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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 ከም--ቅ-----ፈል--‘-። ን_ ከ______ ኣ________ ን- ከ-ዘ-ቅ-ኒ ኣ-ፈ-ጥ-‘-። -------------------- ንሱ ከምዘፍቅረኒ ኣይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
“k-m-- ze-ewomi---’us---̣a-a--ti “_____ z_______ n_____ ḥ_______ “-e-i- z-l-w-m- n-’-s- h-a-a-i-i -------------------------------- “kemi” zelewomi ni’usi ḥasabiti
I don’t know if he’ll come back. ን- -ም--ለስ -ፈ--ን‘-። ን_ ከ_____ ይ_______ ን- ከ-ዝ-ለ- ይ-ል-ን-የ- ------------------ ንሱ ከምዝምለስ ይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
“k--i” zel--omi --’u-i -̣-s-b--i “_____ z_______ n_____ ḥ_______ “-e-i- z-l-w-m- n-’-s- h-a-a-i-i -------------------------------- “kemi” zelewomi ni’usi ḥasabiti
I don’t know if he’ll call me. ን-ሱ-ም--ውለ-- -ፈል--‘-። ን ሱ________ ይ_______ ን ሱ-ም-ድ-ለ-ይ ይ-ል-ን-የ- -------------------- ን ሱከምዝድውለለይ ይፈልጥን‘የ። 0
n-s- k--ize-i--i--nī-ay-f---t-----ye። 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።
Maybe he doesn’t love me? ከም ዘፍ--ኒ ? ከ_ ዘ____ ? ከ- ዘ-ቅ-ኒ ? ---------- ከም ዘፍቅረኒ ? 0
n-su --mi---i---re---ayif-l-t-in-‘-e። 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።
Maybe he won’t come back? ከ- ዝም-- ? ከ_ ዝ___ ? ከ- ዝ-ለ- ? --------- ከም ዝምለስ ? 0
nisu ---i--f-k-iren----i-e--t-in-‘-e። 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።
Maybe he won’t call me? ከ--ዝድው--ይ-? ከ_ ዝ_____ ? ከ- ዝ-ው-ለ- ? ----------- ከም ዝድውለለይ ? 0
n-su --mi-im-l-------eli--in----። n___ k___________ y______________ n-s- k-m-z-m-l-s- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። --------------------------------- nisu kemizimilesi yifelit’ini‘ye።
I wonder if he thinks about me. ይሓስበኒ-ዲዩ---ል--ቶ ኣሎኒ ። ይ____ ዲ_ ዝ__ ሕ_ ኣ__ ። ይ-ስ-ኒ ዲ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ ። --------------------- ይሓስበኒ ዲዩ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ ። 0
nis--k---zi----si --fel--’in---e። n___ k___________ y______________ n-s- k-m-z-m-l-s- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። --------------------------------- nisu kemizimilesi yifelit’ini‘ye።
I wonder if he has someone else. ካልእ-ኣላቶ--ያ ዝ-- ሕ- ኣሎ-። ካ__ ኣ__ ድ_ ዝ__ ሕ_ ኣ___ ካ-እ ኣ-ቶ ድ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ---------------------- ካልእ ኣላቶ ድያ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ። 0
n--u -emiz---l------fel-t-i----e። n___ k___________ y______________ n-s- k-m-z-m-l-s- y-f-l-t-i-i-y-። --------------------------------- nisu kemizimilesi yifelit’ini‘ye።
I wonder if he lies. ይሕ- ዲ----- -- ኣሎኒ። ይ__ ዲ_ ዝ__ ሕ_ ኣ___ ይ-ሱ ዲ- ዝ-ል ሕ- ኣ-ኒ- ------------------ ይሕሱ ዲዩ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣሎኒ። 0
ni s-kem------il-l-y---i-e------i‘--። 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 thinks of me? ከ- -ሓስበ--? ከ_ ዝ____ ? ከ- ዝ-ስ-ኒ ? ---------- ከም ዝሓስበኒ ? 0
n-------i----w-l--eyi-yife-i--i-i‘-e። 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 has someone else? ካልእ ----ላ--? ካ__ ከ_ ዘ__ ? ካ-እ ከ- ዘ-ቶ ? ------------ ካልእ ከም ዘላቶ ? 0
ni-suk---zidi--le-e-- --f-lit-i--‘y-። 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 tells me the truth? እ- ---ከ--ዝዛ-ብ ? እ_ ሓ_ ከ_ ዝ___ ? እ- ሓ- ከ- ዝ-ረ- ? --------------- እቲ ሓቂ ከም ዝዛረብ ? 0
kem- -efi-’i-e-ī ? k___ z__________ ? k-m- z-f-k-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi zefik’irenī ?
I doubt whether he really likes me. ናይ-ሓ- ከ-ዝ--ወ--እጣራ-- --ኹ። ና____ ከ______ እ____ ኣ___ ና-ብ-ቂ ከ-ዝ-ት-ኒ እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ------------------------ ናይብሓቂ ከምዝፈትወኒ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
kemi-zef-k’-renī ? k___ z__________ ? k-m- z-f-k-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi zefik’irenī ?
I doubt whether he’ll write to me. እ---ለይ--ዩ-ኢለ እ--ጠ--ኣሎኹ። እ_____ ዲ_ ኢ_ እ____ ኣ___ እ-ሕ-ለ- ዲ- ኢ- እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ----------------------- እጽሕፈለይ ዲዩ ኢለ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
kemi ze-i---r-n--? k___ z__________ ? k-m- z-f-k-i-e-ī ? ------------------ kemi zefik’irenī ?
I doubt whether he’ll marry me. ከ--ም--ወኒ-እጣራ-ር--ሎኹ። ከ_______ እ____ ኣ___ ከ-ዝ-ር-ወ- እ-ራ-ር ኣ-ኹ- ------------------- ከምዝምርዓወኒ እጣራጠር ኣሎኹ። 0
k-mi ----l-s- ? k___ z_______ ? k-m- z-m-l-s- ? --------------- kemi zimilesi ?
Does he really like me? ና-ብሓ--ከም ዝ-ትወኒ ? ና____ ከ_ ዝ____ ? ና-ብ-ዊ ከ- ዝ-ት-ኒ ? ---------------- ናይብሓዊ ከም ዝፈትወኒ ? 0
kemi--------i ? k___ z_______ ? k-m- z-m-l-s- ? --------------- kemi zimilesi ?
Will he write to me? ከም -----ይ-? ከ_ ዝ_____ ? ከ- ዝ-ሕ-ለ- ? ----------- ከም ዝጽሕፈለይ ? 0
ke-i z--ile---? k___ z_______ ? k-m- z-m-l-s- ? --------------- kemi zimilesi ?
Will he marry me? ከም--ም-ዓ-- ? ከ_ ዝ_____ ? ከ- ዝ-ር-ወ- ? ----------- ከም ዝምርዓወኒ ? 0
k-m--z--iwi-e--y--? k___ z___________ ? k-m- z-d-w-l-l-y- ? ------------------- kemi zidiwileleyi ?

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