Unit 10 – He told me he'd seen you Flashcards
(121 cards)
1
Q
ሰነበተ*
senebbete
mesenbet, yısenebbıtal, senbıto, senbıt, yısenbıt
A
he spent some days*
(1234, model verb)
2
Q
እንደምን ሰነበትህ?
endemın senebbeth?
A
how have you (m.) been?
(«how did you spend the last few days?»)
3
Q
እንደምን ሰነትሽ?
endemın senebbetš?
A
how have you (f.) been?
(«how did you spend the last few days?»)
4
Q
ተያዩ*
teyayyu
metteyayet, yıtteyayyallu, teyayyıtew, teyayyu, yıtteyayyu
A
they saw each other*
(T1A2, model verb)
5
Q
ሆነ*
hone
mehon, yıhonal, hono, hun, yıhun
A
he became, he was*
(1O2, same as Nore)
6
Q
ሆኗል
honwal
A
it has been
7
Q
ሆኖናል
hononal
A
it has been to us
8
Q
A
8
Q
ባለቤት
balebēt
A
spouse
or «owner, landlord» (lit. «the master of the house»)
9
Q
ግን
gın
A
but
10
Q
በየጊዜው
beyyegīzēw
A
every time
11
Q
ስለማገኘው
sılemmageňňew
A
because I meet him
12
Q
ደህንነት
dehnınnet
A
health, well-being
13
Q
እንዳገኘህ
endageňňeh
A
that he saw you *(m.)
14
Q
በቀደምለት
bek’eddemlet
A
last time
(previously, recently)
15
Q
አልማዝ
almaz
A
diamond
16
Q
አግኝቻት
agňačat
A
(I) having met her
17
Q
ታመመ*
tammeme
mettamem, yıttamemmal, tammo, tamem, yıttamem
A
he was ill*
(TA12, same as Tawwek’e)
18
Q
ታማ
tamma
A
(she) having fallen ill
19
Q
ሃኪም
hakīm
A
doctor
20
Q
ሃኪምቤት
hakīmbēt
A
hospital
21
Q
ሆስፕታል
hospıtal
A
hospital
22
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ጥቂት
t’ık’īt
A
few, some
23
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ረፍት
reft
A
rest
24
ራስ
| ras
head
25
አመመ*
| ammeme
## Footnote
mamem, yammal, ammo, ımem, yımem
it hurt*
## Footnote
(A12, same as Awwek'e)
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አዘነ*
| azzene
## Footnote
mazen, yaznal, azno, ızen, yızen
he was sorry*
## Footnote
(A12, same as Awwek'e)
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እስቲ
| estī
well then
28
ብችል
| bıčıl
if I can
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ማታ
| mata
evening
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ሃያ አንድ
| haya and
twenty-one
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ሃያ ሁለት
| haya hulet
twenty-two
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ሰላሳ
| selasa
thirty
33
አርባ
| arba
fourty
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ሃምሳ
| hamsa
fifty
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ስልሳ
| sılsa
sixty
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ሰባ
| seba
seventy
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ሰማንያ
| semanıya
eighty
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ወጠና
| zet'ena
ninety
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የመጣ
| yemet't'a
(he) who came
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የመጣች
| yemet't'ač
(she) who came
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የሚመጡ
| yemmīmet'u
(they) who are coming / will come
42
የምትሰጭ
| yemmıtsec'
(you f.) who are giving / will give
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የፈለግሁ
| yefelleghu
(I) who wanted
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የፈለግሁ
| yefelleghu
(that) which I wanted
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የሰራች
| yeserrač
(she) who made
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የሰራች
| yeserrač
(that) which she made
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የሚሰራ
| yemmīsera
(he) who makes
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የምትፈልጉ
| yemmıtfellıgu
(you pl.) who want
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የሚመጣ ሰው
| yemmīmet'a sew
a person who is coming
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የምትፈልጉ
| yemmıtfellıgu
(that) which you *(pl.)* want
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የሚሰራ
| yemmīsera
(that) which he makes
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የመጣች ሴት
| yemet't'ačı sēt
a woman who came
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የመጡ ሰዎች
| yemet't'u sewoč
people who came
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የሚሄደው ወንድም
| yemmīhēdew wendım
the brother who is leaving
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የሄደው ሰውዬ
| yehēdew sewıyyē
the man who went
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የመጡት ሰዎች
| yemet't'ut sewoč
the men who came
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የሚመጣው ሰውዬ
| yemmīmet'aw sewıyyē
the man who is coming
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የመጣችዋ ሴትዮ
| yemet't'aččıwa sētıyyo
the woman who came
