Unit 7 – I'm looking for it Flashcards by Gil Snoeck

መንገድ

menged

road

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መንገደኛ

mengedeňňa

a passer-by

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ቦሌ

bolē

Bole

(Addis Ababa’s upbeat area)

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የቱ?

yetu?

which?

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የትኛው?

yetıňňaw?

which one?

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አውቶቡስ

awtobus

bus

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እውነት

ewınet

truth

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በውነቱ

bewınetu

in truth, truly

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አላውቀውም

alawk’ewım

I don’t know it/him

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ያ

that

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ፖሊስ

polīs

policeman/woman

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ምናልባት

mınalbat

maybe

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ሊነግርዎት

līnegrıwot

that he may tell you (pol.)

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ሊነግርህ

līnegrıh

that he may tell you (m.)

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ሊነግርሽ

līnegrıš

that he may tell you (f.)

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እጠይቀዋለሁ

et’eyyık’ewallew

I’ll ask him

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ፈልጌ

fellıgē

(from «fellege»)

I, having wanted

(gerund)

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ፈልጌ ነበር

fellıgē nebber

I had wanted

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አገኘ*

ageňňe

(magňet, yageňňal, agňıto, agň, yagň)

he found*

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እንደማገኘው

endemmageňňew

as I will find it

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ከ-… ማዶ

ke-… mado

across

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ያን

yan

that one

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ማቆሚያ

mak’omīya

(bus) stop

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ይጠብቁት

yıt’ebbık’ut

wait (pol.) for it

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ጠብቀው

t’ebbık’ew

wait (m.) for it

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ጠብቂው

t’ebbık’īw

wait (f.) for it

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ዋና

wanna

main, principal, general

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ዋና ከተማ

wanna ketema

capital city

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ሕዝብ

hızb

crowd, people, population

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-ም

-m

also, too (suffix)

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ቢፈልግ

bīfellıg

if he wants

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ሲኒማ (ቤት)

sīnīma (bēt)

cinema

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ፊልም

fīlm

a film

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ዋጋ

waga

price

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ጤና ይስጥልኝ እንደምን አሉ?

t’ēna yıst’ıllıň endemın allu?

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ጤና ይስጥልኝ እንደምን አለህ?

t’ēna yıst’ıllıň endemın alleh?

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ጤና ይስጥልኝ እንደምን አለሽ?

t’ēna yıst’ıllıň endemın alleš?

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እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን, ደህና

egzī’abhēr yımmesgen, dehna

Thanks god, fine

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እባክሽ, ወደቦሌ በየትኛው አውቶቡስ መሄድ እችላለሁ

ebakkıš, wedebolē beyetıňňaw awtobus mehēd ečılallew?

Excuse me (f.), with which bus can I go to Bole?

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በውነቱ አላውቀውም

bewınetu alawk’ewım

Truly I don’t know it

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ነገርግን ያ ፖሊስ ምናልባት ሊነግርህ ይችላል

negergın ya polīs mınalbat līnegrıh yıčılal

however, that policeman might be able to tell you (m.)

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እሺ, እግዚአብሔር ይስጥልኝ

eššī, egzī’abhēr yıst’ıllıň

alright, thank you

(lit. «may God give it in my name»)

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ወደቦሌ ለመሄድ ፈልጌ ነበርና, አውቶቡሱን የት እንደማገኘው አላውቅም

wedebolē lemehēd fellıgē nebberınná, awtobusun yet endemmageňňew alawk’ım

I had wanted to go to Bole, and I don’t know where to find the bus

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ከዚህ መንገድ ማዶ ያንን ያውቶቡስ ማቆሚያ ታያለህ?

kezzīh menged mado yanın awtobus mak’omīya tayalleh?

do you (m.) see that bus stop across this street?

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አዎ, አላለሁ

awo, ayallew

yes, I see

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እዚያ ሂድና, ጠብቀው

ezzīya hīdınná, t’ebbık’ew

go (m.) there and wait for it

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አመሰግንዎታለሁ

ameseggınıwotallew

I thank you (pol.)

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አመሰግንሃለሁ

ameseggınıhallew

I thank you (m.)

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አመሰግንሻለሁ

ameseggınıšallew

I thank you (f.)

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ምንም አይደል

mınımm aydel

you’re welcome

(lit. «There’s nothing»)

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እፈልገዋለሁ

efellıgewallew

I am looking for him/it

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እፈልግሃለሁ

efellıgıhallew

I am looking for you (m.)

