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15 [fifteen]

Fruits and food

15 [ዓሰርተሓሙሽተ] 15 [‘aseriteḥamushite]	ፍሩታታትን ኣስቬዛን firutatatini asivēzani

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I have a strawberry.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ፍ_ው_ ኣ_ኒ_ a_e h_a_e f_r_w_l_ a_o_ī_ ኣነ ሓደ ፍራውለ ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade firawile alonī። ኣ_ ሓ_ ፍ___ ኣ___ a__ h____ f_______ a_____ ኣነ ሓደ ፍራውለ ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade firawile alonī። __ __ ____ ____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ኣነ ሓደ ፍራውለ ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade firawile alonī።
I have a kiwi and a melon.	ኣ_ ሓ_ቲ ኪ_ን ሓ_ መ_ን_ ኣ_ኒ_ a_e h_a_i_ī k_v_n_ h_a_e m_l_n_n_ a_o_ī_ ኣነ ሓንቲ ኪቪን ሓደ መሎንን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥanitī kīvīni ḥade melonini alonī። ኣ_ ሓ__ ኪ__ ሓ_ መ___ ኣ___ a__ h______ k_____ h____ m_______ a_____ ኣነ ሓንቲ ኪቪን ሓደ መሎንን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥanitī kīvīni ḥade melonini alonī። __ ___ ___ __ ____ ____ ___ _______ ______ _____ ________ ______ ኣነ ሓንቲ ኪቪን ሓደ መሎንን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥanitī kīvīni ḥade melonini alonī።
I have an orange and a grapefruit.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ኣ_ን_ን ሓ_ቲ ግ_ፕ_ፍ_ት_ ኣ_ኒ_ a_e h_a_e a_a_i_i_i h_a_i_ī g_r_p_-_i_u_i_i a_o_ī_ ኣነ ሓደ ኣራንጅን ሓንቲ ግረፕ-ፍሩትን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade aranijini ḥanitī girepi-firutini alonī። ኣ_ ሓ_ ኣ____ ሓ__ ግ_______ ኣ___ a__ h____ a________ h______ g______________ a_____ ኣነ ሓደ ኣራንጅን ሓንቲ ግረፕ-ፍሩትን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade aranijini ḥanitī girepi-firutini alonī። __ __ _____ ___ ________ ____ ___ _____ _________ _______ _______________ ______ ኣነ ሓደ ኣራንጅን ሓንቲ ግረፕ-ፍሩትን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade aranijini ḥanitī girepi-firutini alonī።

I have an apple and a mango.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ቱ_ሕ_ ሓ_ ማ_ጎ_ ኣ_ኒ_ a_e h_a_e t_f_h_i_i h_a_e m_n_g_n_ a_e_ī_ ኣነ ሓደ ቱፋሕን ሓደ ማንጎን ኣለኒ። ane ḥade tufaḥini ḥade manigoni alenī። ኣ_ ሓ_ ቱ___ ሓ_ ማ___ ኣ___ a__ h____ t________ h____ m_______ a_____ ኣነ ሓደ ቱፋሕን ሓደ ማንጎን ኣለኒ። ane ḥade tufaḥini ḥade manigoni alenī። __ __ ____ __ ____ ____ ___ _____ _________ _____ ________ ______ ኣነ ሓደ ቱፋሕን ሓደ ማንጎን ኣለኒ። ane ḥade tufaḥini ḥade manigoni alenī።
I have a banana and a pineapple.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ባ_ና_ ሓ_ ኣ_ና_ን ኣ_ኒ_ a_e h_a_e b_n_n_n_ h_a_e a_a_a_i_i a_o_ī_ ኣነ ሓደ ባናናን ሓደ ኣናናስን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade bananani ḥade ananasini alonī። ኣ_ ሓ_ ባ___ ሓ_ ኣ____ ኣ___ a__ h____ b_______ h____ a________ a_____ ኣነ ሓደ ባናናን ሓደ ኣናናስን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade bananani ḥade ananasini alonī። __ __ ____ __ _____ ____ ___ _____ ________ _____ _________ ______ ኣነ ሓደ ባናናን ሓደ ኣናናስን ኣሎኒ። ane ḥade bananani ḥade ananasini alonī።
I am making a fruit salad.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ሳ_ጣ_ፍ_ታ እ_ብ_። a_e h_a_e s_l_t_a_f_r_t_ i_e_i_i_ ኣነ ሓደ ሳላጣ-ፍሩታ እገብር። ane ḥade salat’a-firuta igebiri። ኣ_ ሓ_ ሳ______ እ____ a__ h____ s_____________ i_______ ኣነ ሓደ ሳላጣ-ፍሩታ እገብር። ane ḥade salat’a-firuta igebiri። __ __ _______ _____ ___ _____ ______________ ________ ኣነ ሓደ ሳላጣ-ፍሩታ እገብር። ane ḥade salat’a-firuta igebiri።

