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79 [seventy-nine]

Adjectives 2

Adjectives 2

79 [ሰብዓንትሽዓተን]

79 [sebi‘anitishi‘ateni]

ቅጽላት 2

k’its’ilati 2

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I am wearing a blue dress. ሰማያዊ ቀ-ሽ ተ------ኹ። ሰ___ ቀ__ ተ___ ኣ___ ሰ-ያ- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ሰማያዊ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
se-ayaw- --e---hi-t-h-e-īne ----̱-። s_______ k_______ t_______ a_____ s-m-y-w- k-e-ī-h- t-h-e-ī-e a-o-̱-። ----------------------------------- semayawī k’emīshi teẖedīne aloẖu።
I am wearing a red dress. ቀ-- ቀሚሽ----ነ----። ቀ__ ቀ__ ተ___ ኣ___ ቀ-ሕ ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ----------------- ቀይሕ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k’-y-ḥ------ī-hi t-h-edīne-aloẖu። k______ k_______ t_______ a_____ k-e-i-̣- k-e-ī-h- t-h-e-ī-e a-o-̱-። ----------------------------------- k’eyiḥi k’emīshi teẖedīne aloẖu።
I am wearing a green dress. ቀጠልያ-ቀሚ---ኸዲነ -ሎ-። ቀ___ ቀ__ ተ___ ኣ___ ቀ-ል- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ቀጠልያ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k-----l--a-k’---s-i ----edī-e---o-̱u። k_________ k_______ t_______ a_____ k-e-’-l-y- k-e-ī-h- t-h-e-ī-e a-o-̱-። ------------------------------------- k’et’eliya k’emīshi teẖedīne aloẖu።
I’m buying a black bag. ጸላም ሳን- ክ-ዝእ‘-። ጸ__ ሳ__ ክ______ ጸ-ም ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጸላም ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
t-’-l-mi--a--t---ki-ezi’i‘ye። t_______ s______ k___________ t-’-l-m- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I’m buying a brown bag. ቡናዊ--ሳን- -ገ--‘-። ቡ___ ሳ__ ክ______ ቡ-ዊ- ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። ---------------- ቡናዊት ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
b-n----i--anit-a -ig-zi’i--e። b_______ s______ k___________ b-n-w-t- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I’m buying a white bag. ጻዕዳ -ንጣ-----‘-። ጻ__ ሳ__ ክ______ ጻ-ዳ ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጻዕዳ ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
t--a‘--a--a-it-a-ki--zi-i‘-e። t_______ s______ k___________ t-’-‘-d- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’a‘ida sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I need a new car. ሓ-ሽ መ---ተ--የኒ ---። ሓ__ መ__ ተ____ ኣ_ ። ሓ-ሽ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------ ሓዳሽ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
h---as-i--e-ī-- t--i--yenī-a-a ። ḥ______ m_____ t_________ a__ ። h-a-a-h- m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። -------------------------------- ḥadashi mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
I need a fast car. ቅ-ጥፍቲ መ-ና ተ-ልየኒ--- ። ቅ____ መ__ ተ____ ኣ_ ። ቅ-ጥ-ቲ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። -------------------- ቅልጥፍቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
k’i--t’i-i-ī --kīna te---iyen----- ። k___________ m_____ t_________ a__ ። k-i-i-’-f-t- m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። ------------------------------------ k’ilit’ifitī mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
I need a comfortable car. ምች---መ-ና --ል-ኒ -- ። ም___ መ__ ተ____ ኣ_ ። ም-እ- መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------- ምችእቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
m----’i-ī m--īna ted-l-ye-- ala ። m________ m_____ t_________ a__ ። m-c-i-i-ī m-k-n- t-d-l-y-n- a-a ። --------------------------------- michi’itī mekīna tediliyenī ala ።
An old lady lives at the top. ኣብ--ላዕ- ሓ----ባይ -በ-- -ቕመጥ-። ኣ__ ላ__ ሓ__ ዓ__ ሰ___ ት___ ። ኣ-ዚ ላ-ሊ ሓ-ቲ ዓ-ይ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። --------------------------- ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ዓባይ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
