Lesson 4 – I know your dad Flashcards by Gil Snoeck

ያሳዩኝ

yasayyuň

(from «asayye»)

Show me

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ሊያሳዩኝ

līyasayyuň

(from «asayye»)

for you to show me

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ይችላሉ

yıčılallu

(from «čale»)

you can

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ልታሳየኝ

lıtasayyeň

(from «asayye»)

for you to show me

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ትችላለህ

tıčılalleh

(from «čale»)

you can

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ልታሳዪኝ

lītasayyīň

for you to show me

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ትችያለሽ

tıčıyalleš

you can

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እባክዎ, ደህና ሆቴል ሊያሳዩኝ ይችላሉ?

ebakkıwo, dehna hotēl līyasayyuň yıčılallu?

Excuse me, can you show me a nice hotel?

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እባክህ, ደህና ሆቴሉ ልታሳየኝ ትችላለህ?

ebakkıh, dehna hotēl lıtasayyeň tıčılalleh?

Excuse me, can you show me a nice hotel?

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እባክሽ, ደህና ሆቴሉ ልታሳዪኝ ትችያለሽ?

ebakkıš, dehna hotēl lıtasayyīň tıčıyalleš?

Excuse me, can you show me a nice hotel?

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ጊዮን

gīyon

Ghion

(famous hotel in the centre of Addis Abeba)

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ይመስላል

yımeslal

(from «messele»)

it seems

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ይመስለኛል

yımesleňňal

(from « messele »)

it seems to me

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አዎ, ጊዮን ሆቴል ደህና ይመስለኛል

awo, gīyon hotēl dehna yımesleňňal

Yes, Ghion Hotel seems fine to me

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አድራሻ

adrašša

an address

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አድራሻ የት ነው?

adrašša yet new?

What’s the address?

(lit.: «where is»)

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ራይድ

rayd

Ride

(ie., taxi)

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ታክሲ

taksī

a taxi

(the word is also used to talk about minibuses, etc.)

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በታክሲ

betaksī

by taxi

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በራይድ

berayd

by Ride

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በራይድ መሄድ ይችላሉ

berayd mehēd yıčılallu

You can go by Ride

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በራይድ መሄድ ትችላለህ

berayd mehēd tıčılalleh

You can go by Ride

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በራይድ መሄድ ትችያለሽ

berayd mehēd tıčıyalleš

You can go by Ride

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እሺ

eššī

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እጠራለሁ

et’erallew

(from «t’erra»)

I’m calling

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እሺ, ራይድ እጠራለሁ

eššī, rayd et’erallew

Ok, I’m calling a Ride

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አቤት?

abēt?

Yes?

(in reply to a call)

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ያድርሱኝ

yadrısuň

(from «aderrese»)

take me to…

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አድርሰኝ

adrıseň

(from « aderrese »)

take me to…

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አድርሸኝ

adrıšeň

(from « aderrese »)

take me to…

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እባክዎ ጊዮን ሆቴል ያድርሱኝ

ebakkıwo gīyon hotēl yadrısuň

Please take me to Ghion Hotel

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እባክህ ጊዮን ሆቴል አድርሰኝ

ebakkıh gīyon hotēl adrıseň

Please take me to Ghion Hotel

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እባክሽ ጊዮን ሆቴል አድርሸኝ

ebakkıš gīyon hotēl adrıšeň

Please take me to Ghion Hotel

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ልክፈል

lıkfel

(from «keffele»)

for me to pay

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ልክፈልዎ

lıkfelıwo

(from «keffele»)

for me to pay you

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አሳየ*

asayye

(masayyet, yasayyal, asayyıto, asayy, yasayy)

he showed*

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ቻለ*

čale

(mečal, yıčılal, čılo, čal, yıčal)

he could*

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መሰለ

messele*

(memsel, yımeslal, meslo, mısel, yımsel)

it seemed*

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አደረሰ*

aderrese

(madres, yadersal, adrıso, adrıs, yadrıs)

he made arrive*

(as in «he drove someone to somewhere»)

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ጠራ*

t’erra

(met’rat, yıt’eral, t’erto, t’ıra, yıt’ra)

he called*

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ከፈለ

keffele*

(mekfel, yıkeflal, keflo, kıfel, yıkfel)

he paid*

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ልክፈልህ

lıkfelıh

(from «keffele»)

for me to pay you

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ልክፈልሽ

lıkfelıš

(from «keffele»)

for me to pay you

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ስንት ልክፈልዎ?

sıntı lıkfelıwo?

