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en big – small   »   ti ዓቢ - ንእሽቶ

68 [sixty-eight]

big – small

big – small

68 [ሱሳንሸሞንተን]

68 [susanishemoniteni]

ዓቢ - ንእሽቶ

[‘abī - ni’ishito]

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big and small ዓ-----ሽ--ን ዓ-- ን----- ዓ-ን ን-ሽ-ይ- ---------- ዓብን ንእሽቶይን 0
‘--i-- -i’i--------i ‘----- n------------ ‘-b-n- n-’-s-i-o-i-i -------------------- ‘abini ni’ishitoyini
The elephant is big. እ--ሓር-- -ቢ --። እ- ሓ--- ዓ- እ-- እ- ሓ-ማ- ዓ- እ-። -------------- እቲ ሓርማዝ ዓቢ እዩ። 0
itī--̣-ri-azi--a-----u። i-- h-------- ‘--- i--- i-ī h-a-i-a-i ‘-b- i-u- ----------------------- itī ḥarimazi ‘abī iyu።
The mouse is small. እ---ንጨዋ-ን---- -ያ። እ- ኣ--- ን---- እ-- እ- ኣ-ጨ- ን-ሽ-ይ እ-። ----------------- እታ ኣንጨዋ ንእሽቶይ እያ። 0
i-a-a--ch’--a---’-s-itoy- i-a። i-- a-------- n---------- i--- i-a a-i-h-e-a n-’-s-i-o-i i-a- ------------------------------ ita anich’ewa ni’ishitoyi iya።
dark and bright ድቡ-ን ---ን ድ--- ብ--- ድ-ን- ብ-ህ- --------- ድቡንን ብሩህን 0
di-u--ni bi--h--i d------- b------- d-b-n-n- b-r-h-n- ----------------- dibunini biruhini
The night is dark. ለይቲ-ድቡን--ልማ- እ-። ለ-- ድ------- እ-- ለ-ቲ ድ-ን-ጸ-ማ- እ-። ---------------- ለይቲ ድቡን/ጸልማት እዩ። 0
l-yi-- di--n-/--’--i-at---y-። l----- d---------------- i--- l-y-t- d-b-n-/-s-e-i-a-i i-u- ----------------------------- leyitī dibuni/ts’elimati iyu።
The day is bright. መ--ቲ -ሩህ-እዩ። መ--- ብ-- እ-- መ-ል- ብ-ህ እ-። ------------ መዓልቲ ብሩህ እዩ። 0
m--a-itī--iru-i-i-u። m------- b----- i--- m-‘-l-t- b-r-h- i-u- -------------------- me‘alitī biruhi iyu።
old and young ኣ-ጊ-ን--ን---ን ኣ---- መ----- ኣ-ጊ-ን መ-እ-ይ- ------------ ኣረጊትን መንእሰይን 0
ar--īt-ni-m--i’--e---i a-------- m----------- a-e-ī-i-i m-n-’-s-y-n- ---------------------- aregītini meni’iseyini
Our grandfather is very old. ኣ-ሓጎ---ዝዩ---ኢጉ-እዩ። ኣ---- ኣ-- ኣ--- እ-- ኣ-ሓ-ና ኣ-ዩ ኣ-ኢ- እ-። ------------------ ኣቦሓጎና ኣዝዩ ኣረኢጉ እዩ። 0
a-oḥa---a az-----r-’ī-----u። a--------- a---- a------ i--- a-o-̣-g-n- a-i-u a-e-ī-u i-u- ----------------------------- aboḥagona aziyu are’īgu iyu።
70 years ago he was still young. ንሱ --ሚ 70 -መ-- መን-ሰይ እ- -ሩ። ን- ቅ-- 7- ዓ--- መ---- እ- ኔ-- ን- ቅ-ሚ 7- ዓ-ታ- መ-እ-ይ እ- ኔ-። --------------------------- ንሱ ቅድሚ 70 ዓመታት መንእሰይ እዩ ኔሩ። 0
n--u-k-idi-ī--0---m--ati meni’---yi-iy- -ē-u። n--- k------ 7- ‘------- m--------- i-- n---- n-s- k-i-i-ī 7- ‘-m-t-t- m-n-’-s-y- i-u n-r-። --------------------------------------------- nisu k’idimī 70 ‘ametati meni’iseyi iyu nēru።
beautiful and ugly ጽ--- ---ን ጽ--- ክ--- ጽ-ቕ- ክ-እ- --------- ጽቡቕን ክፉእን 0
t----uḵ’i-i-ki-u--ni t----------- k------- t-’-b-k-’-n- k-f-’-n- --------------------- ts’ibuḵ’ini kifu’ini
The butterfly is beautiful. እ- ጽ----ዕ ኣ-----ቕቲ---። እ- ጽ----- ኣ-- ጽ--- እ-- እ- ጽ-ብ-ሊ- ኣ-ዩ ጽ-ቕ- እ-። ---------------------- እታ ጽንብላሊዕ ኣዝዩ ጽቡቕቲ እያ። 0
i---t-’i-ib-la-ī‘i-a--y- ----bu---i---i--። i-- t------------- a---- t----------- i--- i-a t-’-n-b-l-l-‘- a-i-u t-’-b-k-’-t- i-a- ------------------------------------------ ita ts’inibilalī‘i aziyu ts’ibuḵ’itī iya።
The spider is ugly. እታ -ሬት -ፍ-- --። እ- ሳ-- ክ--- እ-- እ- ሳ-ት ክ-እ- እ-። --------------- እታ ሳሬት ክፍእቲ እያ። 0
it- -ar-ti----i---ī--ya። i-- s----- k------- i--- i-a s-r-t- k-f-’-t- i-a- ------------------------ ita sarēti kifi’itī iya።
fat and thin ሮ--ን ቀ-ንን ሮ--- ቀ--- ሮ-ድ- ቀ-ን- --------- ሮጊድን ቀጢንን 0