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እፈልግሻለሁ

efellıgıšallew

I am looking for you (f.)

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እፈልግዎታለሁ

efellıgıwotallew

I am looking for you (pol.)

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እፈልጋታለሁ

efellıgıgatallew

I am looking for her

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efellıgaččuwallew

I am looking for you (pl.)

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እፈልጋቸዋለሁ

efellıgaččewallew

I am looking for them

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ትፈልገኛለህ

tıfellıgeňalleh

you (m.) are looking for me

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ትፈልገዋለህ

tıfellıgewalleh

you (m.) are looking for him/it

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ትፈልጋታለህ

tıfellıgatalleh

you (m.) are looking for her

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ትፈልገናለህ

tıfellıgenalleh

you (m.) are looking for us

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ትፈልጋቸዋለህ

tıfellıgaččewalleh

you (m.) are looking for them

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ትፈልጊኛለሽ

tıfellıgīňalleš

you (f.) are looking for me

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ትፈልጊዋለሽ

tıfellıgīwalleš

you (f.) are looking for him/it

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ትፈልጊያታለሽ

tıfellıgīyatalleš

you (f.) are looking for her

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ትፈልጊናለሽ

tıfellıgīnalleš

you (f.) are looking for us

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ትፈልጊያቸዋለሽ

tıfellıgīyaččewalleš

you (f.) are looking for them

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ይፈልገኛል

yıfellıgeňal

he is looking for me

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ይፈልግሃል

yıfellıgıhal

he is looking for you (m.)

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ይፈልግሻል

yıfellıgıšal

he is looking for you (f.)

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ይፈልግዎታል

yıfellıgıwotal

he is looking for you (pol.)

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ይፈልገዋል

yıfellıgewal

he is looking for him

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ይፈልጋታል

yıfellıgatal

he is looking for her

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ይፈልገናል

yıfellıgenal

he is looking for us

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yıfellıgaččuwal

he is looking for you (pl.)

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ይፈልጋቸዋል

yıfellıgaččewal

he is looking for them

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ትፈልገኛለች

tıfellıgeňalleč

she is looking for me

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tıfellıgıhalleč

she is looking for you (m.)

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tıfellıgıšalleč

she is looking for you (f.)

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ትፈልግዎታለች

tıfellıgıwotalleč

she is looking for you (pol.)

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ትፈልገዋለች

tıfellıgewalleč

she is looking for him/it

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tıfellıgatalleč

she is looking for her

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ትፈልገናለች

tıfellıgenalleč

she is looking for us

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tıfellıgaččuwalleč

she is looking for you (pl.)

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ትፈልጋቸዋለች

tıfellıgaččewalleč

she is looking for them

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እንፈልግሃለን

enfellıgıhallen

we are looking for you (m.)

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enfellıgıšallen

we are looking for you (f.)

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enfellıgıwotallen

we are looking for you (pol.)

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enfellıgewallen

we are looking for him/it

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enfellıgatallen

we are looking for her

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enfellıgaččuwallen

we are looking for you (pl.)

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enfellıgaččewallen

we are looking for them

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tıfellıguňallačču

you (pl.) are looking for me

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tıfellıgutallačču

you (pl.) are looking for him/it

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tıfellıguwatallačču

you (pl.) are looking for her

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tıfellıgunallačču

you (pl.) are looking for us

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tıfellıguwaččewallačču

you (pl.) are looking for them

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ይፍልጉኛል

yıfellıguňal

they are looking for me

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yıfellıguhal

they are looking for you (m.)

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yıfellıgušal

they are looking for you (f.)

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yıfellıguwotal

they are looking for you (pol.)

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yıfellıgutal

they are looking for him/it

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yıfellıguwatal

they are looking for her

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yıfellıgunal

they are looking for us

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yıfellıguwaččuwal

they are looking for you (pl.)