abiz- -a---ī--̣a-itī ‘a-a-i -eb--i-- t--̱’--e-’- ። a____ l_____ ḥ_____ ‘_____ s_______ t_________ ። a-i-ī l-‘-l- h-a-i-ī ‘-b-y- s-b-y-t- t-k-’-m-t-i ። -------------------------------------------------- abizī la‘ilī ḥanitī ‘abayi sebeyitī tiḵ’imet’i ።
A fat lady lives at the top. ኣብ- ላዕ--ሓ---ሮጋ- --ይ---ቕ---። ኣ__ ላ__ ሓ__ ሮ__ ሰ___ ት___ ። ኣ-ዚ ላ-ሊ ሓ-ቲ ሮ-ድ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። --------------------------- ኣብዚ ላዕሊ ሓንቲ ሮጋድ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
ab-z--la-il-----------o--d- se--y--- tik-’i--t’- ። a____ l_____ ḥ_____ r_____ s_______ t_________ ። a-i-ī l-‘-l- h-a-i-ī r-g-d- s-b-y-t- t-k-’-m-t-i ። -------------------------------------------------- abizī la‘ilī ḥanitī rogadi sebeyitī tiḵ’imet’i ።
A curious lady lives below. ኣ-- ታ-ቲ ሓ-ቲ ህን-ይቲ ------ቕ---። ኣ__ ታ__ ሓ__ ህ____ ሰ___ ት___ ። ኣ-ዚ ታ-ቲ ሓ-ቲ ህ-ጥ-ቲ ሰ-ይ- ት-መ- ። ----------------------------- ኣብዚ ታሕቲ ሓንቲ ህንጥይቲ ሰበይቲ ትቕመጥ ። 0
a---ī ta--i-ī -̣anit--h-n----yi----e-eyi-ī ti----m-t---። a____ t_____ ḥ_____ h__________ s_______ t_________ ። a-i-ī t-h-i-ī h-a-i-ī h-n-t-i-i-ī s-b-y-t- t-k-’-m-t-i ። -------------------------------------------------------- abizī taḥitī ḥanitī hinit’iyitī sebeyitī tiḵ’imet’i ።
Our guests were nice people. ኣ-ይሽ------ -ሩ-ት-ኔሮም። ኣ____ ኣ___ ብ___ ኔ___ ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ዮ- ብ-ኻ- ኔ-ም- -------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣዝዮም ብሩኻት ኔሮም። 0
ag-yi---na--z-y-mi -ir--̱ati n--om-። a_________ a______ b_______ n______ a-a-i-h-n- a-i-o-i b-r-h-a-i n-r-m-። ------------------------------------ agayishina aziyomi biruẖati nēromi።
Our guests were polite people. ኣጋ--ና-ኣኽብሮ- ዘለ-ም-ኢዮም--ሮም። ኣ____ ኣ____ ዘ___ ኢ__ ኔ___ ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ብ-ት ዘ-ዎ- ኢ-ም ኔ-ም- ------------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣኽብሮት ዘለዎም ኢዮም ኔሮም። 0
ag----hi-a ---i-i-o-i -el----i-----i-n-rom-። a_________ a________ z_______ ī____ n______ a-a-i-h-n- a-̱-b-r-t- z-l-w-m- ī-o-i n-r-m-። -------------------------------------------- agayishina aẖibiroti zelewomi īyomi nēromi።
Our guests were interesting people. ኣጋይ-- ማ-ኽ--ሰ-- እዮ- --ም። ኣ____ ማ___ ሰ__ እ__ ኔ___ ኣ-ይ-ና ማ-ኽ- ሰ-ት እ-ም ኔ-ም- ----------------------- ኣጋይሽና ማረኽቲ ሰባት እዮም ኔሮም። 0
a-ayish----m-reẖ-t---e-ati -y-mi-n-r-mi። a_________ m_______ s_____ i____ n______ a-a-i-h-n- m-r-h-i-ī s-b-t- i-o-i n-r-m-። ----------------------------------------- agayishina mareẖitī sebati iyomi nēromi።
I have lovely children. ኣ- -----) ብ-ኻ---ል- --ውኒ። ኣ_ (_____ ብ___ ቆ__ ኣ____ ኣ- (-ቁ-ት- ብ-ኻ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ው-። ------------------------ ኣነ (ፍቁራት) ብሩኻት ቆልዑ ኣለውኒ። 0
a-e -fik---at-----r-h-a-i k’oli---a-ew-nī። a__ (__________ b_______ k______ a_______ a-e (-i-’-r-t-) b-r-h-a-i k-o-i-u a-e-i-ī- ------------------------------------------ ane (fik’urati) biruẖati k’oli‘u alewinī።
But the neighbours have naughty children. እዞም--ረባ-- ግን ደፋራት ቆልዑ---ዎም። እ__ ጎ____ ግ_ ደ___ ቆ__ ኣ____ እ-ም ጎ-ባ-ቲ ግ- ደ-ራ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ዎ-። --------------------------- እዞም ጎረባብቲ ግን ደፋራት ቆልዑ ኣለዎም። 0
iz--i --rebabitī-------ef-r--i ------u -l--om-። i____ g_________ g___ d_______ k______ a_______ i-o-i g-r-b-b-t- g-n- d-f-r-t- k-o-i-u a-e-o-i- ----------------------------------------------- izomi gorebabitī gini defarati k’oli‘u alewomi።
Are your children well behaved? ደቅ---ሕያ-ት -ዮም? ደ___ ሕ___ ድ___ ደ-ኹ- ሕ-ዎ- ድ-ም- -------------- ደቅኹም ሕያዎት ድዮም? 0
dek’ih--m--ḥiyawo-i-----m-? d________ ḥ_______ d______ d-k-i-̱-m- h-i-a-o-i d-y-m-? ---------------------------- dek’iẖumi ḥiyawoti diyomi?

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