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em At the doctor   »   ti ኣብ እንዳ ሓኪም

57 [fifty-seven]

At the doctor

At the doctor

57 [ሓምሳንሸውዓተን]

57 [ḥamisanishewi‘ateni]

ኣብ እንዳ ሓኪም

abi inida ḥakīmi

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I have a doctor’s appointment. ኣ--ሓ-ም-ቆጸራ----። ኣ_ ሓ__ ቆ__ ኣ___ ኣ- ሓ-ም ቆ-ራ ኣ-ኒ- --------------- ኣብ ሓኪም ቆጸራ ኣሎኒ። 0
abi-i--d- ḥa---i a__ i____ ḥ_____ a-i i-i-a h-a-ī-i ----------------- abi inida ḥakīmi
I have the appointment at ten o’clock. ቆ-ራ- --ት--0--ዩ-። ቆ___ ሰ__ 1_ ኢ_ ። ቆ-ራ- ሰ-ት 1- ኢ- ። ---------------- ቆጸራይ ሰዓት 10 ኢዩ ። 0
a-- ---d--ḥ-k--i a__ i____ ḥ_____ a-i i-i-a h-a-ī-i ----------------- abi inida ḥakīmi
What is your name? መ---ኹም ሽምኩም? መ_ ኢ__ ሽ____ መ- ኢ-ም ሽ-ኩ-? ------------ መን ኢኹም ሽምኩም? 0
ab---̣----i ---t-’-ra--lo--። a__ ḥ_____ k________ a_____ a-i h-a-ī-i k-o-s-e-a a-o-ī- ---------------------------- abi ḥakīmi k’ots’era alonī።
Please take a seat in the waiting room. ኣብ -ጽ-ዪ- ክፍ- -ፍ--ሉ --ኹ-። ኣ_ ም____ ክ__ ኮ_ በ_ በ____ ኣ- ም-በ-- ክ-ሊ ኮ- በ- በ-ኹ-። ------------------------ ኣብ ምጽበዪ- ክፍሊ ኮፍ በሉ በጃኹም። 0
a-i---a-īmi k’---’era al---። a__ ḥ_____ k________ a_____ a-i h-a-ī-i k-o-s-e-a a-o-ī- ---------------------------- abi ḥakīmi k’ots’era alonī።
The doctor is on his way. እ--ሓ-ም --ጽ- --። እ_ ሓ__ ክ___ እ__ እ- ሓ-ም ክ-ጽ- እ-። --------------- እቲ ሓኪም ክመጽእ እዩ። 0
a-i ḥ---m- k’--s---------ī። a__ ḥ_____ k________ a_____ a-i h-a-ī-i k-o-s-e-a a-o-ī- ---------------------------- abi ḥakīmi k’ots’era alonī።
What insurance company do you belong to? ኣበ--ይ ኢ--ራ-- -ሎ--? ኣ____ ኢ_____ ኣ____ ኣ-የ-ይ ኢ-ሹ-ን- ኣ-ኹ-? ------------------ ኣበየናይ ኢንሹራንስ ኣሎኹም? 0
k’ot-’er----se‘ati 1--īy- ። k__________ s_____ 1_ ī__ ። k-o-s-e-a-i s-‘-t- 1- ī-u ። --------------------------- k’ots’erayi se‘ati 10 īyu ።
What can I do for you? እ-ታ--ክሕ---ም-እ---? እ___ ክ_____ እ____ እ-ታ- ክ-ግ-ኩ- እ-እ-? ----------------- እንታይ ክሕግዘኩም እኽእል? 0
k’---’erayi--e‘a-i -0 īy--። k__________ s_____ 1_ ī__ ። k-o-s-e-a-i s-‘-t- 1- ī-u ። --------------------------- k’ots’erayi se‘ati 10 īyu ።
Do you have any pain? ቃ-ዛ --ኩ- ዶ? ቃ__ ኣ___ ዶ_ ቃ-ዛ ኣ-ኩ- ዶ- ----------- ቃንዛ ኣለኩም ዶ? 0
k--t-’-r-yi--e-ati -0 īyu ። k__________ s_____ 1_ ī__ ። k-o-s-e-a-i s-‘-t- 1- ī-u ። --------------------------- k’ots’erayi se‘ati 10 īyu ።
Where does it hurt? ኣ---ይ-መኩም ኣ-? ኣ__ ይ____ ኣ__ ኣ-ይ ይ-መ-ም ኣ-? ------------- ኣበይ ይሕመኩም ኣሎ? 0
me-- -h-u-i--himiku--? m___ ī____ s_________ m-n- ī-̱-m- s-i-i-u-i- ---------------------- meni īẖumi shimikumi?
I always have back pain. ኩሉ-ግ- ቃ---ሕቖ --ኒ። ኩ_ ግ_ ቃ__ ሕ_ ኣ___ ኩ- ግ- ቃ-ዛ ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ----------------- ኩሉ ግዜ ቃንዛ ሕቖ ኣለኒ። 0
m------------hi-i-umi? m___ ī____ s_________ m-n- ī-̱-m- s-i-i-u-i- ---------------------- meni īẖumi shimikumi?
I often have headaches. ብዙሕ-ግዜ-ቃ-ዛ--እሲ---ኒ። ብ__ ግ_ ቃ__ ር__ ኣ___ ብ-ሕ ግ- ቃ-ዛ ር-ሲ ኣ-ኒ- ------------------- ብዙሕ ግዜ ቃንዛ ርእሲ ኣሎኒ። 0
me----h-u---s--mikum-? m___ ī____ s_________ m-n- ī-̱-m- s-i-i-u-i- ---------------------- meni īẖumi shimikumi?
I sometimes have stomach aches. ሓደ -- -- ቅርጸ--ኣሎ-። ሓ_ ሓ_ ግ_ ቅ___ ኣ___ ሓ- ሓ- ግ- ቅ-ጸ- ኣ-ኒ- ------------------ ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ቅርጸት ኣሎኒ። 0
ab- -i-s---e-ī- -i---ī--ofi-be-u ------u--። a__ m__________ k_____ k___ b___ b________ a-i m-t-’-b-y-- k-f-l- k-f- b-l- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------------- abi mits’ibeyī- kifilī kofi belu bejaẖumi።
Remove your top! ና----ሊ -----------ሩ-በጃኹ-። ና_ ላ__ ነ____ ነ_ ግ__ በ____ ና- ላ-ሊ ነ-ስ-ም ነ- ግ-ሩ በ-ኹ-። ------------------------- ናይ ላዕሊ ነብስኹም ነጻ ግበሩ በጃኹም። 0
a-- mit-----y---kifi-ī-kof--be-u--------mi። a__ m__________ k_____ k___ b___ b________ a-i m-t-’-b-y-- k-f-l- k-f- b-l- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------------- abi mits’ibeyī- kifilī kofi belu bejaẖumi።
Lie down on the examining table. በ-ኹም---ቲ---ት-በጥ-በ- ። በ___ ኣ__ ዓ__ በ_ በ_ ። በ-ኹ- ኣ-ቲ ዓ-ት በ- በ- ። -------------------- በጃኹም ኣብቲ ዓራት በጥ በሉ ። 0
ab-----s--b--ī- k----- ko----elu b---h-umi። a__ m__________ k_____ k___ b___ b________ a-i m-t-’-b-y-- k-f-l- k-f- b-l- b-j-h-u-i- ------------------------------------------- abi mits’ibeyī- kifilī kofi belu bejaẖumi።
Your blood pressure is okay. ጸቕጢ-ደ- ድ-- -ዩ-ዘ-። ጸ_____ ድ__ እ_ ዘ__ ጸ-ጢ-ደ- ድ-ን እ- ዘ-። ----------------- ጸቕጢ-ደም ድሓን እዩ ዘሎ። 0
i-- h-ak-m- ki-----i----yu። i__ ḥ_____ k_________ i___ i-ī h-a-ī-i k-m-t-’-’- i-u- --------------------------- itī ḥakīmi kimets’i’i iyu።
I will give you an injection. መ----ክ--ኩ-‘-። መ___ ክ_______ መ-ፍ- ክ-በ-ም-የ- ------------- መርፍእ ክህበኩም‘የ። 0
i-ī h----m- -im-t--i’- iy-። i__ ḥ_____ k_________ i___ i-ī h-a-ī-i k-m-t-’-’- i-u- --------------------------- itī ḥakīmi kimets’i’i iyu።
I will give you some pills. ከኒናታ- ---ኩ---የ። ከ____ ክ____ እ__ ከ-ና-ት ክ-በ-ም እ-። --------------- ከኒናታት ክህበኩም እየ። 0
i-------ī-- -i-e---i-i iyu። i__ ḥ_____ k_________ i___ i-ī h-a-ī-i k-m-t-’-’- i-u- --------------------------- itī ḥakīmi kimets’i’i iyu።
I am giving you a prescription for the pharmacy. ወረቐት-(--ሊት) ንፋ-ማሲ---በኩም---። ወ___ (_____ ን____ ክ____ እ__ ወ-ቐ- (-ብ-ት- ን-ር-ሲ ክ-በ-ም እ-። --------------------------- ወረቐት (ቅብሊት) ንፋርማሲ ክህበኩም እየ። 0
a-ey-na-i-------r---s- --o--u-i? a________ ī___________ a_______ a-e-e-a-i ī-i-h-r-n-s- a-o-̱-m-? -------------------------------- abeyenayi īnishuranisi aloẖumi?

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Long words, short words

The length of a word is dependent upon its informative content. This has been shown by an American study. Researchers evaluated words from ten European languages. This was achieved with the help of a computer. The computer analyzed various words with a program. In the process, it used a formula to calculate the informative content. The results were clear. The shorter a word is, the less information it conveys. Interestingly, we use short words more often than long words. The reason for this could lie in the efficiency of speech. When we speak, we concentrate on the most important thing. Therefore, words without much information mustn't be too long. This guarantees we don't spend too much time on unimportant things. The correlation between length and content has another advantage. It ensures that the informative content always remains the same. That is to say, we always say the same amount in a certain period of time. For example, we can use a few long words. But we can also use many short words. It doesn't matter what we decide: The informative content remains the same. As a result, our speech has a consistent rhythm. This makes it easier for listeners to follow us. If the amount of information were always varied, it would be difficult. Our listeners couldn't adapt well to our speech. Comprehension would thus be made difficult. He who wants the best chance of being understood should use short words. Since short words are better comprehended than long ones. Therefore, the principle goes: Keep It Short and Simple! In short: KISS!