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yıfellıguwaččewal

they are looking for them

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nebbereň

I had

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nebbereh

you (m.) had

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nebbereš

you (f.) had

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nebberewo

you (pol.) had

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ነበረው

nebberew

he had

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nebberat

she had

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nebberen

we had

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nebberačču

you (pl.) had

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nebberaččew

they had

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ነበረችኝ

nebbereččıň

I had (her)

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nebbereččıh

you (m.) had (her)

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nebbereččıš

you (f.) had (her)

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nebbereččıwo

you (pol.) had (her)

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nebbereččıw

he had (her)

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nebbereččat

she had (her)

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nebbereččın

we had (her)

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nebbereččačču

you (pl.) had (her)

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nebbereččaččew

they had (her)

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nebberuň

I had (several things)

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nebberuh

you (m.) had (several things)

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nebberuš

you (f.) had (several things)

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nebberuwo

you (pol.) had (several things)

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nebberut

he had (several things)

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nebberuwat

she had (several things)

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nebberun

we had (several things)

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nebberuwačču

you (pl.) had (several things)

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nebberuwaččew

they had (several things)

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ቤት ነበረኝ

bēt nebbereň

I had a house

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በቶች ነበሩኝ

bētočı nebberuň

I had houses

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አንድ እህት ነበረችኝ

and ehıt nebbereččıň

I had a sister

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እህቶች ነበሩኝ

ehıtočı nebberuň

I had sisters

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ሰጠኸኝ

set’t’eheň

you (m.) gave me

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ሰጠኸው

set’t’ehew

you (m.) gave him

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ሰጠኸን

set’t’ehen

you (m.) gave us

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ሰጠሃቸው

set’t’ehaččew

you (m.) gave them

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አሳየሻቸው

asayyešaččew

you (f.) showed them

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አሳየሸን

asayyešen

you (f.) showed us

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አሳየሸኝ

asayyešeň

you (f.) showed me

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አሳየሸው

asayyešew

you (f.) showed him

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አገኘናችሁ

ageňňenačču

we found you (pl.)

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አገኘንዎ

ageňňenew

we found him/it

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አገኘንህ

ageňňenıh

we found you (m.)

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አገኘንሽ

ageňňenıš

we found you (f.)

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አመሰገናችሁኝ

ameseggenaččuň

you (pl.) thanked me

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አመሰገናችኋቸው

ameseggenaččwaččew

you (pl.) thanked them

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አመሰገናችኋት

ameseggenaččwat

you (pl.) thanked her

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አመሰገናችሁት

ameseggenaččut

you (pl.) thanked him

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ከፈሉን

keffelun

they paid us

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ከፈሏችሁ

keffelwačču

they paid you (pl.)

ከፈሉኝ

keffeluň

they paid me

ከፈሏት

keffelwat

they paid her

ወሰድኩህ

wessedkuh

I took you (m.)

ወሰድኩሽ

wessedkuš

I took you (f.)

ወሰድኩዎ

wessedkuwo

I took you (pol.)

ወሰድኳት

wessedkuwat

I took her

ጠበቅሸኝ

t’ebbek’šeň

you (f.) waited for me

ጠበቅሸን

t’ebbek’šen

you (f.) waited for us

ጠበቅሻቸው

t’ebbek’šaččew

you (f.) waited for them

ጠበቅሸው

t’ebbek’šew

you (f.) waited for him/it

ጠሯት

t’eruwat

they called her

ጠሯቸው

t’eruwaččew

they called them

ጠሩን

t’erun

they called us

ጠሩኝ

t’erruň

they called me

አደረሰችው

aderreseččıw

she drove him/it

አደረሰችን

aderreseččın

she drove us

አደረሰቻችሁ

aderreseččačču

she drove you (pl.)

አደረሰችሽ

aderreseččıš

she drove you (f.)

ነገርዎ

neggerıwo

he told you (pol.)

ነገራቸው

neggeraččew

he told him (pol.)

ነገረኝ

neggereň

he told me

ነገራት

neggerat

he told her

ያየኛል

yayeňal

he’ll see me

ያየዋል

yayewal

he’ll see him

ያየናል

yayenal

he’ll see us

ያያታል

yayatal

he’ll see her

ትሰጠኛለህ

tıset’eňalleh

you (m.) give me

ትሰጠዋለህ

tıset’ewalleh

you (m.) give him/it

ትሰጠናለህ

tıset’enalleh

you (m.) give us

ትሰጣቸዋለህ

tıset’aččewalleh

you (m.) give them

ታሳያቸዋለሽ

tasayyaččewalleš

you (f.) are showing them

ታሳየናለሽ

tasayyenalleš

you (f.) are showing us

ታሳየኛለሽ

tasayyeňalleš

you (f.) are showing me

ታሳየዋለሽ

tasayyewalleš

you (f.) are showing him

እናገኛችኋለን

ennageňňaččuwallen

we’ll find you (pl.)

