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22 [ዕስራንክልተን] 22 [‘isiranikiliteni]	ንዕሽቶይ ዝርርብ 3 ni‘ishitoyi ziriribi 3

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Learning a new language is always arduous. Pronunciation, grammar rules and vocabulary demand a lot of discipline. There are different tricks, however, that make learning easier! First of all, it's important to think positively. Be excited about the new language and new experiences! Theoretically, what you start with doesn't matter. Search for a topic that you find especially interesting. It makes sense to concentrate on the listening and speaking first. Read and write afterwards. Come up with a system that works for you and your everyday routine. With adjectives, you can often learn the opposite at the same time. Or you can hang signs with vocabulary all over your living space. You can learn using audio files while exercising or in the car. If a certain topic is too difficult for you, stop. Take a break or study something else! This way you won't lose the desire to learn the new language. Solving crossword puzzles in the new language is fun. Films in the foreign language provide some variety. You can learn a lot about the country and people by reading foreign newspapers. On the internet there are many exercises that complement books. And look for friends who also enjoy learning languages. Never study new content on its own, but always in context! Review everything regularly! This way your brain can memorize the material well. Those who have had enough of theory should pack their bags! Because nowhere else can you learn more effectively than among native speakers. You can keep a journal with your experiences of your trip. But the most important thing is: Never give up!

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Do you smoke?	ት_ክ_ ዲ_ም_ t_t_k_h_u d_h_u_i_ ትትክኹ ዲኹም? titikiẖu dīẖumi? ት___ ዲ___ t________ d_______ ትትክኹ ዲኹም? titikiẖu dīẖumi? ____ ____ _________ ________ ትትክኹ ዲኹም? titikiẖu dīẖumi?
I used to.	ቀ_ም እ_። k_e_e_i i_e_ ቀደም እወ። k’edemi iwe። ቀ__ እ__ k______ i___ ቀደም እወ። k’edemi iwe። ___ ___ _______ ____ ቀደም እወ። k’edemi iwe።
But I don’t smoke anymore.	ሕ_ ግ_ ኣ_ት_ኽ_ እ_። h_i_ī g_n_ a_i_i_i_̱_n_ i_e_ ሕጂ ግን ኣይትክኽን እየ። ḥijī gini ayitikiẖini iye። ሕ_ ግ_ ኣ_____ እ__ h____ g___ a___________ i___ ሕጂ ግን ኣይትክኽን እየ። ḥijī gini ayitikiẖini iye። __ __ ______ ___ _____ ____ ____________ ____ ሕጂ ግን ኣይትክኽን እየ። ḥijī gini ayitikiẖini iye።

Does it disturb you if I smoke?	ይ_ብ_ኩ_ ዲ_ እ_ድ_ር ኣ_ኪ_ ? y_r_b_s_e_u_i d_y_ i_i_i_̣_r_ a_i_ī_̱_ ? ይርብሸኩም ዲየ እንድሕር ኣትኪኸ ? yiribishekumi dīye inidiḥiri atikīẖe ? ይ_____ ዲ_ እ____ ኣ___ ? y____________ d___ i_________ a_______ ? ይርብሸኩም ዲየ እንድሕር ኣትኪኸ ? yiribishekumi dīye inidiḥiri atikīẖe ? ______ __ _____ ____ _ _____________ ____ __________ ________ _ ይርብሸኩም ዲየ እንድሕር ኣትኪኸ ? yiribishekumi dīye inidiḥiri atikīẖe ?
No, absolutely not.	ኖ_ ፈ_ም_ም ኣ_ት_ብ_ን_። n_፣ f_t_’_m_k_m_ a_i_i_i_i_h_n_n_። ኖ፣ ፈጺምኩም ኣይትርብሹንን። no፣ fets’īmikumi ayitiribishunini። ኖ_ ፈ____ ኣ________ n__ f___________ a________________ ኖ፣ ፈጺምኩም ኣይትርብሹንን። no፣ fets’īmikumi ayitiribishunini። __ _____ _________ ___ ____________ _________________ ኖ፣ ፈጺምኩም ኣይትርብሹንን። no፣ fets’īmikumi ayitiribishunini።
It doesn’t disturb me.	እ_ ኣ_ር_ሸ_ን እ_። i_ī a_i_i_i_h_n_n_ i_u_ እዚ ኣይርብሸንን እዩ። izī ayiribishenini iyu። እ_ ኣ______ እ__ i__ a_____________ i___ እዚ ኣይርብሸንን እዩ። izī ayiribishenini iyu። __ _______ ___ ___ ______________ ____ እዚ ኣይርብሸንን እዩ። izī ayiribishenini iyu።

