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93 [ninety-three]

Subordinate clauses: if

Subordinate clauses: if

93 [ተስዓንሰለስተን]

93 [tesi‘aniselesiteni]

“ከም” ዘለዎም ንኡስ ሓሳብት

“kemi” zelewomi ni’usi ḥasabiti

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I don’t know if he loves me. ንሱ ከ-ዘ---ኒ--ይፈልጥን-የ። ን_ ከ______ ኣ________ ን- ከ-ዘ-ቅ-ኒ ኣ-ፈ-ጥ-‘-። -------------------- ንሱ ከምዘፍቅረኒ ኣይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
n-su --m-z-f-k---e---a---e-it---i-y-። n___ k______________ a_______________ n-s- k-m-z-f-k-i-e-ī a-i-e-i-’-n-‘-e- ------------------------------------- nisu kemizefik’irenī ayifelit’ini‘ye።
I don’t know if he’ll come back. ን--ከ-ዝምለ- --ል-ን-የ። ን_ ከ_____ ይ_______ ን- ከ-ዝ-ለ- ይ-ል-ን-የ- ------------------ ንሱ ከምዝምለስ ይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
ni-- kem-zi-i--s- ---eli-’ini‘y-። n___ k___________ y______________ n-s- k-m-z-m-l-s- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። --------------------------------- nisu kemizimilesi yifelit’ini‘ye።
I don’t know if he’ll call me. ን--ከ-ዝድ-ለለ--ይ-ል--‘የ። ን ሱ________ ይ_______ ን ሱ-ም-ድ-ለ-ይ ይ-ል-ን-የ- -------------------- ን ሱከምዝድውለለይ ይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
ni---k--i-id-w-l----- yi-e--t-i--‘ye። n_ s_________________ y______________ n- s-k-m-z-d-w-l-l-y- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። ------------------------------------- ni sukemizidiwileleyi yifelit’ini‘ye።
Maybe he doesn’t love me? ከ- ----- ? ከ_ ዘ____ ? ከ- ዘ-ቅ-ኒ ? ---------- ከም ዘፍቅረኒ ? 0
k-m----f-k---e-ī ? k___ z__________ ? k-m- z-f-k-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi zefik’irenī ?
Maybe he won’t come back? ከ---ምለስ-? ከ_ ዝ___ ? ከ- ዝ-ለ- ? --------- ከም ዝምለስ ? 0
k-m- z-milesi-? k___ z_______ ? k-m- z-m-l-s- ? --------------- kemi zimilesi ?
Maybe he won’t call me? ከም -ድ--ለ- ? ከ_ ዝ_____ ? ከ- ዝ-ው-ለ- ? ----------- ከም ዝድውለለይ ? 0
ke-- -id--ile---i-? k___ z___________ ? k-m- z-d-w-l-l-y- ? ------------------- kemi zidiwileleyi ?
I wonder if he thinks about me. ይሓ--ኒ -- --- -ቶ-ኣ-ኒ ። ይ____ ዲ_ ዝ__ ሕ_ ኣ__ ። ይ-ስ-ኒ ዲ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ ። --------------------- ይሓስበኒ ዲዩ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ ። 0
y---asi--nī dīyu z-bili -̣i-o-a---ī-። y_________ d___ z_____ ḥ___ a____ ። y-h-a-i-e-ī d-y- z-b-l- h-i-o a-o-ī ። ------------------------------------- yiḥasibenī dīyu zibili ḥito alonī ።
I wonder if he has someone else. ካልእ-ኣ-ቶ-ድ- ዝብ--ሕቶ-ኣሎኒ። ካ__ ኣ__ ድ_ ዝ__ ሕ_ ኣ___ ካ-እ ኣ-ቶ ድ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ---------------------- ካልእ ኣላቶ ድያ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ። 0
ka--’i --at--di-- ---ili-h-i---al-nī። k_____ a____ d___ z_____ ḥ___ a_____ k-l-’- a-a-o d-y- z-b-l- h-i-o a-o-ī- ------------------------------------- kali’i alato diya zibili ḥito alonī።
I wonder if he lies. ይ-- ዲ--ዝብ--ሕቶ -ሎ-። ይ__ ዲ_ ዝ__ ሕ_ ኣ___ ይ-ሱ ዲ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ------------------ ይሕሱ ዲዩ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ። 0