እናገኝዎታለን

ennageňňıwotallen

we’ll find you (pol.)

እናገኝሃለን

ennageňňıhallen

we’ll find you (m.)

እናገኝሻለን

ennageňňıšallen

we’ll find you (f.)

ታመሰግኑኛላችሁ

tameseggınuňallačču

you (pl.) will thank me

ታመሰግኗቸዋላችሁ

tameseggınuwaččewallačču

you (pl.) will thank them

ታመሰግኗታላችሁ

tameseggınuwatallačču

you (pl.) will thank her

ታመሰግኑታላችሁ

tameseggınutallačču

you (pl.) will thank him

ይከፍሉናል

yıkeflunal

they pay us

ይከፍሏችኋል

yıkefluwaččuwal

they pay you (pl.)

ይከፍሉኛል

yıkefluňal

they pay me

ይከፍሏታል

yıkefluwatal

they pay her

እወስድሃለሁ

ewesdıhallew

I am taking you (m.)

እወስድሻለሁ

ewesdıšallew

I am taking you (f.)

እወስድዎታለሁ

ewesdıwotallew

I am taking you (pol.)

እወስዳታለሁ

ewesdatallew

I am taking her

ትጠብቂያታለሽ

tıt’ebbık’īyatalleš

you (f.) are waiting for her

ትጠብቂያቸዋለሽ

tıt’ebbık’īyaččewalleš

you (f.) are waiting for them

ትጠብቂናለሽ

tıt’ebbık’īnalleš

you (f.) are waiting for us

ትጠብቂኛለሽ

tıt’ebbık’īňalleš

you (f.) are waiting for me

ታደርሰዋለች

tadersewalleč

she will drive him

ታደርሰንለች

tadersenalleč

she will drive us

ታደርሳችኋለች

tadersaččuwalleč

she will drive you (pl.)

ታደርስዎታለች

tadersıwotalleč

she will drive you (pol.)

ይጠሩኛል

yıt’eruňal

they’re calling me

ይጠሩናል

yıt’erunal

they’re calling us

ይጠሯቸዋል

yıt’eruwaččewal

they’re calling them

ይጠሩታል

yıt’erutal

they’re calling him

ይነግርዎታል

yınegrıwotal

he’ll tell you (pol.)

ይነግራቸዋል

yınegraččewal

he’ll tell her (pol.)

ይነግረኛል

yınegreňal

he’ll tell me

ይነግራታል

yınegratal

he’ll tell her

አንድ ቤት አየ

andı bēt ayye

he saw a house

አንድ ቤት ያያል

andı bēt yayal

he sees a house

መኪና ላባቷ ሰጠች

mekīna labbatwa set’t’eč

she gave a car to her dad

መኪና ላባቷ ትሰጣለች

mekīna labbatwa tıset’t’alleč

she’ll give a car to her dad

ትምህርትቤት ከፈትን

tımıhırtıbēt keffetın

we opened a school

ትምህርትቤት እንከፍታለን

tımıhırtıbēt enkeftallen

we are opening a school

አንድ ቤት ሰራ

andı bēt serra

he built a house

አንድ ቤት ይሰራል

andı bēt yıseral

he’s building a house

ቡና ጠጣችሁ

bunna t’et’t’ačču

you (pl.) drank coffee

ቡና ትጠጣላችሁ

bunna tıt’et’t’allačču

you (pl.) drink coffee

አንድ መጽሃፍ አደረስኩ

andı mets’ıhaf aderresku

I delivered one book

አንድ መጽሃፍ አደርሳለሁ

andı mets’ıhaf adersallew

I’ll deliver one book

አንድ ተማሪ አወቅን

andı temarī awwek’ın

we met one student

(lit.: «we got to know»)

አንድ ተማሪ እናውቃለን

andı temarī ennawk’allen

we know one student

አንድ ከተማ አየች

andı ketema ayyeč

she saw one city

አንድ ከተማ ታያለች

andı ketema tayalleč

she’ll see one city

አንድ ሴት አየሽ

andı sēt ayyeš

you (f.) saw one girl

አንድ ሴት ታያለሽ

andı sēt tayalleš

you (f.) see one girl

አንድ ስኒ ቡና ሰጠህ

andı sınī bunna set’t’eh

you (m.) gave one cup of coffee

አንድ ስኒ ቡና ትሰጣለህ

andı sınī bunna tıset’alleh

you (m.) will give one cup of coffee

ሶስት ተማሪዎች መጡ

sostı temarīwocı met’t’u

three students came

ሶስት ተማሪዎች ይመጣሉ

sostı temarīwocı yımet’allu

three students come

አባቴ ወደ ከተማ ሄደ

abbatē ketema hēde

my dad went to town

አባቴ ወደ ከተማ ይሄዳል

abbatē wede ketema yıhēdal

my dad is going to town

እናቴ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ሄደች

ennatē wede ītyop’ıya hēdeč

my mum went to Ethiopia

እናቴ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ትሄዳለች

ennatē wede ītyop’ıya tıhēdalleč

my mum is going to Ethiopia

እርስዎ ቡና ጠጡ

ersıwo bunna t’et’t’u

you (pol.) drank coffee

እርስዎ ቡና ይጠጣሉ

ersıwo bunna yıt’et’allu

you (pol.) are drinking coffee

አንድ መኪና ወሰዱ

andı mekīna wessedu

they took one car

አንድ መኪና ይወስዳሉ

andı mekīna yıwesdallu

they taking one car

እናንተ ነገራችሁ

ennante neggeračču

you (pl.) told

እናንተ ትነግራላችሁ

ennante tınegrallačču

you (pl.) are telling

ብዙ ገንዘብ አገኘ

bızu genzeb ageňňe

he earned a lot of money

(lit.: «he found»)

ብዙ ገንዘብ ያገኛል

bızu genzeb yageňňal

he earns a lot of money

(lit.: «he finds»)

ምን ጠየቅሽ?

mın t’eyyek’š?

what did you (f.) ask?

ምን ትጠይቂያለሽ?

mın tıt’eyyık’īyalleš?

what are you (f.) asking?

መሄድ ፈለግን

mehēd fellegın

we wanted to go

መሄድ እንፈልጋለን

mehēd enfellıgallen

we want to go

አንድ ቃል ደገመ

andı k’al deggeme

he repeated one word

አንድ ቃል ይደግማል

andı k’al yıdegmal

he repeats one word

ብር ከፈላችሁ

bırrı keffelačču

you (pl.) paid

ብር ትከፍላላችሁ

bırrı tıkeflallačču

you (pl.) are paying

አንድ ተማሪ ጠራች

andı temarī t’errač

she called one student

አንድ ተማሪ ትጠራለች

andı temarī tıt’eralleč

she is calling one student

ወደ ቤቴ መሄድ ቻልኩ

wede bēt mehēd čalku

I was able to go home

ወደ ቤቴ መሄድ እችላለሁ

wede bēt mehēd ečılallew

I can go home

ምን አለ?

mın ale?

what did he say?

ምን ይላል?

mın yılal?

what will he say?

ይህ ነገር ምን ተባለ?

yıh neger mın tebale?

what was this thing called?

ይህ ነገር ምን ይባላል?

yıh neger mın yıbbalal?

what is this thing called?

