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em At the restaurant 2   »   ti ቤት መግቢ 2

30 [thirty]

At the restaurant 2

At the restaurant 2

30 [ሳላሳ]

30 [salasa]

ቤት መግቢ 2

bēti megibī 2

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An apple juice, please. ሓንቲ ጽማ--ቱፋ------። ሓ__ ጽ______ በ____ ሓ-ቲ ጽ-ቕ-ቱ-ሕ በ-ኹ-። ----------------- ሓንቲ ጽማቕ-ቱፋሕ በጃኹም። 0
bē-- megi-- 2 b___ m_____ 2 b-t- m-g-b- 2 ------------- bēti megibī 2
A lemonade, please. ሓ-- ለ--ደ በ---። ሓ__ ለ___ በ____ ሓ-ቲ ለ-ና- በ-ኹ-። -------------- ሓንቲ ለሞናደ በጃኹም። 0
bēt---e--b--2 b___ m_____ 2 b-t- m-g-b- 2 ------------- bēti megibī 2
A tomato juice, please. ሓን- -ማቝ-ኮሚደረ-በጃ-ም። ሓ__ ጽ_______ በ____ ሓ-ቲ ጽ-ቝ-ኮ-ደ- በ-ኹ-። ------------------ ሓንቲ ጽማቝ-ኮሚደረ በጃኹም። 0
ḥani-ī ts’--aḵ’-----ah-- --ja-̱um-። ḥ_____ t_______________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’---u-a-̣- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi።
I’d like a glass of red wine. ሓ----ሪ ቀ-ሕ-ን-ት ደ-የ-ነ-ረ። ሓ_ ብ__ ቀ__ ን__ ደ__ ነ___ ሓ- ብ-ሪ ቀ-ሕ ን-ት ደ-የ ነ-ረ- ----------------------- ሓደ ብኬሪ ቀይሕ ንቢት ደልየ ነይረ። 0
h-a---- ts-i--k-’i-tu-------ej-h-um-። ḥ_____ t_______________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’---u-a-̣- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi።
I’d like a glass of white wine. ሓደ---- --ዳ -ቢት-ደል- ነ--። ሓ_ ብ__ ጻ__ ነ__ ደ__ ነ___ ሓ- ብ-ሪ ጻ-ዳ ነ-ት ደ-የ ነ-ረ- ----------------------- ሓደ ብኬሪ ጻዕዳ ነቢት ደልየ ነይረ። 0
ḥa-itī-ts--m-ḵ’---uf--̣i b-j-h--m-። ḥ_____ t_______________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’---u-a-̣- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi።
I’d like a bottle of champagne. ሓ---ርሙ- ሻምፐ-----የ ነ-ረ። ሓ_ ጥ___ ሻ____ ደ__ ነ___ ሓ- ጥ-ሙ- ሻ-ፐ-ን ደ-የ ነ-ረ- ---------------------- ሓደ ጥርሙዝ ሻምፐይን ደልየ ነይረ። 0
h-ani-ī-le-o--d--b-j---u-i። ḥ_____ l_______ b________ h-a-i-ī l-m-n-d- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------- ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi።
Do you like fish? ዓ--ት---ዲኻ? ዓ_ ት__ ዲ__ ዓ- ት-ቱ ዲ-? ---------- ዓሳ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? 0
ḥani-ī -e---a---be-aẖ---። ḥ_____ l_______ b________ h-a-i-ī l-m-n-d- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------- ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi።
Do you like beef? ስ--ብ--ይ ----ዲ-? ስ_ ብ___ ት__ ዲ__ ስ- ብ-ራ- ት-ቱ ዲ-? --------------- ስጋ ብዕራይ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? 0
ḥa-itī-le-o-a-- b-j-h-umi። ḥ_____ l_______ b________ h-a-i-ī l-m-n-d- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------- ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi።
Do you like pork? ስጋ ሓሰማ-ትፈቱ-ዲ-? ስ_ ሓ__ ት__ ዲ__ ስ- ሓ-ማ ት-ቱ ዲ-? -------------- ስጋ ሓሰማ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? 0
ḥ-n-t----’-maḵ----ko----re -e----um-። ḥ_____ t__________________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’-i-k-m-d-r- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi።
I’d like something without meat. ኣነ--- -ጋ ዘ-ብ- ኢየ -ደሊ ። ኣ_ ገ_ ስ_ ዘ___ ኢ_ ዝ__ ። ኣ- ገ- ስ- ዘ-ብ- ኢ- ዝ-ሊ ። ---------------------- ኣነ ገለ ስጋ ዘይብሉ ኢየ ዝደሊ ። 0
