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58 [fifty-eight]

Parts of the body

Parts of the body

58 [ሓምሳንሸሞንተን]

58 [ḥamisanishemoniteni]

ኣካላት ነብሲ

akalati nebisī

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I am drawing a man. ሓደ--ብኣ--እስእል---ኹ። ሓ_ ሰ___ እ___ ኣ___ ሓ- ሰ-ኣ- እ-እ- ኣ-ኹ- ----------------- ሓደ ሰብኣይ እስእል ኣሎኹ። 0
a----t- -e---ī a______ n_____ a-a-a-i n-b-s- -------------- akalati nebisī
First the head. ቅድ- -ቲ ---። ቅ__ ነ_ ር___ ቅ-ም ነ- ር-ሲ- ----------- ቅድም ነቲ ርእሲ። 0
a--la------i-ī a______ n_____ a-a-a-i n-b-s- -------------- akalati nebisī
The man is wearing a hat. እ---ብ-ይ ባ-ኔ- -ኸዲ- ኣሎ። እ_ ሰ___ ባ___ ተ___ ኣ__ እ- ሰ-ኣ- ባ-ኔ- ተ-ዲ- ኣ-። --------------------- እቲ ሰብኣይ ባርኔጣ ተኸዲኑ ኣሎ። 0
ḥade ---i’-y---si---i-------። ḥ___ s_______ i______ a_____ h-a-e s-b-’-y- i-i-i-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------ ḥade sebi’ayi isi’ili aloẖu።
One cannot see the hair. እቲ--ግ--ኣ-ረ-ን-እዩ። እ_ ጸ__ ኣ____ እ__ እ- ጸ-ሩ ኣ-ረ-ን እ-። ---------------- እቲ ጸግሩ ኣይረአን እዩ። 0
h-a-- se--’ayi-------i aloẖ-። ḥ___ s_______ i______ a_____ h-a-e s-b-’-y- i-i-i-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------ ḥade sebi’ayi isi’ili aloẖu።
One cannot see the ears either. እ----ኒ‘-ን ኣ-ረአን --። እ_ እ_____ ኣ____ እ__ እ- እ-ኒ-ው- ኣ-ረ-ን እ-። ------------------- እቲ እዝኒ‘ውን ኣይረአን እዩ። 0
h--de sebi---- --i-----aloh--። ḥ___ s_______ i______ a_____ h-a-e s-b-’-y- i-i-i-i a-o-̱-። ------------------------------ ḥade sebi’ayi isi’ili aloẖu።
One cannot see his back either. እ---ቖኡ‘-ን ኣ-ረ-ን-እዩ። እ_ ሕ_____ ኣ____ እ__ እ- ሕ-ኡ-ው- ኣ-ረ-ን እ-። ------------------- እቲ ሕቖኡ‘ውን ኣይረአን እዩ። 0
k--dimi---t--ri----። k______ n___ r______ k-i-i-i n-t- r-’-s-። -------------------- k’idimi netī ri’isī።
I am drawing the eyes and the mouth. ኣነ-ነ---ኣ---- -ፍ--እስእል-። ኣ_ ነ__ ኣ____ ኣ__ እ___ ። ኣ- ነ-ን ኣ-ን-ን ኣ-ን እ-እ- ። ----------------------- ኣነ ነተን ኣዒንትን ኣፍን እስእል ። 0
k’idim----tī-r-’---። k______ n___ r______ k-i-i-i n-t- r-’-s-። -------------------- k’idimi netī ri’isī።
The man is dancing and laughing. እ------ ይ--ስ-ን-ይስሕ-- ። እ_ ሰ___ ይ_____ ይ____ ። እ- ሰ-ኣ- ይ-ዕ-ዕ- ይ-ሕ-ን ። ---------------------- እቲ ሰብኣይ ይስዕስዕን ይስሕቕን ። 0
k’-d-m- ne-ī--i’is-። k______ n___ r______ k-i-i-i n-t- r-’-s-። -------------------- k’idimi netī ri’isī።
The man has a long nose. እ- ሰብኣይ-ነዊ- ---- -ለ-። እ_ ሰ___ ነ__ ኣ___ ኣ___ እ- ሰ-ኣ- ነ-ሕ ኣ-ን- ኣ-ዎ- --------------------- እቲ ሰብኣይ ነዊሕ ኣፊንጫ ኣለዎ። 0
i-- -eb-’-y------n-t---teẖed------o። i__ s_______ b________ t_______ a___ i-ī s-b-’-y- b-r-n-t-a t-h-e-ī-u a-o- ------------------------------------- itī sebi’ayi barinēt’a teẖedīnu alo።
He is carrying a cane in his hands. ንሱ -ብ ኢዱ-ምርኩስ ዝ-ዘ እዩ። ን_ ኣ_ ኢ_ ም___ ዝ__ እ__ ን- ኣ- ኢ- ም-ኩ- ዝ-ዘ እ-። --------------------- ንሱ ኣብ ኢዱ ምርኩስ ዝሓዘ እዩ። 0
i-ī -e-i-a-i-b-r-n---a -eh-edī-u-a-o። i__ s_______ b________ t_______ a___ i-ī s-b-’-y- b-r-n-t-a t-h-e-ī-u a-o- ------------------------------------- itī sebi’ayi barinēt’a teẖedīnu alo።