ብር ለሆቴሉ ትከፍላለህ

bırrı lehotēlu tıkeflalleh

you (m.) are paying for the hotel

ብር ለሆቴሉ ትከፍያለሽ

bırrı lehotēlu tıkefyalleš

you (f.) are paying for the hotel

አባትህን ትመስላለህ

abbatıhın tımeslalleh

you (m.) look like your father

አባትሽን ትመስያለሽ

abbatıšın tımesyalleš

you (f.) look like your father

መኪናቸውን ትወስዳለህ

mekīnaččewın tıwesdalleh

you (m.) are taking their car

መኪናቸውን ትወስጃለሽ

mekīnaččewın tıwesjalleš

you (f.) are taking their car

ዛሬ ከሰዓት በኋላ ትመጣለህ

zarē kese’at behwala tımet’alleh

you (m.) will come this afternoon

ዛሬ ከሰዓትበኋላ ትመጫለሽ

zarē kese’at behwala tımec’alleš

you (f.) will come this afternoon

ቡና ትጠጣለህ

bunna tıt’et’t’alleh

you (m.) drink coffee

ቡና ትጠጫለሽ

bunna tıt’ec’c’alleš

you (f.) drink coffee

ወደ ቢሮ ትሄዳለህ

wede bīro tıhēdalleh

you (m.) are going to the office

ወደ ቢሮ ትሄጃለሽ

wede bīro tıhējalleš

you (f.) are going to the office

አንድ መጽሃፍ ትሰጣለህ

andı mets’ıhaf tıset’alleh

you (m.) will give one book

አንድ መጽሃፍ ትሰጫለሽ

andı mets’ıhaf tısec’alleš

you (f.) will give one book

መጽሃፎቹን ታደርሳለህ

mets’ıhafoččun tadersalleh

you (m.) will deliver the books

መጽሃፎቹን ታደርሻለሽ

mets’ıhafoččun taderšalleš

you (f.) will deliver the books

ወደ ሀገርህ መሄድ ትችላለህ

wede hagerıh mehěd tıčılalleh

you (m.) can go to your country

ወደ ሀገርሽ ትችያለሽ

wede hagerıš mehěd tıčıyalles

you (f.) can go to your country

አስተማሪህን ታያለህ

astemarīhın tayalleh

you (m.) will see your teacher

አስተማሪሽን ታያለሽ

astemarīšın tayalleš

you (f.) will see your teacher

አማርኛ ትችላለህ

amarıňňa tıčılalleh

you (m.) can (speak) Amarinya

አማርኛ ትችያለሽ

amarıňňa tıčıyalleš

you (f.) can (speak) Amarinya

ወዳሜሪካ ትሄዳለህ

wedamērīka tıhēdalleh

you (m.) are going to America

ወዳሜሪካ ትሄጃለሽ

wedamērīka tıhējalleš

you (f.) are going to America

አስተማሪህን ታመሰግናለህ

astemarīhın tameseggınalleh

you (m.) thank your teacher

አስተማሪሽን ታመሰግኛለሽ

astemarīšın tameseggıňalleš

you (f.) thank your teacher

ትምህርትቤቱን አያችሁት?

tımıhırtıbētun ayyaččut?

did you (pl.) see the school?

አየነው

ayyenew

we saw it

አስተማሪዋን ወደ ባንኩ ጠራችኋት?

astemarīwan wede banku t’erraččuwat?

did you (pl.) call the (lady) teacher to the bank?

ጠራናት

t’erranat

we called her

አንድ መጽሃፍ ትሰጡታላችሁ?

andı mets’ıhaf tıset’utallačču?

will you (pl.) give him a book?

እንሰጠዋለን

enset’ewallen

we’ll give him

ካዛንቺዝ ያውቁታል?

kazančīs yawk’utal?

do you (pol.) know Kazanchis?

አውቀዋለሁ

awk’ewallew

I know it

ዛሬ ትጠሪዋለሽ?

zarē tıt’erīwalleš?

will you (f.) invite him today?

እጠራዋለሁ

et’erawallew

I’ll invite him

መኪናህን ትከፍታለህ?

mekīnahın tıkeftalleh?

will you (m.) open your car?

እከፍተዋለሁ

ekftewallew

I’ll open it

አቶ ተክሌ ጠየቃችሁት?

teklē t’eyyek’aččut?

did you (pl.) ask Tekle?

ጠየቅነው

t’eyyek’new

we asked him

አስተማሪዎች ትምህርትቤቱን ዞሩት?

astemarīwočı tımıhırtıbētun zorut?

did the teachers visit the school?

ዞሩት

zorut

they visited it

ያቶ መስፍን አባት ታውቋቸዋላችሁ?

yato mesfın abbat tawk’waččewallačču?

do you (pl.) now Mr Mesfin’s father? (pol.)

እናውቃቸዋለን

ennawk’aččewallen

we know him (pol.)

ባቡር ጣቢያውን ታዩታላችሁ?

babur t’abyīyawın tayutallačču?

do you (pl.) see the train station?

እናየዋለን

ennayewallen

we see it

ተማሪው አስተማሪውን አመሰገነው?

temarīw astemarīwın ameseggenew?

did the student thank the teacher?

አመሰገነው

ameseggenew

he thanked him

እህትህን እትምህርትቤት አስገባሃት?

ehıtıhın etımıhırtıbēt asgebbahat?

did you (m.) get your sister into school?

አስገባኋት

asgebbahuwat

I brought her in

ጌታሁን ገርጂን አወቀው?

ato gētahun gerjīn awwek’ew?

did Getahun know Gerji?

አወቀው

awwek’ew

he knew it

ወይዘሮ ሩሃማ ለህቷ አንድ ስኒ ቡና ሰጠቻት?

ruhuma lehıtwa andı sınī bunna set’t’eččat?

did Ruhuma give her sister a cup of coffee?

