ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ሰላም፡ እንቋዕ ናብዚ ብእንግዝኛ ዝቐርብ ሓቀኛ ዛንታት ሰሚዕኩም ንክትርድኡ ዝሕግዘኩም መደብ Listen Here ብደሓን  መጻእኩም። ኣነ ተክለማርያም በኪት ኢየ።

Sam
Hi, I’m Sam

Tom
And I’m Tom. Hi everybody.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Oh! What’s wrong, Tom?

Tom
I’m sad. My dog died recently. You have a best friend when you have a dog.

Sam
What? I don’t have a dog.

Tom
I wasn’t talking about you, Sam!

Sam
You were! You said “you have a best friend when you have a dog”. And you were talking to me.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ኣብዚ ዝርርብ፡ ቶም ናቱ ውልቃዊ ተሞክሮ ኢዩ ዝገልጽ ዘሎ። ግን ኣብ ክንዲ ‘I’ ክንድ ስም ዝጥቀም፡ ‘you’ ይጥቀም ኣሎ።

Tom
Hmm, good question! We often use ‘you’ when we’re speaking in general.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Speaking generally, ወይ speaking in general ማት ብሓፈሻ ምዝራብ ማለት ኢዩ። General ብሓፈሻ ማለት ኢዩ። እቲ ቅጽል generic you ኢዩ። ናይ ሎሚ መደብና ካብ BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind ዝተወስደድምጺንስማዕ።ኣመሪካዊፕሮፈሰርስነ-ኣእምሮብዛዕባgeneric you, ብመልከዕቶምዝጥቀመሉዝጸንሓyou ይገልጽ። ናይ ቶም ኣጠቃቅማ you ንