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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-- --ዲ--ኣሎኹ። ሰ___ ቀ__ ተ___ ኣ___ ሰ-ያ- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ሰማያዊ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k--t---la-i-2 k__________ 2 k-i-s-i-a-i 2 ------------- k’its’ilati 2
I am wearing a red dress. ቀ-------ተኸዲ--ኣ--። ቀ__ ቀ__ ተ___ ኣ___ ቀ-ሕ ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ----------------- ቀይሕ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
k’-----la-i 2 k__________ 2 k-i-s-i-a-i 2 ------------- k’its’ilati 2
I am wearing a green dress. ቀ-----ሚሽ ተ--ነ-ኣሎ-። ቀ___ ቀ__ ተ___ ኣ___ ቀ-ል- ቀ-ሽ ተ-ዲ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------ ቀጠልያ ቀሚሽ ተኸዲነ ኣሎኹ። 0
sem---wī ---m---- t-----īn------̱u። 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’m buying a black bag. ጸ-ም-ሳ-ጣ ---እ-የ። ጸ__ ሳ__ ክ______ ጸ-ም ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጸላም ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
sem---wī ----ī-h- te---d-ne-------። 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’m buying a brown bag. ቡ--ት---ጣ-ክገዝእ‘የ። ቡ___ ሳ__ ክ______ ቡ-ዊ- ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። ---------------- ቡናዊት ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
s-m-ya---k’em---- ---̱edīn--a-o-̱u። 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’m buying a white bag. ጻ----ን-----እ-የ። ጻ__ ሳ__ ክ______ ጻ-ዳ ሳ-ጣ ክ-ዝ-‘-። --------------- ጻዕዳ ሳንጣ ክገዝእ‘የ። 0
k-ey--------m--hi ----e-ī-e al-h--። 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 need a new car. ሓዳ- መ---ተ------- ። ሓ__ መ__ ተ____ ኣ_ ። ሓ-ሽ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------ ሓዳሽ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
k---i--i k’---s-- -e---d------oẖ-። 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 need a fast car. ቅ--ፍቲ--ኪና-ተ-ል-ኒ ኣላ-። ቅ____ መ__ ተ____ ኣ_ ። ቅ-ጥ-ቲ መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። -------------------- ቅልጥፍቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
k--y-ḥ--k--mī-hi-teẖ-dīn- -lo-̱u። 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 need a comfortable car. ም-እቲ -ኪና--ድ-የኒ-ኣላ-። ም___ መ__ ተ____ ኣ_ ። ም-እ- መ-ና ተ-ል-ኒ ኣ- ። ------------------- ምችእቲ መኪና ተድልየኒ ኣላ ። 0
k-et’eli-a k’-m--h- teh--dīn- -lo-̱-። 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።
An old lady lives at the top. ኣብዚ ላዕ---ን---ባይ--በ----ቕ-ጥ ። 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
k---’----- k’e-īs-i --h---ī---al----። 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።
A fat lady lives at the top. ኣብ- ላዕሊ---- ሮ-ድ-------ቕመጥ-። 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
k’-t-eli------m-sh- ----e-ī-- alo-̱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።
A curious lady lives below. ኣብዚ ታ---ሓንቲ-ህ---ቲ---ይ- ---ጥ ። 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
ts------ s----’a kig-z----y-። t_______ s______ k___________ t-’-l-m- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
Our guests were nice people. ኣ-ይሽ- ኣ-ዮ--ብ--ት----። ኣ____ ኣ___ ብ___ ኔ___ ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ዮ- ብ-ኻ- ኔ-ም- -------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣዝዮም ብሩኻት ኔሮም። 0
ts-e--m- -----’a--i------‘--። t_______ s______ k___________ t-’-l-m- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
Our guests were polite people. ኣ-------ብሮ- --ዎም-ኢ----ሮም። ኣ____ ኣ____ ዘ___ ኢ__ ኔ___ ኣ-ይ-ና ኣ-ብ-ት ዘ-ዎ- ኢ-ም ኔ-ም- ------------------------- ኣጋይሽና ኣኽብሮት ዘለዎም ኢዮም ኔሮም። 0
t-’e---- sa-it-a-kige-i’---e። t_______ s______ k___________ t-’-l-m- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’elami sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
Our guests were interesting people. ኣ--ሽ- ማ-ኽ- -ባ- --ም-ኔሮም። ኣ____ ማ___ ሰ__ እ__ ኔ___ ኣ-ይ-ና ማ-ኽ- ሰ-ት እ-ም ኔ-ም- ----------------------- ኣጋይሽና ማረኽቲ ሰባት እዮም ኔሮም። 0
buna--t---a-i-’a-ki--z-’-‘-e። b_______ s______ k___________ b-n-w-t- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
I have lovely children. ኣ----ቁ--- -ሩ-----ዑ -ለ-ኒ። ኣ_ (_____ ብ___ ቆ__ ኣ____ ኣ- (-ቁ-ት- ብ-ኻ- ቆ-ዑ ኣ-ው-። ------------------------ ኣነ (ፍቁራት) ብሩኻት ቆልዑ ኣለውኒ። 0
b--aw-t----nit-a kig----i-y-። b_______ s______ k___________ b-n-w-t- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
But the neighbours have naughty children. እዞም ---ብ- ግ-----ት ቆ----ለዎም። 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
bunawīti---n-t’a ---e-i’i‘-e። b_______ s______ k___________ b-n-w-t- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- bunawīti sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።
Are your children well behaved? ደ--ም-ሕ--- ድዮ-? ደ___ ሕ___ ድ___ ደ-ኹ- ሕ-ዎ- ድ-ም- -------------- ደቅኹም ሕያዎት ድዮም? 0
t-’a‘-d--s-nit-a-ki-e-i’i---። t_______ s______ k___________ t-’-‘-d- s-n-t-a k-g-z-’-‘-e- ----------------------------- ts’a‘ida sanit’a kigezi’i‘ye።

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