Questions Flashcards
What is your name?
Shu esmak/ esmik/ esemkun? (m/ f/ y’all)
Name: esem (pronounce: 2e semm)
Names: aseme (2a se me)
What are their names? Shu asemeyun?
How old are you?
Adde 3omrak/ 3omrik/ 3omerkun
Age: 3omer (3o merr)
Where are you from
Men wen enta/ ente/ ento?
Where: Wen
From: Men
What do you want to eat?
Shu badak/badik/badkun tekul/tekle/teklo?
Food: Akel
Eat: Kol/ Kele/ Kelo
To Eat: Tekul/ Tekle/ Teklo
Am Eating: aam bekul
Did you eat?
akalet/ akalte/ akalto?
Do you want to eat?
Badak tekul/ Badik tekle/ Badkun teklo?
Where are you?
Waynak/ Waynik/ Waynkun?
Where: Wen or Wayn
Where are you going?
Wen raye7/ ray7a/ ray7in?
is going: rayeh
Do you want to go?
Badak tru7/ Badik tru7e/ badkun tru7o?
To go: Tru7
What do you want?
Shu badak/ badik/ badkun?
What: shu
Where do you want to go?
Wen badak tru7/ Wen badik tru7e/ Wen badkun truh7o?
Where do we want to go? Wen badna nru7?
Do you want to stay home?
Badak tdal bl bet?
Badik tdalle bl bet?
Badkun tdallo bl bet?
Do we want to stay home? Badna ndal bl bet?
To stay: Tdal/ Tdalle
Why don’t you stay?
Leh ma bt dal/ dalle/ dallo?
stay: dal/dalle
What are you doing
Shu aam ta3mul/ ta3emle/ ta3mlo?
What was his/ her/ their name?
Shu ken esmo/ esma/ esmun?
What was his/ her/ their age?
Adde ken 3omro/ 3omra/ 3omrun?
How much: Adde (we say “how much was his age”)
What do you like/ love?
Shu bt 7eb/ 7ebbe/ 7ebbo?
What do you like to eat?
Shu bt 7eb tekul/ shu bt 7ebbe tekle/ shu bt 7ebbo teklo?
Do you love me?
Bt 7ebne/ bt 7ebbine/ bt 7ebbune?
Do you love him/ her/ them?
The gender of the person youre talking to (“you”) and the person youre referring to will affect the conjugation
you are talking to a male:
Bt 7ebbo/ 7ebba/ 7ebbun?
you are talking to a female:
Bt 7ebbi/ 7ebbiya/ 7ebbiyun?
you are talking to a group:
Bt 7ebbu, 7ebbuwa, 7ebbuwun?
Do you want to eat with me?
Badak tekul ma3e? Badik tekle ma3e? Badkun teklo ma3e?
Do you want to eat with him/her?
Badak/Badik Tekul/Tekle Ma3o/Ma3a
with:
Ma3e (Me)
ma3ak/ ma3ik/ ma3kun (you m/f/y’all)
ma3o/ ma3a/ ma3un (Him/ her/ them)
Ma3na (Us)
What do you feel like doing?
Shu 3a belak ta3mul/ Shu 3a belik ta3emle/ Shu 3a belkun ta3emlo?
Shu: what
3a belak/ belik: on your mind