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30 [thirty]

At the restaurant 2

30 [ሳላሳ] 30 [salasa]	ቤት መግቢ 2 bēti megibī 2

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Tonal Languages

Most of all the languages spoken worldwide are tonal languages. With tonal languages, the pitch of the tones is crucial. They determine what meaning words or syllables have. Thus, the tone belongs firmly to the word. Most of the languages spoken in Asia are tonal languages. For example, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. There are also various tonal languages in Africa. Many indigenous languages in America are tonal languages as well. Indo-European languages mostly contain only tonal elements. This applies to Swedish or Serbian, for example. The number of tone pitches is varied in individual languages. Four different tones are distinguishable in Chinese. With this, the syllable ma can have four meanings. They are mother, hemp, horse and to rant . Interestingly, tonal languages also impact our hearing. Studies on absolute hearing have shown this. Absolute hearing is the ability to identify heard tones accurately. Absolute hearing occurs very rarely in Europe and North America. Fewer than 1 in 10,000 people have it. It's different with native speakers of Chinese. Here, 9 times as many people have this special ability. We all had absolute hearing when we were infants. We used it to learn to speak correctly. Unfortunately, most people lose it later on. The pitch of tones is also important in music. This is especially true for cultures that speak a tonal language. They must adhere to the melody very precisely. Otherwise a beautiful love song comes out as an absurd song!

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An apple juice, please.	ሓ_ቲ ጽ_ቕ_ቱ_ሕ በ_ኹ_። h_a_i_ī t_’_m_k_’_-_u_a_̣_ b_j_h_u_i_ ሓንቲ ጽማቕ-ቱፋሕ በጃኹም። ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi። ሓ__ ጽ______ በ____ h______ t_________________ b_________ ሓንቲ ጽማቕ-ቱፋሕ በጃኹም። ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi። ___ _______ _____ _______ __________________ __________ ሓንቲ ጽማቕ-ቱፋሕ በጃኹም። ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’i-tufaḥi bejaẖumi።
A lemonade, please.	ሓ_ቲ ለ_ና_ በ_ኹ_። h_a_i_ī l_m_n_d_ b_j_h_u_i_ ሓንቲ ለሞናደ በጃኹም። ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi። ሓ__ ለ___ በ____ h______ l_______ b_________ ሓንቲ ለሞናደ በጃኹም። ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi። ___ ____ _____ _______ ________ __________ ሓንቲ ለሞናደ በጃኹም። ḥanitī lemonade bejaẖumi።
A tomato juice, please.	ሓ_ቲ ጽ_ቝ_ኮ_ደ_ በ_ኹ_። h_a_i_ī t_’_m_k_’_i_k_m_d_r_ b_j_h_u_i_ ሓንቲ ጽማቝ-ኮሚደረ በጃኹም። ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi። ሓ__ ጽ_______ በ____ h______ t___________________ b_________ ሓንቲ ጽማቝ-ኮሚደረ በጃኹም። ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi። ___ ________ _____ _______ ____________________ __________ ሓንቲ ጽማቝ-ኮሚደረ በጃኹም። ḥanitī ts’imaḵ’wi-komīdere bejaẖumi።

I’d like a glass of red wine.	ሓ_ ብ_ሪ ቀ_ሕ ን_ት ደ_የ ነ_ረ_ h_a_e b_k_r_ k_e_i_̣_ n_b_t_ d_l_y_ n_y_r_። ሓደ ብኬሪ ቀይሕ ንቢት ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire። ሓ_ ብ__ ቀ__ ን__ ደ__ ነ___ h____ b_____ k_______ n_____ d_____ n______ ሓደ ብኬሪ ቀይሕ ንቢት ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire። __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ _____ ______ ________ ______ ______ _______ ሓደ ብኬሪ ቀይሕ ንቢት ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade bikērī k’eyiḥi nibīti deliye neyire።
I’d like a glass of white wine.	ሓ_ ብ_ሪ ጻ_ዳ ነ_ት ደ_የ ነ_ረ_ h_a_e b_k_r_ t_’_‘_d_ n_b_t_ d_l_y_ n_y_r_። ሓደ ብኬሪ ጻዕዳ ነቢት ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire። ሓ_ ብ__ ጻ__ ነ__ ደ__ ነ___ h____ b_____ t_______ n_____ d_____ n______ ሓደ ብኬሪ ጻዕዳ ነቢት ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire። __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ _____ ______ ________ ______ ______ _______ ሓደ ብኬሪ ጻዕዳ ነቢት ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade bikērī ts’a‘ida nebīti deliye neyire።
I’d like a bottle of champagne.	ሓ_ ጥ_ሙ_ ሻ_ፐ_ን ደ_የ ነ_ረ_ h_a_e t_i_i_u_i s_a_i_e_i_i d_l_y_ n_y_r_። ሓደ ጥርሙዝ ሻምፐይን ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade t’irimuzi shamipeyini deliye neyire። ሓ_ ጥ___ ሻ____ ደ__ ነ___ h____ t________ s__________ d_____ n______ ሓደ ጥርሙዝ ሻምፐይን ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade t’irimuzi shamipeyini deliye neyire። __ ____ _____ ___ ____ _____ _________ ___________ ______ _______ ሓደ ጥርሙዝ ሻምፐይን ደልየ ነይረ። ḥade t’irimuzi shamipeyini deliye neyire።