How much should I pay you?

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ስንት ልክፈልህ?

sıntı lıkfelıh ?

How much should I pay you?

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ስንት ልክፈልሽ?

sıntı lıkfelıš ?

How much should I pay you?

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ብር

bırr

birr

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አራት መቶ ብር

arattı meto bırr

400 birr

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ነገር

neger

a thing

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ይባላል

yıbbalal

(from «tebale»)

it is said / it is called

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ተባለ*

tebale

(mebbal, yıbbalal, tebılo, tebal, yıbbal)

it was said / it was called*

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ባማርኛ

bamarıňňa

in Amharic

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ይህ ነገር ባማርኛ ምን ይባላል?

yıh neger bamarıňňa mın yıbbalal?

How is this thing called in Amharic?

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እርሳስ

ersas

pencil

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አለዎ

allewo

you have

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አለህ

alleh

you have

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አልሽ

alleš

you have

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እርሳስ አለዎ?

ersas allewo?

Do you have a pencil?

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እርሳስ አለህ?

ersas alleh ?

Do you have a pencil?

(sg. m.)

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እርሳስ አለሽ?

ersas alleš ?

Do you have a pencil?

(sg. f.)

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የለኝም

yelleňňım

I don’t have

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ብዙ

bızu

a lot

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ብዙ እርሳሶች አሉዎ?

bızu ersasoč alluwo?

Do you have many pencils?

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ብዙ እርሳሶች አሉህ?

bızu ersasoč alluh?

Do you have many pencils?

(sg. m.)

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ብዙ እርሳሶች አሉሽ?

bızu ersasoč alluš?

Do you have many pencils?

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ብቻ

bıčča

only

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የለም, አንድ ብቻ አለኝ

yellem, andı bıčča alleň

No, I only have one

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ይድገሙልኝ

yıdegmullıň

Repeat it for me

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ድገምልኝ

dıgemıllıň

Repeat it for me

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ድገሚልኝ

dıgemīllıň

Repeat it for me

(sg. f.)

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ይህን

yıhın

this

(as an object of the verb)

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ቃል

k’al

word

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ይህን ቃል ይድገሙት

yıhın k’al yıdgemut

Repeat this word

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ይህን ቃል ድገመው

yıhın k’al dıgemew

Repeat this word

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ይህን ቃል ድገሚው

yıhın k’al dıgemīw

Repeat this word

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እችላለሁ

ečılallew

(from «čale»)

I can

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አዎ, እችላለሁ

awo, ečılallew

Yes, I can

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ስሜ ጴጥሮስ ነው

sımē P’ēt’ros new

My name is Peter

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ሃገር

hager

country

(can also mean region/village of origin)

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ሃገርህ አሜሪካ ነው?

hagerıh amērīka new?

Are you from America?

(«Is America your country?», sg. m.)

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አባት

abbat

father

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ረጅም

rejjım

long, tall

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አባትሽ ረጅም ነው

abbatıš rejjım new

Your dad is tall

(sg. f.)

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ስምዎ ማን ነው?

sımıwo man new ?

What is your name?