ሰጠቻት

set’t’eččat

she gave her

ወይዘሮ ገነቴ ገንዘብ ነበራት?

genetē genzeb nebberat?

did Genete have money?

ነበራት

nebberat

she had

አባትዎን ጠየቋቸው?

abbatıwon t’eyyek’waččew?

did you (pol.) visit your father? (pol.)

ጠየቅሁት

t’eyyek’hut

I visited him

ዘውዴን ዛሬ ያዩታል?

zewdēn zarē yayutal?

will you (pol.) see Zewde today?

አየዋለሁ

ayewallew

I’ll see him

አስተማሪው መኪና ይሰጡሻል?

astemarīw mekīna yıset’ušal?

will the teacher (pol.) give you (f.) a car?

አንድ መኪና ይሰጡኛል

andı mekīna yıset’uňňal

he (pol.) will give me a car

ሓምራዊትን ታውቁታላችሁ?

hamrawītın tawk’utallačču?

do you (pl.) know Hamrawit?

እናውቃታለን

ennawk’atallen

we know her

አስተማሪህን ትጠራቸዋለህ?

astemarīhın tıt’eraččewalleh?

do you (m.) call your teacher? (pol.)

እጠራቸዋለሁ

et’eraččewallew

I call her (pol.)

አውቶቡስ ማቆሚያ አገኝሻለሁ?

awtobus mak’omīya ageňňıšallew?

will I meet you (f.) at the bus stop?

(lit.: «find you»)

ታገኘኛለህ

tageňňeňňalleh

you (m.) will meet me

(lit.: «find me»)

ከመንገዱ ማዶ ያውቶቡሱን ማቆሚያ ታየዋለህ?

kemengedu mado yawtobusun mak’omīya tayewalleh?

do you (m.) see the bus stop across the street?

አየዋለሁ

ayewallew

I see it

ቤትሽን ለኔ ታሳይኛለሽ?

bētıšın lenē tasayyıňalleš?

will you (f.) show me your house?

አሳይዎታለሁ

asayyıwotallew

I’ll show you (pol.)

ወንድምህን እትምህርትቤት ታስገባዋለህ?

wendımıhın etımıhırtıbēt tasgebbawalleh?

will you (m.) get your brother into school?

አስገባዋለሁ

asgebbawallew

I’ll bring him in

ስለመኪናው ኃይለን ታመሰግኚዋለሽ?

sılemekīna haylen tameseggıňīwalleš?

will you (f.) thank Haile for the car?

አመሰግነዋለሁ

ameseggınewallew

I’ll thank him

ዛሬ አባትና ናትዎን ይጠይቋቸዋል?

zarē abbatınná nnatwon yıt’eyyık’uwaččewal?

are you (pol.) visiting your parents today?

እጠይቃቸዋለሁ

et’eyyık’aččewallew

I’ll visit them

እህትዎን ወደ ቢሮ ይወስዷታል?

ehıtıwon wede bīro yıwesduwatal?

are you (pol.) taking your sister to the office?

እወስዳታለሁ

ewesdatallew

I am taking her

እህትሽን አየሻት?

ehıtıšın ayyešat?

did you (f.) see your sister?

አየኋት

ayyehwat

I saw her

መጽሃፍ ነበራት

mets’ıhaf nebberat

she had a book

ጥሩ መኪና ነበረህ

t’iru mekīna nebbereh

you (m.) had a good car

መኪናዎች ነበሩሽ?

mekīnawočı nebberuš

you (f.) had cars

ቤቶች ነበሯችሁ

bētočı nebberwačču

you (pl.) had houses

በቻይና ውስጥ ወንድም ነበረው

bečayna wıst’ı wendım nebberew

he had a brother in China

በሱዳን ውስጥ ቤት ነበረዎት

besudan wıst’ı bēt nebberewot

you (pol.) had a house in Sudan

ጥሩ ተማሪዎች ነበሯቸው

t’ıru temarīwočı nebberwaččew

they had good students

ያሜሪካ ዋና ከተማ ዋሺንግቶን ነው

yamērīka wanna ketema wašīngton new

the US capital city is Washington

የሻንጋይ ሕዝብ ብዙ ነው

yešangay hızbı bızu new

there are a lot of people in Shanghai

እኔም እሄዳለሁ

enēm ehēdallew

I’m going, too

ደስታ ቢፈልግ መምጣት ይችላል

dessıta bīfellıg memt’at yıčılal

Dessita can come if he wants

በከተማው ውስጥ ብዙ ሲኒማ ቤቶች አሉ

beketemaw wıst’ı bızu sīnīma bētoč allu

there are many cinemas in the city

ዋጋው ብዙ ነው

wagaw bızu new

the price is high

(lit.: «is a lot»)

