻ ትልለ ኢኻ። 0
k-b--i--e---imet----̱a ti--le--ẖ-። k----- k-------------- t----- ī---- k-b-y- k-m-z-m-t-’-h-a t-l-l- ī-̱-። ----------------------------------- kabeyi kemizimets’aẖa tilile īẖa።
What is your mother tongue / native language (am.)? ቋን----ደ-ም -ንታ- --? ቋ-- ----- እ--- ድ-- ቋ-ቋ --ደ-ም እ-ታ- ድ-? ------------------ ቋንቋ -ኣደኹም እንታይ ድዩ? 0
k-w--i---- -----̱--i-i--t--i--iyu? k--------- --------- i------ d---- k-w-n-k-w- --d-h-u-i i-i-a-i d-y-? ---------------------------------- k’wanik’wa -adeẖumi initayi diyu?
Are you taking a language course? ቋ-ቋ-----ሩ-ዲ--። ቋ--- ት--- ዲ--- ቋ-ቋ- ት-ሃ- ዲ-ም- -------------- ቋንቋ- ትምሃሩ ዲኹም። 0
k--an--’-a--ti---------ẖ-mi። k---------- t------- d------- k-w-n-k-w-- t-m-h-r- d-h-u-i- ----------------------------- k’wanik’wa- timiharu dīẖumi።
Which textbook are you using? እን-- -ይ-ት-ም--ር----ት ----? እ--- ዓ--- ም--- ና--- ት---- እ-ታ- ዓ-ነ- ም-ሃ- ና-ረ- ት-ቐ-? ------------------------- እንታይ ዓይነት ምምሃር ናብረት ትጥቐሙ? 0
i---a-i-‘a--net--m-----ri--a-i--ti -i-’-k-’--u? i------ ‘------- m------- n------- t----------- i-i-a-i ‘-y-n-t- m-m-h-r- n-b-r-t- t-t-i-̱-e-u- ----------------------------------------------- initayi ‘ayineti mimihari nabireti tit’iḵ’emu?
I don’t remember the name right now. ሕ- ከ----ምዝ--ል -ይ---- እየ። ሕ- ከ-- ከ----- ኣ----- እ-- ሕ- ከ-ይ ከ-ዝ-ሃ- ኣ-ፈ-ጥ- እ-። ------------------------ ሕጂ ከመይ ከምዝበሃል ኣይፈልጥን እየ። 0
ḥ-j- kemeyi-----z--e-al- -yifel-t’i-- -ye። h---- k----- k----------- a----------- i--- h-i-ī k-m-y- k-m-z-b-h-l- a-i-e-i-’-n- i-e- ------------------------------------------- ḥijī kemeyi kemizibehali ayifelit’ini iye።
The title is not coming to me. እ- -ርእስ----)---ኡኒ። እ- ኣ-------- ጠ---- እ- ኣ-እ-ቲ-ስ-) ጠ-ኡ-። ------------------ እታ ኣርእስቲ(ስም) ጠፊኡኒ። 0
it- ari-i-itī---mi- -’---’-nī። i-- a-------------- t--------- i-a a-i-i-i-ī-s-m-) t-e-ī-u-ī- ------------------------------ ita ari’isitī(simi) t’efī’unī።
I’ve forgotten it. ኣነ ረ-ዐ----። ኣ- ረ--- እ-- ኣ- ረ-ዐ- እ-። ----------- ኣነ ረሲዐዮ እየ። 0
a----es-‘ā---iy-። a-- r------- i--- a-e r-s-‘-y- i-e- ----------------- ane resī‘āyo iye።

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