(«Who is your name?», polite)

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ቀይ

k’eyy

red

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መጽሃፉ ቀይ ነው

mets’ıhafu k’eyy new

His book is red

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እናት

ennat

mother

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እናቷ ቆንጆ ናት

ennatwa k’onjo nat

Her mother is beautiful

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ስማችን ኪያና ሄኖክ ነው

sımaččın Kīyanna Hēnok new

Our names are Kiya and Henok

(«Our name is…»)

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ኪያ

Kīya

Kiya

(woman name)

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Hēnok

Henok

(man name)

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ሀገራችሁ የት ነው?

hageračču yet new?

Where are you from?

(«Where is your country?», plural)

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መኪና

mekīna

car

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መኪናቸው ጥሩ አይደለም

mekīnaččew t’ıru aydellem

Their car is not good

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-ዬ

-yē

(possessive suffix)

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-ህ

-h

your

(possessive suffix, sg. m.)

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-ሽ

-š

your

(possessive suffix, sg. f.)

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-ዎ

-wo

your

(possessive suffix, polite)

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-ው

-w

his

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-ዋ

-wa

her

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-አችን

-aččın

our

(possessive suffix)

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-አችሁ

-ačču

your

(possessive suffix, plural)

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-አቸው

-aččew

their

(possessive suffix)

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አለኝ

alleň

I have

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አለህ

alleh

you have

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አለሽ

alleš

you have

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አለዎ

allewo

you have

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አለው

allew

he has

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አላት

allat

she has

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አለን

allen

we have

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አላችሁ

allačču

you have

(plural)

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አላቸው

allaččew

they have

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አሉኝ

alluň

I have

(several things)

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አሉህ

alluh

you have

(several things, sg. m.)

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አሉሽ

alluš

you have

(several things, sg. f.)

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አሉዎ

alluwo

you have

(several things, polite)

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አሉት

allut

he has

(several things)

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አሉዋት

alluwat

she has

(several things)

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አሉን

allun

we have

(several things)

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አሉዋችሁ

alluwačču

you have

(several things, plural)

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አሉዋቸው

alluwaččew

they have

(several things)

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የለኝም

yelleňňım

I don’t have

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የለህም

yellehım

you don’t have

(sg. m.)

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የለሽም

yellešım

you don’t have

(sg. f.)

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የለዎትም

yellewotım

you don’t have

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የለውም

yellewım

he doesn’t have

የላትም

yellatım

she doesn’t have

የለንም

yellenım

we don’t have

የላችሁም

yellaččum

you don’t have

(plural)

የላቸውም

yellaččewım

they don’t have

የሉኝም

yelluňňım

I don’t have

(several things)

የሉህም

yelluhım

you don’t have

(several things, sg. m.)

የሉሽም

yellušım

you don’t have

(several things, sg. f.)

የሉዎትም

yelluwotım

you don’t have

(several things, polite)

የሉትም

yellutım

he doesn’t have

(several things)

የሉዋትም

yelluwatım

she doesn’t have

(several things)

የሉንም

yellunım

we don’t have (several things)

የሉዋችሁም

yelluwaččum

you don’t have

(several things, plural)

የሉዋቸውም

yelluwaččewım

they don’t have

(several things)

ተማሪው

temarīw

the student

(m.)

ተማሪዋ

temarīwa

the student

(f.)

ተማሪዪት

temarīyīt

the student

(f.)

ተማሪዪቷ

temarīyītwa

the student

(f.)

አስተማሪው

astemarīw

the teacher

(m.)

አስተማሪዋ

astemarīwa

the teacher

(f.)

አስተማሪዪቱ

astemarīyīt

the teacher

(f.)

አስተማሪዪቷ

astemarīyītwa

the teacher

(f.)

ጥሩ ተማሪ ነው

t’ıru temarī new

He’s a good student

ጥሩ ተማሪ ናት

t’ıru temarī nat

She’s a good student

ደህናው ሰው ትንሽ መጽሃፍ አለው

dehnaw sew tınıš mets’ıhaf allew

The nice man has a little book

ደህናዋ ሴት ትንሽ መጽሃፍ አላት

dehnawa sēt tınnıš mets’ıhaf allat

The good woman has a little book

ቆንጆዪቱ ሴት አንድ መጽሃፍ አላት

k’onjoyīt sēt andı mets’ıhaf allat

The pretty woman has one book

ትንሹ መጽሃፍ እዚህ አለ

tınnıš mets’ıhaf ezzīh alle

There is a little book here

መጽሃፉን ክፈት

mets’ıhafun kıfet

Open the book

(sg. m.)

