Lesson 4 – I know your dad Flashcards
Possessives, accusative, to have, not have (314 cards)
ያሳዩኝ
yasayyuň
(from «asayye»)
Show me
(polite)
ሊያሳዩኝ
līyasayyuň
(from «asayye»)
for you to show me
(polite)
ይችላሉ
yıčılallu
(from «čale»)
you can
(polite)
ልታሳየኝ
lıtasayyeň
(from «asayye»)
for you (m.) to show me
ትችላለህ
tıčılalleh
(from «čale»)
you can
(sg. m.)
ልታሳዪኝ
lıtasayyīň
for you (f.) to show me
ትችያለሽ
tıčıyalleš
you can
(sg. f.)
እባክዎ, ደህና ሆቴል ሊያሳዩኝ ይችላሉ?
ebakkıwo, dehna hotēl līyasayyuň yıčılallu?
Excuse me, can you (pol.) show me a nice hotel?
እባክህ, ደህና ሆቴሉ ልታሳየኝ ትችላለህ?
ebakkıh, dehna hotēl lıtasayyeň tıčılalleh?
Excuse me (m.), can you show me a nice hotel?
እባክሽ, ደህና ሆቴሉ ልታሳዪኝ ትችያለሽ?
ebakkıš, dehna hotēl lıtasayyīň tıčıyalleš?
Excuse me, can you (f.) show me a nice hotel?
ጊዮን
gīyon
Ghion
(famous hotel in the centre of Addis Abeba)
ይመስላል
yımeslal
(from «messele»)
it seems
ይመስለኛል
yımesleňňal
(from « messele »)
it seems to me
አዎ, ጊዮን ሆቴል ደህና ይመስለኛል
awo, gīyon hotēl dehna yımesleňňal
Yes, Ghion Hotel seems fine to me
አድራሻ
adrašša
an address
አድራሻ የት ነው?
adrašša yet new?
What’s the address?
(lit.: «where is»)
ራይድ
rayd
Ride
(ie., taxi)
ታክሲ
taksī
a taxi
(the word is also used to talk about minibuses, etc.)
በታክሲ
betaksī
by taxi
በራይድ
berayd
by Ride
በራይድ መሄድ ይችላሉ
berayd mehēd yıčılallu
You can go by Ride
(polite)
በራይድ መሄድ ትችላለህ
berayd mehēd tıčılalleh
You (m.) can go by Ride
በራይድ መሄድ ትችያለሽ
berayd mehēd tıčıyalleš
You (f.) can go by Ride
እሺ
eššī
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