Dialogue and Narrative Practice (II)

This is the second review unit, continuing the consolidation of Units 1–20 with extended drills, dialogues, and narrative practice.

Review Dialogue 1 — At a Restaurant (በምግብ ቤት)

Amharic (Romanized)	English
asiTegabi: min yifellgal?	Waiter: What would you like?
almaz: min migib allegaččihu?	Almaz: What food do you have?
asiTegabi: injera be weTT, yasa tibs, inna salaTa allegn.	Waiter: We have injera with stew, roasted meat, and salad.
almaz: injera be weTT iseTTiNNi.	Almaz: Give me injera with stew.
kebbede: ine-m yasa tibs ifelligalehu.	Kebbede: I’d also like roasted meat.
asiTegabi: meTeTT-im tifellgalaččihu?	Waiter: Would you also like drinks?
almaz: hulet bunna iseTTin.	Almaz: Give us two coffees.
asiTegabi: iši, ahun yimeTTal.	Waiter: Okay, it will come right away.
kebbede: migib-u beTam Tiru new.	Kebbede: The food is very good.
almaz: awo, yih migib bet kehullu yišal new.	Almaz: Yes, this restaurant is the best of all.

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Review Dialogue 2 — Talking About Weather (ስለ አየር ሁኔታ)

Amharic (Romanized)	English
tadesse: zare yiberdal!	Tadesse: It is cold today!
hirut: awo, tilant-im yizennb nebber.	Hirut: Yes, yesterday it was also raining.
tadesse: nege yimoq yihonal.	Tadesse: It may be hot tomorrow.
hirut: yihonal. gina gena yelibis gize new.	Hirut: Maybe. But it is still the season for clothing.
tadesse: irgaTTiNNa aydelem?	Tadesse: It’s not certain, is it?
hirut: aydelem. gina zare izzih qerun inniyihunibet!	Hirut: No. But let’s stay inside today where it’s warm!

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Cumulative Vocabulary Review (continued)

Places and Directions

Amharic	English		Amharic	English
bet	house		sira bet	office
migib bet	restaurant		timhirt bet	school
gibi	cafeteria, compound		ketema	city, town
ityoTTya	Ethiopia		amarika	America
wede	toward, to		ke-	from
bet-e	my house		bet-u	the house

Time Expressions

Amharic	English		Amharic	English
Tewat	morning		ke saat bexwala	after an hour
keseatu	afternoon		mata	evening
ahun	now		hulegize	always
anddand gize	sometimes		beqirrib	soon

Food and Drink

Amharic	English		Amharic	English
migib	food		injera	injera (flatbread)
weTT	stew		tibs	roasted meat
salaTa	salad		bunna	coffee
šay	tea		wuha	water
birr	birr (currency)		sint	how much

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Extended Drills (ልምምዶች)

Drill 1 — Restaurant Ordering

Practice ordering food:

Prompt (English)	Response (Amharic)
I would like coffee.	bunna ifelligalehu.
Give me injera with stew.	injera be weTT iseTTiNNi.
How much is the food?	migib-u sint new?
The food is very good.	migib-u beTam Tiru new.
Give us two teas.	hulet šay iseTTin.

Drill 2 — Weather Expressions

Prompt (English)	Response (Amharic)
It is cold.	yiberdal.
It was raining yesterday.	tilant yizennb nebber.
It may be hot tomorrow.	nege yimoq yihonal.
It is still raining.	gena yizennbal.
It is not cold today.	zare ayiberdim.

Drill 3 — Mixed Verb Review (Imperfect)

Give the imperfect for /ine/:

Verb	Imperfect (ine)
meta (come)	imeTTalehu
hede (go)	ihedalehu
bela (eat)	ibelalehu
seTTe (give)	iseTTalehu
sere (work)	iseralehu
TeTTa (drink)	iTeTTalehu

Drill 4 — Translation Review

1. What food do you have? — /min migib allegaččihu?/
2. It’s cold today, but it may be hot tomorrow. — /zare yiberdal, gina nege yimoq yihonal./
3. This restaurant is the best of all. — /yih migib bet kehullu yišal new./
4. I still have a lot of work. — /gena bizu sira allegNNi./
5. He hasn’t come yet. — /gena almeTTam./
6. Give us two coffees, please. — /ibakkih hulet bunna iseTTin./
7. I am going to Ethiopia tomorrow. — /nege wede ityoTTya ihedalehu./

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Narrative — A Visit to a Restaurant

almaz inna kebbede wede migib bet hedu. migib bet-u beTam Tiru new — kehullu yišal migib bet new. asiTegabi “min yifellgal?” ale. almaz injera be weTT fellegeč. kebbede-m yasa tibs fellege. keza bunna TeTTu. migib-u beTam Tiru nebber. zare yiberdal; gibi-w-im moq nebber. kebbede “yih migib bet kehullu yifeTin asgelgilo yiseTTal” ale. almaz “awo, inna zare-m kehullu yišal migib new” aleč. hullet-um dek-imo bilu wede bet-aččew hedu.

Translation: Almaz and Kebbede went to a restaurant. The restaurant is very good — it is the best restaurant of all. The waiter said, “What would you like?” Almaz wanted injera with stew. Kebbede also wanted roasted meat. Then they drank coffee. The food was very good. It is cold today; the inside was warm. Kebbede said, “This restaurant serves the fastest of all.” Almaz said, “Yes, and today’s food is the best of all.” Both went home happy.