ጊዮን ሆቴልን አሳዪኝ

gīyon hotēlın asayyīň

Show me the Ghion Hotel

(sg. f.)

ከበደን አውቃለው

Kebbeden awk’allew

I know Kebede

እስዎን ያውቃሉ

essıwon yawk’allu

They know you

(polite)

ባንኩን አሳየን

bankun asayyen

Show us the bank

(sg. m.)

ትንሹን መጽሃፍ ክፈች

tınnıšun mets’ıhaf kıfeč

Open the little book

(sg. f.)

በ-

be-

by, at, in

(prefix)

በስተ-

beste-

towards, to

(prefix)

መጽሃፌ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafē t’ıru new

My book is good

መጽሃፉ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafu t’ıru new

His book is good

መጽሃፋችሁ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafačču t’ıru new

Your book is good

(plural)

መጽሃፋቸው ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafaččew t’ıru new

Their book is good

መጽሃፏ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafwa t’ıru new

Her book is good

መጽሃፋችን ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafaččın t’ıru new

Our book is good

መጽሃፍሽ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafıš t’ıru new

Your book is good

(sg. f.)

መጽሃፍዎ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafıwo t’ıru new

Your book is good

(polite)

መጽሃፍህ ጥሩ ነው

mets’ıhafıh t’ıru new

Your book is good

(sg. m.)

መኪናዎ እዚህ ነው

mekīnawo ezzīh new

Your car is here

(polite)

መኪናህ እዚህ ነው

mekīnah ezzīh new

Your car is here

(sg. m.)

መኪናው እዚህ ነው

mekīnaw ezzīh new

His car is here

መኪናችሁ እዚህ ነው

mekīnačču ezzīh new

Your car is here

(plural)

መኪናዋ እዚህ ነው

mekīnawa ezzīh new

Her car is here

መኪናሽ እዚህ ነው

mekīnaš ezzīh new

Your car is here

(sg. f.)

መኪናችን እዚህ ነው

mekīnaččın ezzīh new

Our car is here

መኪናቸው እዚህ ነው

mekīnaččew ezzīh new

Their car is here

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አለው

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allew

He has a good book

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አለኝ

t’ıru mets’ıhaf alleň

I have a good book

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አላችሁ

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allačču

You have a good book

(plural)

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አለዎ

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allewo

You have a good book

(polite)

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አላቸው

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allaččew

They have a good book

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አላቸው

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allaččew

He/She has a good book

(polite)

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አለን

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allen

We have a good book

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አለህ

t’ıru mets’ıhaf alleh

You have a good book

(sg. m.)

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አለሽ

t’ıru mets’ıhaf alleš

You have a good book

(sg. f.)

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አላት

t’ıru mets’ıhaf allat

She has a good book

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉት

t’ıru mekīnawoč allut

He has good cars

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉን

t’ıru mekīnawoč allun

We have good cars

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉዋት

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluwat

She has good cars

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉዎ

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluwo

You have good cars

(polite)

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉሽ

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluš

You have good cars

(sg. f.)

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉዋችሁ

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluwačču

You have good cars

(plural)

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉህ

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluh

You have good cars

(sg. m.)