r----i-i--’e-’īn-ni r------- k--------- r-g-d-n- k-e-’-n-n- ------------------- rogīdini k’et’īnini
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. ሓ-ቲ 10- -- እ---ን -በይ- --ድ--ያ። ሓ-- 1-- ኪ- እ---- ሰ--- ሮ-- እ-- ሓ-ቲ 1-0 ኪ- እ-ም-ን ሰ-ይ- ሮ-ድ እ-። ----------------------------- ሓንቲ 100 ኪሎ እትምዘን ሰበይቲ ሮጋድ እያ። 0
ḥani-ī 1----īl----im--e---se-ey--- r-g-d- i--። h------ 1-- k--- i-------- s------- r----- i--- h-a-i-ī 1-0 k-l- i-i-i-e-i s-b-y-t- r-g-d- i-a- ----------------------------------------------- ḥanitī 100 kīlo itimizeni sebeyitī rogadi iya።
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. ሓደ 50 -- -ም-ን ሰብኣ- -ጢ----። ሓ- 5- ኪ- ዝ--- ሰ--- ቀ-- እ-- ሓ- 5- ኪ- ዝ-ዘ- ሰ-ኣ- ቀ-ን እ-። -------------------------- ሓደ 50 ኪሎ ዝምዘን ሰብኣይ ቀጢን እዩ። 0
ḥ-de--0---l- -imize-- se---ay- k’-t’-ni ---። h---- 5- k--- z------- s------- k------- i--- h-a-e 5- k-l- z-m-z-n- s-b-’-y- k-e-’-n- i-u- --------------------------------------------- ḥade 50 kīlo zimizeni sebi’ayi k’et’īni iyu።
expensive and cheap ክቡ-ን ሕ-ርን ክ--- ሕ--- ክ-ር- ሕ-ር- --------- ክቡርን ሕሱርን 0
kib----i h-isu-i-i k------- h-------- k-b-r-n- h-i-u-i-i ------------------ kiburini ḥisurini
The car is expensive. እ--መ----ብርቲ-እያ። እ- መ-- ከ--- እ-- እ- መ-ና ከ-ር- እ-። --------------- እታ መኪና ከብርቲ እያ። 0
i-a --k--------r-tī --a። i-- m----- k------- i--- i-a m-k-n- k-b-r-t- i-a- ------------------------ ita mekīna kebiritī iya።
The newspaper is cheap. እ- ጋዜጣ ሕሱ- -ዩ። እ- ጋ-- ሕ-- እ-- እ- ጋ-ጣ ሕ-ር እ-። -------------- እቲ ጋዜጣ ሕሱር እዩ። 0
itī-----t-a ḥi-u----yu። i-- g------ h------ i--- i-ī g-z-t-a h-i-u-i i-u- ------------------------ itī gazēt’a ḥisuri iyu።

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Code-switching

More and more people are growing up bilingual. They can speak more than one language. Many of these people often switch languages. They decide which language to use depending on the situation. For example, they speak a different language at work than at home. By doing so, they adapt themselves to their environment. But there is also the possibility of switching languages spontaneously. This phenomenon is called code-switching . In code-switching, the language gets switched in the middle of speaking. There could be many reasons why speakers switch languages. Often, they don't find the appropriate word in one language. They can express themselves better in the other language. It can also be that the speaker feels more confident in one of the languages. They use this language for private or personal things. Sometimes a certain word doesn't exist in a language. In this case the speaker must switch languages. Or they switch languages so that they aren't understood. In that case code-switching works like a secret language. Earlier, mixing languages was criticized. It was thought that the speaker couldn't speak either language correctly. Today it is viewed differently. Code-switching is recognized as a special linguistic competence. It can be interesting to observe speakers using code-switching. Often, they don't just switch the language they're speaking. Other communicative elements change as well. Many speak faster, louder or more accentuated in the other language. Or they suddenly use more gestures and facial expressions. In this way, code-switching is always a little bit of culture-switching too…