Will you drink something?	ገ_ ት_ት_ ? g_l_ t_s_t_y_ ? ገለ ትሰትዩ ? gele tisetiyu ? ገ_ ት___ ? g___ t_______ ? ገለ ትሰትዩ ? gele tisetiyu ? __ ____ _ ____ ________ _ ገለ ትሰትዩ ? gele tisetiyu ?
A brandy?	ሓ_ ኮ_ክ_ h_a_e k_n_a_i_ ሓደ ኮኛክ? ḥade konyaki? ሓ_ ኮ___ h____ k_______ ሓደ ኮኛክ? ḥade konyaki? __ ____ _____ ________ ሓደ ኮኛክ? ḥade konyaki?
No, preferably a beer.	ኖ_ ቢ_ ይ_ይ_። n_፣ b_r_ y_h_a_i_h_። ኖ፣ ቢራ ይሓይሽ። no፣ bīra yiḥayishi። ኖ_ ቢ_ ይ____ n__ b___ y__________ ኖ፣ ቢራ ይሓይሽ። no፣ bīra yiḥayishi። __ __ _____ ___ ____ ___________ ኖ፣ ቢራ ይሓይሽ። no፣ bīra yiḥayishi።

Do you travel a lot?	ብ_ሕ ት_ሹ ዲ_ም_ b_z_h_i t_g_s_u d_h_u_i_ ብዙሕ ትገሹ ዲኹም? bizuḥi tigeshu dīẖumi? ብ__ ት__ ዲ___ b______ t______ d_______ ብዙሕ ትገሹ ዲኹም? bizuḥi tigeshu dīẖumi? ___ ___ ____ _______ _______ ________ ብዙሕ ትገሹ ዲኹም? bizuḥi tigeshu dīẖumi?
Yes, mostly on business trips.	እ_፣ ዝ_ዝ_ ግ_ ና_ ስ_ሕ መ_ሻ_ት እ_። i_e_ z_b_z_h_i g_z_ n_y_ s_r_h_i m_g_s_a_a_i i_u_ እወ፣ ዝበዝሕ ግዜ ናይ ስራሕ መገሻታት እዩ። iwe፣ zibeziḥi gizē nayi siraḥi megeshatati iyu። እ__ ዝ___ ግ_ ና_ ስ__ መ____ እ__ i___ z________ g___ n___ s______ m__________ i___ እወ፣ ዝበዝሕ ግዜ ናይ ስራሕ መገሻታት እዩ። iwe፣ zibeziḥi gizē nayi siraḥi megeshatati iyu። ___ ____ __ __ ___ _____ ___ ____ _________ ____ ____ _______ ___________ ____ እወ፣ ዝበዝሕ ግዜ ናይ ስራሕ መገሻታት እዩ። iwe፣ zibeziḥi gizē nayi siraḥi megeshatati iyu።
But now we’re on holiday.	ሕ_ ግ_ ዕ_ፍ_ ኢ_ ን_ብ_ ዘ_ና ። h_i_ī g_n_ ‘_r_f_t_ ī_a n_g_b_r_ z_l_n_ ። ሕጂ ግን ዕርፍቲ ኢና ንገብር ዘለና ። ḥijī gini ‘irifitī īna nigebiri zelena ። ሕ_ ግ_ ዕ___ ኢ_ ን___ ዘ__ ። h____ g___ ‘_______ ī__ n_______ z_____ ። ሕጂ ግን ዕርፍቲ ኢና ንገብር ዘለና ። ḥijī gini ‘irifitī īna nigebiri zelena ። __ __ ____ __ ____ ___ _ _____ ____ ________ ___ ________ ______ _ ሕጂ ግን ዕርፍቲ ኢና ንገብር ዘለና ። ḥijī gini ‘irifitī īna nigebiri zelena ።