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉዋቸው

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluwaččew

They have good cars

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉኝ

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluň

I have good cars

ጥሩ መኪናዎች አሉዋቸው

t’ıru mekīnawoč alluwaččew

He/She has good cars

(polite)

አባት የላትም

abbat yellatım

She doesn’t have a dad

አባት የለዎትም

abbat yellewotım

You don’t have a dad

(polite)

አባት የለውም

abbat yellewım

He doesn’t have a dad

አባት የለንም

abbat yellenım

We don’t have a dad

አባት የላቸውም

abbat yellaččewım

They don’t have a dad

አባት የለኝም

abbat yelleňňım

I don’t have a dad

አባት የላቸውም

abbat yellaččewım

He/She doesn’t have a dad

(polite)

አባት የላችሁም

abbat yellaččum

You don’t have a dad

(plural)

አባት የለህም

abbat yellehım

You don’t have a dad

(sg. m.)

አባት የለሽም

abbat yellešım

You don’t have a dad

(sg. f.)

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉኝም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yelluňňım

I don’t have books and pencils

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉህም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yelluhım

You don’t have books and pencils

(sg. m.)

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉዎትም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yelluwotım

You don’t have books and pencils

(polite)

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉዋቸውም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yelluwaččewım

They don’t have books and pencils

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉትም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yellutım

He doesn’t have books and pencils

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉንም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yellunım

We don’t have books and pencils

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉዋቸውም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yelluwaččewım

He/She doesn’t have books and pencils

(polite)

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉዋችሁም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yelluwaččum

You don’t have books and pencils

(plural)

መጽሃፎችና እርሳሶች የሉሽም

mets’ıhafoččınna ersasočı yellušım

You don’t have books and pencils

(sg. f.)

አንተን አውቃለሁ

anten awk’allew

I know you

(sg. m.)

አንቺን አውቃለሁ

ančīn awk’allew

I know you

(sg. f.)

እሳቸውን አውቃለሁ

essaččewın awk’allew

I know him/her

(polite)

ጊዮን ሆቴልን አውቃለሁ

gīyon hotēlın awk’allew

I know the Ghion Hotel

ሀገራቸውን አውቃለሁ

hageraččewın awk’allew

I know their country

እስዎን አውቃለሁ

essıwon awk’allew

I know you

(polite)

እናንተን አውቃለሁ

ennanten awk’allew

I know you

(plural)

ኣብርሀትን አውቃለሁ

Abrıhetın awk’allew

I know Abrehet

ኣብርሀት

Abrıhat

Abrehet

(woman name)

ስማችሁን አውቃለሁ

sımaččun awk’allew

I know your names

(plural; «your name»)

እሷን አውቃለሁ

esswan awk’allew

I know her

እነሱን አውቃለሁ

ennessun awk’allew

I know them

ሀገር አውቃለሁ

hager awk’allew

I know a country

መኪናህን አውቃለሁ

mekīnahın awk’allew

I know your car

(sg. m.)

አንድ መጽሃፍ አሳየኝ

andı mets’ıhaf asayyeň

Show me one book

(sg. m.)

መጽሃፉን አሳየኝ

mets’ıhafun asayyeň

Show me the book

(sg. m.)

እርሳሷን አሳየኝ

ersaswan asayyeň

Show me her pencil

(sg. m.)

አንድ እርሳስ አሳየኝ

and ersas asayyeň

Show me one pencil

(sg. m.)

ሰዓትህን አሳየኝ

se’atıhın asayyeň

Show me your watch

(sg. m.)

አንድ ሆቴል አሳየኝ

andı hotēl asayyeň

Show me a hotel

(sg. m.)

ባንክ አሳየኝ

bank asayyeň

Show me a bank

(sg. m.)

መኪናውን አሳየኝ

mekīnawın asayyeň

Show me his car

(sg. m.)

አባታቸውን አሳየኝ

abbataččewın asayyeň

Show me their father

(sg. m.)

መጽሃፌን አሳየኝ

mets’ıhafēn asayyeň

Show me my book

(sg. m.)

ሆቴሉን አሳየኝ

hotēlun asayyeň

Show me the hotel

(sg. m.)

አንድ ሰዓት አሳየኝ

andı se’at asayyeň

Show me a clock

(sg. m.)