Do you like fish?	ዓ_ ት_ቱ ዲ_? ‘_s_ t_f_t_ d_h_a_ ዓሳ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? ‘asa tifetu dīẖa? ዓ_ ት__ ዲ__ ‘___ t_____ d_____ ዓሳ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? ‘asa tifetu dīẖa? __ ___ ___ ____ ______ ______ ዓሳ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? ‘asa tifetu dīẖa?
Do you like beef?	ስ_ ብ_ራ_ ት_ቱ ዲ_? s_g_ b_‘_r_y_ t_f_t_ d_h_a_ ስጋ ብዕራይ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? siga bi‘irayi tifetu dīẖa? ስ_ ብ___ ት__ ዲ__ s___ b_______ t_____ d_____ ስጋ ብዕራይ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? siga bi‘irayi tifetu dīẖa? __ ____ ___ ___ ____ ________ ______ ______ ስጋ ብዕራይ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? siga bi‘irayi tifetu dīẖa?
Do you like pork?	ስ_ ሓ_ማ ት_ቱ ዲ_? s_g_ h_a_e_a t_f_t_ d_h_a_ ስጋ ሓሰማ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? siga ḥasema tifetu dīẖa? ስ_ ሓ__ ት__ ዲ__ s___ h______ t_____ d_____ ስጋ ሓሰማ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? siga ḥasema tifetu dīẖa? __ ___ ___ ___ ____ _______ ______ ______ ስጋ ሓሰማ ትፈቱ ዲኻ? siga ḥasema tifetu dīẖa?

I’d like something without meat.	ኣ_ ገ_ ስ_ ዘ_ብ_ ኢ_ ዝ_ሊ ። a_e g_l_ s_g_ z_y_b_l_ ī_e z_d_l_ ። ኣነ ገለ ስጋ ዘይብሉ ኢየ ዝደሊ ። ane gele siga zeyibilu īye zidelī ። ኣ_ ገ_ ስ_ ዘ___ ኢ_ ዝ__ ። a__ g___ s___ z_______ ī__ z_____ ። ኣነ ገለ ስጋ ዘይብሉ ኢየ ዝደሊ ። ane gele siga zeyibilu īye zidelī ። __ __ __ ____ __ ___ _ ___ ____ ____ ________ ___ ______ _ ኣነ ገለ ስጋ ዘይብሉ ኢየ ዝደሊ ። ane gele siga zeyibilu īye zidelī ።
I’d like some mixed vegetables.	ሓ_ ሸ_ኒ ኣ_ጫ ደ_የ_ h_a_e s_e_̣_n_ a_ī_h_a d_l_y_። ሓደ ሸሓኒ ኣሊጫ ደልየ። ḥade sheḥanī alīch’a deliye። ሓ_ ሸ__ ኣ__ ደ___ h____ s_______ a______ d______ ሓደ ሸሓኒ ኣሊጫ ደልየ። ḥade sheḥanī alīch’a deliye። __ ___ ___ ____ _____ ________ _______ _______ ሓደ ሸሓኒ ኣሊጫ ደልየ። ḥade sheḥanī alīch’a deliye።
I’d like something that won’t take much time.	ኣ_ ሓ_ ነ_ሕ ግ_ ዘ_ወ_ድ እ_ ዝ_ሊ_ a_e h_a_e n_w_h_i g_z_ z_y_w_s_d_ i_e z_d_l_። ኣነ ሓደ ነዊሕ ግዜ ዘይወስድ እየ ዝደሊ። ane ḥade newīḥi gizē zeyiwesidi iye zidelī። ኣ_ ሓ_ ነ__ ግ_ ዘ____ እ_ ዝ___ a__ h____ n______ g___ z_________ i__ z______ ኣነ ሓደ ነዊሕ ግዜ ዘይወስድ እየ ዝደሊ። ane ḥade newīḥi gizē zeyiwesidi iye zidelī። __ __ ___ __ _____ __ ____ ___ _____ _______ ____ __________ ___ _______ ኣነ ሓደ ነዊሕ ግዜ ዘይወስድ እየ ዝደሊ። ane ḥade newīḥi gizē zeyiwesidi iye zidelī።