I am eating toast.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ቶ_ት እ_ ዝ_ል_። a_e h_a_e t_s_t_ i_e z_b_l_‘_። ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት እየ ዝበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi iye zibeli‘i። ኣ_ ሓ_ ቶ__ እ_ ዝ____ a__ h____ t_____ i__ z________ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት እየ ዝበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi iye zibeli‘i። __ __ ___ __ _____ ___ _____ ______ ___ _________ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት እየ ዝበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi iye zibeli‘i።
I am eating toast with butter.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ቶ_ት ም_ ጠ_ሚ እ_ል_። a_e h_a_e t_s_t_ m_s_ t_e_i_ī i_e_i_i_ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት ምስ ጠስሚ እበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi misi t’esimī ibeli‘i። ኣ_ ሓ_ ቶ__ ም_ ጠ__ እ____ a__ h____ t_____ m___ t______ i_______ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት ምስ ጠስሚ እበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi misi t’esimī ibeli‘i። __ __ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ _____ ______ ____ _______ ________ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት ምስ ጠስሚ እበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi misi t’esimī ibeli‘i።
I am eating toast with butter and jam.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ቶ_ት ም_ ጠ_ም_ ማ_ማ_ድ_ እ_ል_። a_e h_a_e t_s_t_ m_s_ t_e_i_i_i m_r_m_l_d_n_ i_e_i_i_ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት ምስ ጠስምን ማርማላድን እበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi misi t’esimini marimaladini ibeli‘i። ኣ_ ሓ_ ቶ__ ም_ ጠ___ ማ_____ እ____ a__ h____ t_____ m___ t________ m___________ i_______ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት ምስ ጠስምን ማርማላድን እበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi misi t’esimini marimaladini ibeli‘i። __ __ ___ __ ____ ______ _____ ___ _____ ______ ____ _________ ____________ ________ ኣነ ሓደ ቶስት ምስ ጠስምን ማርማላድን እበልዕ። ane ḥade tositi misi t’esimini marimaladini ibeli‘i።

I am eating a sandwich.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ሰ_ድ_ጅ (_ኒ_) እ_ል_። a_e h_a_e s_n_d_w_j_ (_a_ī_o_ i_e_i_i_ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ (ፓኒኖ) እበልዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji (panīno) ibeli‘i። ኣ_ ሓ_ ሰ____ (____ እ____ a__ h____ s_________ (_______ i_______ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ (ፓኒኖ) እበልዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji (panīno) ibeli‘i። __ __ _____ _____ _____ ___ _____ __________ ________ ________ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ (ፓኒኖ) እበልዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji (panīno) ibeli‘i።
I am eating a sandwich with margarine.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ሰ_ድ_ጅ ም_ ማ_ጋ_ን እ_ል_። a_e h_a_e s_n_d_w_j_ m_s_ m_r_g_r_n_ i_e_i_i_ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ ምስ ማርጋሪን እበልዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji misi marigarīni ibeli‘i። ኣ_ ሓ_ ሰ____ ም_ ማ____ እ____ a__ h____ s_________ m___ m_________ i_______ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ ምስ ማርጋሪን እበልዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji misi marigarīni ibeli‘i። __ __ _____ __ _____ _____ ___ _____ __________ ____ __________ ________ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ ምስ ማርጋሪን እበልዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji misi marigarīni ibeli‘i።
I am eating a sandwich with margarine and tomatoes.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ሰ_ድ_ጅ ም_ ማ_ጋ_ን_ ጸ_ሒ_ኣ_ን_ እ_ሎ_። a_e h_a_e s_n_d_w_j_ m_s_ m_r_g_r_n_n_ t_’_b_h_ī_a_u_i_i i_e_o_i_ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ ምስ ማርጋሪንን ጸብሒ-ኣቡንን እበሎዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji misi marigarīnini ts’ebiḥī-abunini ibelo‘i። ኣ_ ሓ_ ሰ____ ም_ ማ_____ ጸ_______ እ____ a__ h____ s_________ m___ m___________ t________________ i_______ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ ምስ ማርጋሪንን ጸብሒ-ኣቡንን እበሎዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji misi marigarīnini ts’ebiḥī-abunini ibelo‘i። __ __ _____ __ ______ ________ _____ ___ _____ __________ ____ ____________ _________________ ________ ኣነ ሓደ ሰንድዊጅ ምስ ማርጋሪንን ጸብሒ-ኣቡንን እበሎዕ። ane ḥade senidiwīji misi marigarīnini ts’ebiḥī-abunini ibelo‘i።