ሰዓት

se’at

watch, clock

(also : hour)

ትንሹን መጽሃፍ አሳዪኝ

tınnıšun mets’ıhaf asayyīň

Show me the little book

(sg. f.)

ደህና ሰው አሳዪኝ

dehna sew asayyīň

Show me a nice person

(sg. f.)

ይህን ሰው አሳዪኝ

yıhın sew asayyīň

Show me this person

(sg. f.)

ጥሩ አስተማሪ አሳዪኝ

t’ıru astemarī asayyīň

Show me a good teacher

(sg. f.)

ትልቅ ሀገር አሳዪኝ

tıllık’ hager asayyīň

Show me a big country

(sg. f.)

አስተዋይ ሰው አሳዪኝ

asteway sew asayyīň

Show me an intelligent person

(sg. f.)

ቆንጆ ሴት አሳዪኝ

k’onjo sēt asayyīň

Show me a beautiful woman

(sg. f.)

ደህናዋን ተማሪ አሳዪኝ

dehnawan temarī asayyīň

Show me the good student (f.)

(sg. f.)

ቀይ መጽሃፍ አሳዪኝ

k’eyyı mets’ıhaf asayyīň

Show me a red book

(sg. f.)

መጥፎ ተማሪ አሳዪኝ

met’fo temarī asayyīň

Show me a bad student

(sg. f.)

ጥሩ መጽሃፍ አሳዪኝ

t’ıru mets’ıhaf asayyīň

Show me a good book

(sg. f.)

ልክ ነገር አሳዪኝ

lıkkı neger asayyīň

Show me the right thing

(sg. f.)

መጽሃፍ አለህ?

mets’ıhaf alleh?

Do you have a book?

(sg. m.)

አዎ, አለኝ

awo, alleň

Yes, I have

ይህ ተማሪ እርሳስ አለው

yıh temarī ersas allew

This student has a pencil

አዎ, አለው

awo, allew

Yes, he has

ተማሪዎች ብዙ እርሳሶች አሉዋቸው

temarīwočı bızu ersasoč alluwaččew

The students have many pencils

አዎ, ብዉ እርሳሶች አሉዋቸው

awo, bızu ersasoč alluwaččew

Yes, they have many pencils

ብዙ እርሳሶች የሉዋቸውም

bızu ersasočı yelluwaččewım

They don’t have many pencils

አንተ ብዙ መጽሃፎች አሉህ?

ante bızu mets’ıhafoč alluh?

Do you have a lot of books?

(sg. m.)

አዎ, ብዙ መጽሃፎች አሉኝ

awo, bızu mets’ıhafoc alluň

Yes, I have a lot of books

ብዙ መጽሃፎች የሉኝም

bızu mets’ıhafočı yelluňňım

I don’t have many books

ትምህርት ቤት

tımıhırtı bët

school

ትምህርት ቤቱን ታውቂያለሽ?

tımıhırtı bētun tawk’ïyalleš?

Do you know the school?

(sg. f.)

አዎ, አውቃለሁ

awo, awk’allew

Yes, I know

መኪና አላት?

mekīna allat?

Does she have a car?

ሰዓት አለህ?

se’at alleh?

Do you have a watch?

(sg. m.)

ጊዮን ሆቴል በጣም ጠሩ ነው

gīyon hotēl bet’am t’ıru new

Ghion Hotel is very good

በጣም ጥሩ አይደለም

bet’am t’ıru aydellem

It’s not very good

ጊዮን ሆቴል መሄድ ትችያለሽ?

gīyon hotēl mehēd tıčıyalleš?

Can you go to Ghion Hotel?

(sg. f.)

አዎ, እችላለሁ

awo, ecılallew

Yes, I can

ዝናቡ መኪና አላት

Zınab mekīna allat

Zinab has a car

መኪናህን ልታሳየኝ ትችላለህ?

mekīnahın lıtasayyeň tıčılalleh?

Can you show me your car?

(sg. m.)