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የምትመጣዋ ሴትዮ
| yemmıtmet'awa sētıyyo
the woman who is coming
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የመጡት ሴቶች
| yemet't'ut sētoč
the women who came
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መጽሃፉን የፈለግሁት እኔ ነኝ
| mets'ıhafun yefelleghut enē neň
I am the person who wanted the book
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የምትፈልገውን ልጅ አየሁት
| yemmıtfellıgewın lıj ayyewt
I saw the child that you *(m.)* were looking for
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የገዛሽውን መኪና አየው
| yegezzašıwın mekīna ayyew
he saw the car that you *(f.)* bought
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የምትጠሪያትን ሴትዮ ታውቃታለች
| yemmıttıt'erīyatın sētıyyo tawk'atalleč
she knows the lady that you *(f.)* are going to invite
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አንድ ክፍል የፈልግሁ እኔ ነኝ
| andı kıflı yefellıghu enē neň
I am the one who was looking for a room
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አንድ ቤት የሰራች እሷ ናት
| andı bēt yeserrač esswa nat
she is the one who built a house
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የፈለገውን አገኘው
| yefellegewın ageňňěw
he found what he wanted
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እዚህ ያለውን እፈልገዋለሁ
| ezzīh yallewın efellıgewallew
I want that (thing) which is here
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የማልፈልገው ነገር
| yemmalfellıgew neger
the thing which I don't want
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ያልፈለግሁት ነገር
| yalfelleghut neger
the thing which I didn't want
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ለጠራሁት ሰው ነገርኩት
| let'errawt sew neggerkut
I told it to the person I invited
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ለምጠራው ሰው እነግረዋለሁ
| lemmıt'eraw sew enegrewallew
I'll tell it to the person that I'm going to invite
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ትልቁን ቤት አየሁት
| tıllıkun bēt ayyewt
I saw the big house
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ትልቁን ቤት ያየሁት እኔ ነኝ
| tıllık'un bēt yayyewt enē neň
I'm the one who saw the big house
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ያየሁት ቤት ትልቅ ነው
| yayyewt bēt tıllık' new
the house that I saw is big
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ያየሁት ትልቁን ቤት ነው
| yayyewt tıllık'un bēt new
what I saw is the big house
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ትልቁን ቤት አየዋለሁ
| tıllık'un bēt ayewallew
I (will) see the big house
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ትልቁን ቤት የማየው እኔ ነኝ
| tıllık'un bēt yemmayew enē neň
I'm the one who (will) see the big house
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የማየው ቤት ትልቅ ነው
| yemmayew bēt tıllık new
the house that I (will) see is big
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የማየው ትልቁን ቤት ነው
| yemmayew tıllık'un bēt new
what I (will) see is the big house
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እንደ-N
| ende-N
like, such as, according to
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እንደኔ ይማራል
| endenē yımmaral
he studies like me
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እንደሌሎች ተማሪዎች እሰራለሁ
| endelēločı temarīwoč eserallew
I work like the other students
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እንደርስዎ ንግግር
| endersıwo nıgıggır
according to your speech
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እንደ-N ያለ
| ende-N yalle
like, such as
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እንዳባቱ ያለ ሰው አይገኝም
| endabbatu yalle sew ayıggeňňım
there is noone like his father
| (is not found)
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እንደመጽሃፎች ያሉ ነገሮች ገዛሁ
| endemets'hafoč yallu negeroč gezzaw
I bought things such as books
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እንደህትሽ ያለች ሴት አየ
| endehıtıš yalleč sēt ayye
I saw a women (that looked) like your *(f.)* sister
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እንደ-VPerf
| ende-VPerf
as soon as / as, in the way that
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እንደነገርከኝ ቤቴ እሄዳለሁ
| endeneggerkeň bētē ehēdallew
I'll go home as soon as you tell me
I'll go home the way you tell me
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እንደንገርከኝ ቤቴ ሄድኩ
| endeneggerkeň bētēt hēdku
I went home as soon as you told me
I went home the way you told me
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እንደ-V
| ende-V
that
## Footnote
(in connection with verbs meaning « tell », « know », etc.)