He is also wearing a scarf around his neck. ኣ- ክሳ-‘-- --- ዝት-----ዩ። ኣ_ ክ_____ ሻ__ ዝ____ ኢ__ ኣ- ክ-ዱ-ው- ሻ-ባ ዝ-ኸ-ነ ኢ-። ----------------------- ኣብ ክሳዱ‘ውን ሻርባ ዝትኸድነ ኢዩ። 0
i-ī ----’ayi----i---’- te-̱-d------o። i__ s_______ b________ t_______ a___ i-ī s-b-’-y- b-r-n-t-a t-h-e-ī-u a-o- ------------------------------------- itī sebi’ayi barinēt’a teẖedīnu alo።
It is winter and it is cold. ክ--ቲ -- ------ ---ኣሎ። ክ___ እ_ ከ_____ ቁ_ ኣ__ ክ-ም- እ- ከ-ኡ-ው- ቁ- ኣ-። --------------------- ክረምቲ እዩ ከምኡ’ውን ቁሪ ኣሎ። 0
itī t-’e--ru-ayi----ni-iyu። i__ t_______ a________ i___ i-ī t-’-g-r- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- --------------------------- itī ts’egiru ayire’āni iyu።
The arms are athletic. እተን---ዳ----ላ---የን። እ__ ኣ___ ሓ___ እ___ እ-ን ኣ-ዳ- ሓ-ላ- እ-ን- ------------------ እተን ኣእዳው ሓያላት እየን። 0
itī-ts---i-u------’--- -y-። i__ t_______ a________ i___ i-ī t-’-g-r- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- --------------------------- itī ts’egiru ayire’āni iyu።
The legs are also athletic. ኣ--ር‘---ሓ--ት-እዮ-። ኣ______ ሓ___ እ___ ኣ-ጋ-‘-ን ሓ-ላ- እ-ም- ----------------- ኣእጋር‘ውን ሓያላት እዮም። 0
i-ī -s’-g--u ayi--’ā-i-iyu። i__ t_______ a________ i___ i-ī t-’-g-r- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- --------------------------- itī ts’egiru ayire’āni iyu።
The man is made of snow. እ- ሰ--ይ -ብ--ረድ -ዩ። እ_ ሰ___ ካ_ በ__ እ__ እ- ሰ-ኣ- ካ- በ-ድ እ-። ------------------ እቲ ሰብኣይ ካብ በረድ እዩ። 0
it---z-nī‘-i-i ---r----i--yu። i__ i_________ a________ i___ i-ī i-i-ī-w-n- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- ----------------------------- itī izinī‘wini ayire’āni iyu።
He is neither wearing pants nor a coat. ንሱ-ስረን ጃ-ት--ኣይተ----። ን_ ስ__ ጃ___ ኣ_______ ን- ስ-ን ጃ-ት- ኣ-ተ-ድ-ን- -------------------- ንሱ ስረን ጃከትን ኣይተኸድነን። 0
i-- izinī--i-i--y--e-āni--yu። i__ i_________ a________ i___ i-ī i-i-ī-w-n- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- ----------------------------- itī izinī‘wini ayire’āni iyu።
But the man is not freezing. ግ- -ቲ -ብ-ይ-ኣ--ር-ን---። ግ_ እ_ ሰ___ ኣ_____ እ__ ግ- እ- ሰ-ኣ- ኣ-ቆ-ር- እ-። --------------------- ግን እቲ ሰብኣይ ኣይቆርርን እዩ። 0
i-ī-iz--ī-w-n------e’----iyu። i__ i_________ a________ i___ i-ī i-i-ī-w-n- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- ----------------------------- itī izinī‘wini ayire’āni iyu።
He is a snowman. ንሱ-ሓ---ው-ጪ -ተ--- ሰ-ኣይ-እዩ። ን_ ሓ_ ብ___ ዝ____ ሰ___ እ__ ን- ሓ- ብ-ር- ዝ-ሰ-ሐ ሰ-ኣ- እ-። ------------------------- ንሱ ሓደ ብውርጪ ዝተሰርሐ ሰብኣይ እዩ። 0
i---ḥik-’o-----n- a-----ā-- ---። i__ ḥ___________ a________ i___ i-ī h-i-̱-o-u-w-n- a-i-e-ā-i i-u- --------------------------------- itī ḥiḵ’o’u‘wini ayire’āni iyu።

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The language of our ancestors

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