It’s so hot!	እ_ታ_ ዓ_ነ_ ሃ_ር ዩ_ i_i_a_i ‘_y_n_t_ h_r_r_ y_! እንታይ ዓይነት ሃሩር ዩ! initayi ‘ayineti haruri yu! እ___ ዓ___ ሃ__ ዩ_ i______ ‘_______ h_____ y__ እንታይ ዓይነት ሃሩር ዩ! initayi ‘ayineti haruri yu! ____ ____ ___ __ _______ ________ ______ ___ እንታይ ዓይነት ሃሩር ዩ! initayi ‘ayineti haruri yu!
Yes, today it’s really hot.	እ_፣ ሎ_ ኣ_ዩ ሃ_ር ኣ_። i_e_ l_m_ a_i_u h_r_r_ a_o_ እወ፣ ሎሚ ኣዝዩ ሃሩር ኣሎ። iwe፣ lomī aziyu haruri alo። እ__ ሎ_ ኣ__ ሃ__ ኣ__ i___ l___ a____ h_____ a___ እወ፣ ሎሚ ኣዝዩ ሃሩር ኣሎ። iwe፣ lomī aziyu haruri alo። ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ____ ____ _____ ______ ____ እወ፣ ሎሚ ኣዝዩ ሃሩር ኣሎ። iwe፣ lomī aziyu haruri alo።
Let’s go to the balcony.	ና_ ባ_ኮ_ ን_ድ_ n_b_ b_l_k_n_ n_h_ī_i_ ናብ ባልኮን ንኺድ። nabi balikoni niẖīdi። ና_ ባ___ ን___ n___ b_______ n_______ ናብ ባልኮን ንኺድ። nabi balikoni niẖīdi። __ ____ ____ ____ ________ ________ ናብ ባልኮን ንኺድ። nabi balikoni niẖīdi።

There’s a party here tomorrow.	ጽ_ሕ ኣ_ዚ ፓ_ቲ ኣ_። t_’_b_h_i a_i_ī p_r_t_ a_o_ ጽባሕ ኣብዚ ፓርቲ ኣሎ። ts’ibaḥi abizī paritī alo። ጽ__ ኣ__ ፓ__ ኣ__ t________ a____ p_____ a___ ጽባሕ ኣብዚ ፓርቲ ኣሎ። ts’ibaḥi abizī paritī alo። ___ ___ ___ ___ _________ _____ ______ ____ ጽባሕ ኣብዚ ፓርቲ ኣሎ። ts’ibaḥi abizī paritī alo።
Are you also coming?	ት_ጹ ዲ_ም_ t_m_t_’_ d_h_u_i_ ትመጹ ዲኹም? timets’u dīẖumi? ት__ ዲ___ t_______ d_______ ትመጹ ዲኹም? timets’u dīẖumi? ___ ____ ________ ________ ትመጹ ዲኹም? timets’u dīẖumi?
Yes, we’ve also been invited.	እ_፣ ን_ና_ው_ ተ_ዲ_ና ኢ_። i_e_ n_h_i_a_w_n_ t_‘_d_m_n_ ī_a_ እወ፣ ንሕና‘ውን ተዓዲምና ኢና። iwe፣ niḥina‘wini te‘adīmina īna። እ__ ን_____ ተ____ ኢ__ i___ n___________ t_________ ī___ እወ፣ ንሕና‘ውን ተዓዲምና ኢና። iwe፣ niḥina‘wini te‘adīmina īna። ___ ______ _____ ___ ____ ____________ __________ ____ እወ፣ ንሕና‘ውን ተዓዲምና ኢና። iwe፣ niḥina‘wini te‘adīmina īna።

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