ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰላም፡ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ English Together ብደሓን መጻእኩም። ኣብዚ መደብ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ እዋናዊ ዛዕባታት ብምልዓል፡ ንምምይያጥ ዘሕግዘኩም ቋንቋ ከነስንቐኩም ኢና።
ኣነ ተመስገን ይበሃል፡ ምሳይ ዝርከቡ ድማ...

Sam
Hi, I’m Sam.

Phil
And I’m Phil. Welcome!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሎሚ ብዛዕባ ስነ-ጽሑፍን ኣገዳስነቱን ክንዝቲይ ኢና። መጀመርታ ግን፡ ንዓኹም ትኸውን ሓንቲ ሕቶ ኣዳሊና ኣለና። እታ ብደረጃ ዓለም ኣዝያ ህብብቲ ዝኾነት ልቢወለድ በየናይ ቋንቋ ዝተጻሕፈት’ያ? ብእንግሊዝኛ ወይ ስጳኛ ዋላ’ሲ ብቋንቋ ቻይና?

Sam
Wow, that’s a hard one! There are lots of people that speak all of those languages. Is the answer Chinese?

Phil
Oh, I don’t know. Is it English?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
መልሲ ናይ’ዛ ሕቶ እናሓሰብኩም እንከለኹም፡ ነዛ ብቢቢሲ ሞኒቶሪንግ ኒውዝ ብዛዕባ ንኣዘርበይዣን ዝድህስሱ መጻሕፍቲ ዝትዳለወት ትሕዝቶ ንከታተል።

News insert
The leader of the Azeri region of Nakhchivan has published a list of 30 books that he says all citizens should read. The Public's Supreme Assembly Chairman, Vasif Talibov, produced the list in order to encourage patriotism and broaden youngsters' horizons, the Minval.az news website reports. They include classics from Azeri and medieval Eastern authors, as well as Western authors such as Jack London and Ernest Hemingway. This means that a set of the 30 books should be sent to every school, library and cultural institution in Nakhchivan.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
So, what do you think about this? ስነ-ጽሑፍ ምንባብ ግድነታዊ ክኸውን’ዶ ይግብኦ?

Phil
It’s a funny story isn’t it – I mean, I love a good book, reading’s great – but good as great literature can be, they’re just stories – they’re fiction. I don’t think anyone should be made to read stories.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Fiction’ ፈጠራ ማለት’ዩ. It sounds like you don’t think fiction is important?

Phil
Well yeah – it’s not history, it’s not what really happened – all it is, is entertainment, isn’t it?

Sam
Wait, you can’t be serious? I mean, of course literature is fiction – but it’s so much more than that – it really allows you to broaden your horizons.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Broadening horizons’ ፍልጠትካ ምስፋሕ – yeah, books can really do that, can’t they? They can really ኣብ ቦታ ናይ ካልእ ሰብ ንኽተከውን የኽእሉኻ’ዮም I remember a children’s story I read about this good student named Solomon. It made me want to be like him when I was young.

Sam
I think it’s a good thing that people are being encouraged to read more literature. If you can read about someone else’s life, their problems, you can get an amazing insight into how they think, or what their world’s like.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Insight’ ኣስተብህሎ ማለት’ዩ – ብዛዕባ መጻሕፍቲ ደስ ዝብለኒ ነገር እንተሎ - ካልኦት ሰባት ከመይ ከምዝሓስቡ ንምርዳእ ስለዘኽእለኒ’ዩ። It’s great to get those insights into other people’s lives. Why not have a list of things to read?

Phil
Wow, you two think too much! I love books, too – but I just want some escapism, to escape my life and pretend I’m in a world full of adventures. It doesn’t mean anything and no one should tell me I have to do it.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Escapism’ ካብ ክውንነት ምህዳም። You’re telling me that you just use books as a way to escape or forget about your life?

Phil
And TV, and films, and videogames – it’s all escapism, it’s all for entertainment. It just helps me relax.

Sam
Look, it’s great that books are entertaining, and it’s great that they help you escape your routine – but maybe you should think where they can take you, and what you can learn.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብዛዕባ’ዚ ካብ ኣልዓልና፡ ነታ ኣብ መጀመርታ ዝሓተትናኩም ሕቶ ክንምለሳ - እታ ብብዝሒ ዝተሸጠት ልብወለድ ንምፍላጥ ናብ መበል 17 ክፍለዘመን ናብ ስጰኛ ምምላስ ከድልየና’ዩ። ካብ ዝተፈላለየ ምንጭታት ብዝተረኸበ ሓበሬታ መሰረት፡ እታ ናይ ዘንትእለት ኣዝያ ህብብቲ ዝኾነት ድርሰት፡ ብቋንቋ ስጳኛ ዝተጻሕፈት ‘ዶን ኪሆቴ’ እያ።

Phil
I didn't’ expect that… so the most popular novel is in Spanish! I haven’t read it yet.

Sam
Maybe I should make you a list of books to read…. That’s going to be the first one… then you can tell me what insights you get from it.

Phil
You’re trying to broaden my horizons, aren’t you?

Sam
Maybe…

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
በሉ መጽሓፈይ ከንብብ ክኸይድ፡ ቅድሚ ምስንባትና ግን ነዘን ሎሚ ዝዳህሰስናየን ቃላት ደጊምና ንርኣየን። ኩለን፡ ብዛዕባ ስነ-ጽሑፍ ክንዛረብ እንከለና ክንጥቀመለን ንኽእል ቃላት’የን።
‘Fiction’ ፈጠራ ማለት’ዩ, ‘to broaden horizons’ ፍልጠትካ ምስፋሕ, ‘insight’ ኣስተብህሎ, ‘escapism’ ድማ ካብ ክውንነት ምህዳም።

ስለ ምክትታልኩም እናመስገንና፡ ዝመጽእ ሰሙን ብኻልእ መደብ English Together ክሳብ ንራኸብ ሰላም ቀንዩ።