Would you like that with rice?	ም_ ሩ_ ዲ_ም ደ_ኹ_? m_s_ r_z_ d_h_u_i d_l_h_u_o_ ምስ ሩዝ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi ruzi dīẖumi delīẖumo? ም_ ሩ_ ዲ__ ደ____ m___ r___ d______ d_________ ምስ ሩዝ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi ruzi dīẖumi delīẖumo? __ __ ___ _____ ____ ____ _______ __________ ምስ ሩዝ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi ruzi dīẖumi delīẖumo?
Would you like that with pasta?	ም_ ፓ_ታ ዲ_ም ደ_ኹ_? m_s_ p_s_t_ d_h_u_i d_l_h_u_o_ ምስ ፓስታ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi pasita dīẖumi delīẖumo? ም_ ፓ__ ዲ__ ደ____ m___ p_____ d______ d_________ ምስ ፓስታ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi pasita dīẖumi delīẖumo? __ ___ ___ _____ ____ ______ _______ __________ ምስ ፓስታ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi pasita dīẖumi delīẖumo?
Would you like that with potatoes?	ም_ ድ_ሽ ዲ_ም ደ_ኹ_? m_s_ d_n_s_i d_h_u_i d_l_h_u_o_ ምስ ድንሽ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi dinishi dīẖumi delīẖumo? ም_ ድ__ ዲ__ ደ____ m___ d______ d______ d_________ ምስ ድንሽ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi dinishi dīẖumi delīẖumo? __ ___ ___ _____ ____ _______ _______ __________ ምስ ድንሽ ዲኹም ደሊኹሞ? misi dinishi dīẖumi delīẖumo?

That doesn’t taste good.	እ_ ን_ይ ኣ_ጥ_መ_ን ። i_ī n_‘_y_ a_i_’_‘_m_n_n_ ። እዚ ንዓይ ኣይጥዓመንን ። izī ni‘ayi ayit’i‘amenini ። እ_ ን__ ኣ______ ። i__ n_____ a_____________ ። እዚ ንዓይ ኣይጥዓመንን ። izī ni‘ayi ayit’i‘amenini ። __ ___ _______ _ ___ ______ ______________ _ እዚ ንዓይ ኣይጥዓመንን ። izī ni‘ayi ayit’i‘amenini ።
The food is cold.	እ_ ም_ቢ ዝ_ል እ_። i_ī m_g_b_ z_h_u_i i_u_ እቲ ምግቢ ዝሑል እዩ። itī migibī ziḥuli iyu። እ_ ም__ ዝ__ እ__ i__ m_____ z______ i___ እቲ ምግቢ ዝሑል እዩ። itī migibī ziḥuli iyu። __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ _______ ____ እቲ ምግቢ ዝሑል እዩ። itī migibī ziḥuli iyu።
I didn’t order this.	ነ_ ኣ_ኮ_ኩ_ ጠ_በ ። n_z_ a_i_o_i_u_i t_e_ī_e ። ነዚ ኣይኮንኩን ጠሊበ ። nezī ayikonikuni t’elībe ። ነ_ ኣ_____ ጠ__ ። n___ a__________ t______ ። ነዚ ኣይኮንኩን ጠሊበ ። nezī ayikonikuni t’elībe ። __ ______ ___ _ ____ ___________ _______ _ ነዚ ኣይኮንኩን ጠሊበ ። nezī ayikonikuni t’elībe ።

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