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ወደቤት እንደሄደ ነገረኝ
| wedebēt endehēde neggereň
he told me that he went home
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ወደቤት እንደሚመጣ አውቃለሁ
| wedebēt endemmīmet't'a awk'allew
I know that he'll come home
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ልጁን እንዳየችው ነገርችኝ
| lıjun endayyeččıw neggerčıň
she told me that she saw the child
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ተማሪው ጥሩ እንደሚሆን ያውቃሉ
| temarīw t'ıru endemmīhon yawk'allu
they know that the student will be good
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ወይዘሪት አልማዝ በሆስፕታል ውስጥ እንደሆነች ነገርከው
## Footnote
wezerīt almaz behospıtal wıst' endehonečı neggerkew
you *(m.)* told him that miss Almaz is in the hospital
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እንዳየሽኝ ያውቃል
| endayyešıň yawk'al
he knows that you *(f.)* saw me
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ይህን ሱቅ እንደገዛችው አውቃለሁ
| yıhın bēt endegezzaččıw awk'allew
I know that she bought this house
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አንድ ሱቅ እንደገዛች አውቃለሁ
| andı bēt endegezzač awk'allew
I know that she bought a house
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መኪናዋን እንደሸጠው ነገርሻቸው
| mekīnawan endešet'ew neggeršaččew
you *(f.)* told them that he (had) sold the car
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መኪና እንደሸጠ ነገርሻቸው
| mekïna endešet'e neggeršaččew
you *(f.)* told them that he (had) sold a car
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ጋዜጣውን እንዳላነበበችው ነገርኩህ
| gazēt'awın endalanebbebeččıw neggerkuh
I told you *(m.)* that she hadn't read the newspaper
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ጋዜጣውን እንዳላነበበች ነገርኩህ
| gazēt'awın endalanebbebečı neggerkuh
I told you *(m.)* that she hadn't read a newspaper
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እንደመጣ ነገረው
| endemet't'a neggerew
he told him that he came
| (or « he told him as soon as he came »)
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እንደመጣ ነገረው
| endemet't'a neggerew
he told him as soon as he came
| (or « he told him that he came »)
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ጤናይስጥልኝ, እንደምን ሰነበትሽ ጥሩነሽ?
## Footnote
t'ēnayıst'ıllıň, endemın senebbetš t'ıruneš?
Hello, Tirunesh, how have you *(f.)* been?
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እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን, እንደምን ሰነበትህ ሳሙኤል?
## Footnote
egzī'abhēr yımmesgen, endemın senebbeth samu'ēl?
Praised be the Lord, how have you *(m.)* been Samuel?
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ከተያየን ብዙ ጊዜ ሆኖናል
| keteyayyen bızu gīzē hononal
it has been a long time since we saw each other
| *(to us)*
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አዎ, ብዙ ጊዜ ሆኖናል
| awo, bīzu gīzē hononal
yes, it's been a long time
| *(to us)*
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ባለቤትሽን ግን በየጊዜው ስለማገኘው, ደህንነትሽን እጠይቀዋለሁ
## Footnote
balebētšın gın beyyegīzēw sılemmageňňew, dehnınetšın et'eyyık'ewallew
but since I see your *(f.)* husband every time, I ask him about your health
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አዎ, እንዳገኘህ ነገረኝ
| awo, endageňňeh neggereň
yes, he told me that he met you *(m.)*
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በቀደምለት ልጅህ አልማዝን በመንገድ ላይ አግኝቻት, ደህንነታችሁን ነገረችኝ
## Footnote
bek'eddemlet lıjıh almazın bemengedu lay agňıččat, dehnınnetaččun neggereččıň
last time I met your daughter Almaz on the street, and she told me of your *(pl.)* good health
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አልማዝ ታማ, ለጥቂት ቀኖች እሃኪምቤት ውስጥ ናት
| almaz tamma, let'ık'īt k'enoč ehakīmbēt wıst'ı nat
Almaz is sick so she is in the hospital for a few days
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ምን ነው?
| mın new?
what is it?
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ምን ሆነች?
| mın honeč?
what happened to her?
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ምን ሆነው?
| mın honew?
what happened to him?
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ረፍት ስላልነበራት ራሷን ያማታል
| reftı sılalnebberat raswan yammatal
since she didn't have any rest, her head hurts
| (lit. « it hurts her in her head »)
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አዝናለሁ
| aznallew
I'm so sorry
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እስቲ ብችል ዛሬ ማታ እጠቃታለሁ
| estī bıčıl zarē mata et'eyyık'atallew
well then if I can I'll visit her this evening