የኢትዮጵያ ዋና ከተማ አዲስ አበባ ይባላል

ye’ītyop’ıya wanna ketema addīs abeba yıbbalal

the capital of Ethiopia is called Addis Abeba

እዚህ ከተማ ውስጥ በጣም ብዙ ኤምባሲዎችና, ሚኒስቴሮች አሉ

ezzīh ketema wıst’ı bet’am bızu ēmbassīwoččınná, mīnīstēroč allu

there are many embassies and ministries in this city

(lit.: «very many»)

የከተማው ሕዝብ በጣም ብዙ ነው

yeketemaw hızbı bet’am bızu new

the city’s population is very large

በከተማው ውስጥ ብዙ አውቶቡሶችና, መኪናዎች አሉ

beketemaw wıst’ı bızu awtobusoččınná, mekīnawoč allu

there are many buses and cars in the city

የከተማው ፖሊሶችም በጣም ጥሩ ናቸው

yeketemaw polīsočı bet’am t’ıru naččew

the city’s policemen are very good

አንድ ሰው አንድ አዲስ ነገር ለማየት ቢፈልግ, ወደ ቦሌ ባውቶቡስ መሄድ ይችላል

andı sew andı addīs neger lemayet bīfellıg, wede bolē bawtobus mehēd yıčılal

if someone wants to see something new, they can go to Bole by bus

እቦሌ ውስጥ ብዙ የመጽሃፍ ሱቆች, ሆቴሎችና, ሲኒማቤቶች አሉ

ebolē wıst’ı bızu yemets’ıhaf suk’oč, hotēloččınná, sīnīmabētoč allu

there are many bookstores, hotels, and cinemas in Bole

እስካይላይት ሆቴል ውስጥ መልካም ምግብ አለ

eskaylayt hotēl wıst’ı melkam mıgıb alle

there is excellent food at the Skylight Hotel

አንድ ሰው ያሜሪካን ፊልም ቢፈልግ, ወዳንዱ ሲኒማ ውስጥ መሄድና ማየት ይችላል

andı sew yamērīkan fīlm bīfellıg, wedandı sīnīma wıst’ı mehēdınná mayet yıčılal

if someone wants an American movie, they can go to the cinema and watch (it)

የሲኒማው ዋጋ ብዙ አይደለም

yesīnīmaw waga bızu aydellem

the price of the cinema is not much

የኢትዮጵያ ዋና ከተማ ማን ይባላል?

ye’ītyop’ıya wanna ketema man yıbbalal?

what is the capital of Ethiopia’s called?

አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ ምን አለ?

addīs abeba wıst’ı mın alle?

what is in Addis Abeba?

ያዲስ አበባ ሕዝብ ስንት ነው?

yaddīs abeba hızbı sıntı new?

what is the population of Addis Abeba?

(lit.: «how much is»)

ወደ ቦሌ በምን መሄድ ይችላሉ?

wede bolē bemın mehēd yıčılallu?

how can you (pol.) go to Bole?

(lit.: «by what?»)

የከተማው ፖሊሶች መልካም ናቸው?

yeketemaw polīsočı melkam naččew?

are the city’s policemen excellent?

አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ ሲኒማ ቤቶች አሉ?

addīs abeba wıst’ı sīnīma bētoč allu?

are there cinemas in Addis Abeba?

የሲኒማ ዋጋ ስንት ነው?

yesīnīma waga sıntı new?

what is the price of the cinema?

(lit.: «how much is»)

ስካይላይት ሆቴል የት አለ?

skaylayt hotēl yet alle?

Where is the Skylight Hotel?

በሆቴሉ ውስጥ ምን አለ?

behotēlu wıst’ı mın alle?

what is inside the hotel?

ጥሩ ምግብ የት አለ?

t’ıru mıgıb yet alle?

Where is there good food?

አንድ ሰው ያሜሪካን ፊልም የት ማየት ይችላል?

andı sew yamērīkan fīlm yet mayet yıčılal?

where can anyone watch an American film?

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