ዝናቡ

Zınab

Zinab

(woman name)

አባትና እናት አሉህ?

abbatınná nnat alluh?

Do you have parents?

(sg. m.)

አዎ, አሉኝ

awo, alluň

Yes, I have (some)

አንድ ሺ ብር አለሽ?

andı šī bırr alleš?

Do you have one thousand birr?

(sg. f.)

መቶ

meto

hundred

ሺ

šī

thousand

አንድ ሺ ብር የለኝም

andı šī bırrı yelleňňım

I don’t have one thousand birr

ቀይ መኪና አለሽ

k’eyyı mekīna alleš

You have a red car

(sg. f.)

መኪናዎች አሉዋችሁ?

mekīnawoč alluwačču?

Do you have cars?

(plural)

አዎ, አሉን

awo, allun

Yes, we have (them)

መኪናዎች የሉንም

mekīnawočı yellunım

We don’t have cars

አስተማሪው መኪና አለው

astemarīw mekīna allew

The teacher (m.) has a car

ብዙ መኪናዎች አሉት

bızu mekīnawoč allut

He has many cars

ብዙ መኪናዎች የሉትም

bızu mekīnawočı yellutım

He doesn’t have many cars

እሷ መጽሃፍ አላት

esswa mets’ıhaf allat

She has a book

መጽሃፍ የላትም

mets’ıhaf yellatım

She doesn’t have a book

አስተማሪው ደህና ነው

astemarīw dehna new

The teacher (m.) is fine

አንተ አማርኛ ትችላለህ?

ante amarıňňa tıčılalleh?

Can you (speak) Amharic?

(sg. m.)

አዎ, አማርኛ እችላለሁ

awo, amarıňňa ečılallew

Yes, I can (speak) Amharic

ሰዓትሽ መጥፎ ነው

se’atıš met’fo new

Your clock is bad

(sg. f.)

ጥሩ እርሳስ አለህ

t’ıru ersas alleh

You have a good pencil

(sg. m.)

ጥሩ እርሳሶች አሉዋችሁ

t’ıru ersasoč aluwačču

You have good pencils

(plural)

ሃሊማ

Halīma

Halima

(woman name)

ወይዘሮ ሃሊማ አሜሪካ መሄድ ይችላሉ

weyzero Halīma amērīka mehēd yıčılallu

Ms Halima can go to America

(polite)

እነሱ መኪናዎች አሉቃቸው

ennessu mekīnawoč alluwaččew

They have cars

መኪናዎች ጥሩ ናቸው

mekīnawoččı t’ıru naččew

Cars are good

አባትህ ጥሩ ሰዓት አላቸው

abbatıh t’ıru se’at allaččew

Your dad has a good watch

(sg. m.; polite)

መኪናችሁ በጣም ጥሩ ነው

mekīnačču bet’am t’ıru new

Your car is very good

(plural)

ተማሪዎች አማርኛ ያውቃሉ

temarīwoč amarıňňa yawk’allu

The students know Amharic

ሀገርሽ ሩቅ ነው?

hagerıš ruk’ new?

Is your country far?

(sg. f.)

መኪናቸው እዚህ ነው

mekīnaččew ezzīh new

Their car is here

አስተማሪው ብዙ ተማሪዎች አሉት

astemarīw bizu temarīwoč allut

The teacher (m.) has many students

አባትሽ አባቴን ያውቃሉ

abbatıš abbatēn yawk’allu

Your dad knows my dad

(sg. f.; polite)

ባንኩ ሩቅ ነው

banku ruk’ new

The bank is far

አንተ ተማሪ ነህ

ante temarī neh

You are a student

(sg. m.)

ረጅም እርሳስ አለሽ

rejjım ersas alleš

You have a long pencil

(sg. f.)

አንድ ረጅም ተማሪ ልታሳየኝ ትችላለህ?

andı rejjım temarī lıtasayyeň tıčılalleh?

Can you show me one tall student?

(sg. m.)

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