Deck 18 (Part 2): Complete Target Conversational Sentences (Part 3)

Happy holidays!

Rhus beal (roos bahl)

How have you been?

Kemey keniki (to f.) / Kemey kenika (to m.)

Remember you are a lady

Ati gual eko eki (ah-tee gwahl eh-koh eh-kee)

What’s the matter?

Entay koynki (to f.) / Entay koynka (to m.)

Nice to meet you

Tsibuk Liela (tseh-book lee-lah)

Don’t mention it / Never mind

Genzebki (to f.) / Genzebka (to m.)

Good morning

Kemey hadirki (to f.) / Kemey hadirka (to m.)

Happy New Year!

Rhus hadsh Amet (roos hahd-shee ah-meht)

Good night alternate farewell

Dehan heder (to m.) / Dehan hederi (to f.) / Dehan hederu (pl.)

Are you folk O.K.?

Dehan dikum? (deh-hahn dee-koom)

Fine, I am O.K.

Dehan aleku (deh-hahn ah-leh-koo)

We are O.K.

Dehan ena (deh-hahn eh-nah)

You OK? (Amharic borrow)

Dena nesh? (deh-nah nehesh)

He is a happy kid

Hgus kol'a eyu (hee-goos kohl-ah eh-yoo)

Lilly has come

Lilly metsia (leel-lee meht-syah)

Lilly has gone

Lilly keyda (leel-lee kay-dah)

He is angry

Lu'ul hariku (loo-ool hah-ree-koo) / She is angry

Is Danny angry?

Danny hariku diyu? (hah-ree-koo dee-yoo)

Is Abby angry?

Abby harika diya? (hah-ree-kah dee-yah)

Today we will learn about time

Lomi bzaeba gzie kinmehar ena (loh-mee bzie-bah gzee-eh keen-meh-hahr eh-nah)

One o'clock time marker phrase

Seat hade koynu alo (seh-aht hah-deh koy-noo ah-loh)

It is exactly 2 o'clock

Likie seat klte alo (lee-kee-eh seh-aht keel-teh ah-loh)

5 till 6 time range marker

Seat hamushte ksab shdushte (seh-aht hah-moosh-teh kees-ahb shee-doosh-teh)

He's wearing black trousers

Tselim sire gieru alo (tseh-leem see-reh gyeh-roo ah-loh)

She likes the colour red

Keyh hibri tifetu eya (kay-eh heeb-ree tee-feh-too eh-yah)

The paper is white

Wereket tsaeda eyu (weh-reh-keht tsah-eh-dah eh-yoo)