yi-̣is----y--z---li ḥ--o a---ī። y_____ d___ z_____ ḥ___ a_____ y-h-i-u d-y- z-b-l- h-i-o a-o-ī- -------------------------------- yiḥisu dīyu zibili ḥito alonī።
Maybe he thinks of me? ከም-ዝ-ስበ--? ከ_ ዝ____ ? ከ- ዝ-ስ-ኒ ? ---------- ከም ዝሓስበኒ ? 0
k-mi--i--as-b-nī ? k___ z_________ ? k-m- z-h-a-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi ziḥasibenī ?
Maybe he has someone else? ካ-- ከም ዘላቶ-? ካ__ ከ_ ዘ__ ? ካ-እ ከ- ዘ-ቶ ? ------------ ካልእ ከም ዘላቶ ? 0
k-l--- ke-- -el-to-? k_____ k___ z_____ ? k-l-’- k-m- z-l-t- ? -------------------- kali’i kemi zelato ?
Maybe he tells me the truth? እ--ሓቂ ከ- ዝ----? እ_ ሓ_ ከ_ ዝ___ ? እ- ሓ- ከ- ዝ-ረ- ? --------------- እቲ ሓቂ ከም ዝዛረብ ? 0
i-- -̣ak-ī-k--- z-za--b- ? i__ ḥ____ k___ z_______ ? i-ī h-a-’- k-m- z-z-r-b- ? -------------------------- itī ḥak’ī kemi zizarebi ?
I doubt whether he really likes me. ናይ--ቂ-ከ-ዝ--ወኒ -ጣራ-ር ኣሎኹ። ና____ ከ______ እ____ ኣ___ ና-ብ-ቂ ከ-ዝ-ት-ኒ እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ------------------------ ናይብሓቂ ከምዝፈትወኒ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
nayibi---k-ī-k-miz---tiwe-ī it’-rat--r- a--ẖ-። n__________ k_____________ i__________ a_____ n-y-b-h-a-’- k-m-z-f-t-w-n- i-’-r-t-e-i a-o-̱-። ----------------------------------------------- nayibiḥak’ī kemizifetiwenī it’arat’eri aloẖu።
I doubt whether he’ll write to me. እ----------- -ጣራጠ--ኣሎኹ። እ_____ ዲ_ ኢ_ እ____ ኣ___ እ-ሕ-ለ- ዲ- ኢ- እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ----------------------- እጽሕፈለይ ዲዩ ኢለ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
its-ih-i--le---d--u-ī---i--a-a-’e-i --oh--። i____________ d___ ī__ i__________ a_____ i-s-i-̣-f-l-y- d-y- ī-e i-’-r-t-e-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------------------- its’iḥifeleyi dīyu īle it’arat’eri aloẖu።
I doubt whether he’ll marry me. ከ--ምርዓወኒ ---ጠ----ኹ። ከ_______ እ____ ኣ___ ከ-ዝ-ር-ወ- እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ------------------- ከምዝምርዓወኒ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
k-m----iri-awenī i-’-rat’e---a-o--u። k_______________ i__________ a_____ k-m-z-m-r-‘-w-n- i-’-r-t-e-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------------ kemizimiri‘awenī it’arat’eri aloẖu።
Does he really like me? ና-ብሓ- -ም--ፈትወ--? ና____ ከ_ ዝ____ ? ና-ብ-ዊ ከ- ዝ-ት-ኒ ? ---------------- ናይብሓዊ ከም ዝፈትወኒ ? 0
n-y--ih-----ke-i-zifet---nī ? n_________ k___ z_________ ? n-y-b-h-a-ī k-m- z-f-t-w-n- ? ----------------------------- nayibiḥawī kemi zifetiwenī ?
Will he write to me? ከ- -ጽሕ----? ከ_ ዝ_____ ? ከ- ዝ-ሕ-ለ- ? ----------- ከም ዝጽሕፈለይ ? 0
ke-- -it-’ih-i-e---- ? k___ z_____________ ? k-m- z-t-’-h-i-e-e-i ? ---------------------- kemi zits’iḥifeleyi ?
Will he marry me? ከ- ---ዓ-ኒ-? ከ_ ዝ_____ ? ከ- ዝ-ር-ወ- ? ----------- ከም ዝምርዓወኒ ? 0
k--i---mi-i‘--enī-? k___ z___________ ? k-m- z-m-r-‘-w-n- ? ------------------- kemi zimiri‘awenī ?

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