We need bread and rice.	ን_ና ባ_ን ሩ_ን የ_ል_ና_ n_h_i_a b_n_n_ r_z_n_ y_d_l_y_n_። ንሕና ባንን ሩዝን የድልየና። niḥina banini ruzini yediliyena። ን__ ባ__ ሩ__ የ_____ n______ b_____ r_____ y__________ ንሕና ባንን ሩዝን የድልየና። niḥina banini ruzini yediliyena። ___ ___ ___ ______ _______ ______ ______ ___________ ንሕና ባንን ሩዝን የድልየና። niḥina banini ruzini yediliyena።
We need fish and steaks.	ን_ና ዓ_ን ስ_ን የ_ል_ና_ n_h_i_a ‘_s_n_ s_g_n_ y_d_l_y_n_። ንሕና ዓሳን ስጋን የድልየና። niḥina ‘asani sigani yediliyena። ን__ ዓ__ ስ__ የ_____ n______ ‘_____ s_____ y__________ ንሕና ዓሳን ስጋን የድልየና። niḥina ‘asani sigani yediliyena። ___ ___ ___ ______ _______ ______ ______ ___________ ንሕና ዓሳን ስጋን የድልየና። niḥina ‘asani sigani yediliyena።
We need pizza and spaghetti.	ን_ና ፒ_ን ስ_ገ_ን የ_ል_ና_ n_h_i_a p_s_n_ s_p_g_t_n_ y_d_l_y_n_። ንሕና ፒሳን ስፓገትን የድልየና። niḥina pīsani sipagetini yediliyena። ን__ ፒ__ ስ____ የ_____ n______ p_____ s_________ y__________ ንሕና ፒሳን ስፓገትን የድልየና። niḥina pīsani sipagetini yediliyena። ___ ___ _____ ______ _______ ______ __________ ___________ ንሕና ፒሳን ስፓገትን የድልየና። niḥina pīsani sipagetini yediliyena።

What else do we need?	እ_ታ_ ኣ_ ጌ_ ዘ_ል_ና_ i_i_a_i a_o g_n_ z_d_l_y_n_? እንታይ ኣሎ ጌና ዘድልየና? initayi alo gēna zediliyena? እ___ ኣ_ ጌ_ ዘ_____ i______ a__ g___ z__________ እንታይ ኣሎ ጌና ዘድልየና? initayi alo gēna zediliyena? ____ __ __ ______ _______ ___ ____ ___________ እንታይ ኣሎ ጌና ዘድልየና? initayi alo gēna zediliyena?
We need carrots and tomatoes for the soup.	ን_ና ካ_ት_ ጸ_ሒ_ኣ_ን_ ን_ረ_ የ_ል_ና_ n_h_i_a k_r_t_n_ t_’_b_h_ī_a_u_i_i n_m_r_k_’_ y_d_l_y_n_። ንሕና ካሮትን ጸብሒ-ኣቡንን ንመረቕ የድልየና። niḥina karotini ts’ebiḥī-abunini nimereḵ’i yediliyena። ን__ ካ___ ጸ_______ ን___ የ_____ n______ k_______ t________________ n_________ y__________ ንሕና ካሮትን ጸብሒ-ኣቡንን ንመረቕ የድልየና። niḥina karotini ts’ebiḥī-abunini nimereḵ’i yediliyena። ___ ____ ________ ____ ______ _______ ________ _________________ __________ ___________ ንሕና ካሮትን ጸብሒ-ኣቡንን ንመረቕ የድልየና። niḥina karotini ts’ebiḥī-abunini nimereḵ’i yediliyena።
Where is the supermarket?	ሱ_ር_ር_ት ኣ_ይ ድ_ ዘ_? s_p_r_m_r_k_t_ a_e_i d_y_ z_l_? ሱፐርማርክት ኣበይ ድዩ ዘሎ? superimarikiti abeyi diyu zelo? ሱ______ ኣ__ ድ_ ዘ__ s_____________ a____ d___ z____ ሱፐርማርክት ኣበይ ድዩ ዘሎ? superimarikiti abeyi diyu zelo? _______ ___ __ ___ ______________ _____ ____ _____ ሱፐርማርክት ኣበይ ድዩ ዘሎ? superimarikiti abeyi diyu zelo?

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