ḥa---ī ts’imaḵ’-i-k---de---b-jaẖ-m-። ḥ_____ t__________________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’-i-k-m-d-r- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi።
I’d like some mixed vegetables. ሓ- ሸሓ---ሊ- ---። ሓ_ ሸ__ ኣ__ ደ___ ሓ- ሸ-ኒ ኣ-ጫ ደ-የ- --------------- ሓደ ሸሓኒ ኣሊጫ ደልየ። 0
h----tī--s’im--̱-wi---m-d-re b---h---i። ḥ_____ t__________________ b________ h-a-i-ī t-’-m-k-’-i-k-m-d-r- b-j-h-u-i- --------------------------------------- ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi።
I’d like something that won’t take much time. ኣ--ሓደ ነዊሕ-ግዜ---ወስድ -የ---ሊ። ኣ_ ሓ_ ነ__ ግ_ ዘ____ እ_ ዝ___ ኣ- ሓ- ነ-ሕ ግ- ዘ-ወ-ድ እ- ዝ-ሊ- -------------------------- ኣነ ሓደ ነዊሕ ግዜ ዘይወስድ እየ ዝደሊ። 0
ḥ-d---ikē-ī k-ey-h-i ni--t--d-l-ye-n----e። ḥ___ b_____ k______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- k-e-i-̣- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire።
Would you like that with rice? ምስ-ሩዝ-ዲኹም -ሊኹሞ? ም_ ሩ_ ዲ__ ደ____ ም- ሩ- ዲ-ም ደ-ኹ-? --------------- ምስ ሩዝ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? 0
ḥ--e-bi--rī--------i-ni--ti --l--e-n---re። ḥ___ b_____ k______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- k-e-i-̣- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire።
Would you like that with pasta? ምስ---ታ---ም--ሊኹሞ? ም_ ፓ__ ዲ__ ደ____ ም- ፓ-ታ ዲ-ም ደ-ኹ-? ---------------- ምስ ፓስታ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? 0
ḥ-de-bi-ēr--k’-y-ḥi --b-t--de-i-e--e---e። ḥ___ b_____ k______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- k-e-i-̣- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire።
Would you like that with potatoes? ም--ድ---ዲ-ም --ኹ-? ም_ ድ__ ዲ__ ደ____ ም- ድ-ሽ ዲ-ም ደ-ኹ-? ---------------- ምስ ድንሽ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? 0
ḥa-e---kē-ī --’----a n-bī-i -eliy--ney-r-። ḥ___ b_____ t_______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- t-’-‘-d- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire።
That doesn’t taste good. እዚ ን-ይ ኣይጥ-መን--። እ_ ን__ ኣ______ ። እ- ን-ይ ኣ-ጥ-መ-ን ። ---------------- እዚ ንዓይ ኣይጥዓመንን ። 0
ḥ-de---k-r--ts’a‘id- n---ti -eliy- neyi-e። ḥ___ b_____ t_______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- t-’-‘-d- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire።
The food is cold. እቲ -ግቢ-ዝሑል እዩ። እ_ ም__ ዝ__ እ__ እ- ም-ቢ ዝ-ል እ-። -------------- እቲ ምግቢ ዝሑል እዩ። 0
h-a-e -i-ē-ī -s’----- neb--i --liy- ney--e። ḥ___ b_____ t_______ n_____ d_____ n______ h-a-e b-k-r- t-’-‘-d- n-b-t- d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------- ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire።
I didn’t order this. ነ- -ይኮ-ኩን ጠሊበ-። ነ_ ኣ_____ ጠ__ ። ነ- ኣ-ኮ-ኩ- ጠ-በ ። --------------- ነዚ ኣይኮንኩን ጠሊበ ። 0
h-a-----------i --a----y-n- -eliye--eyi--። ḥ___ t________ s__________ d_____ n______ h-a-e t-i-i-u-i s-a-i-e-i-i d-l-y- n-y-r-። ------------------------------------------ ḥade t’irimuzi shamipeyini deliye neyire።

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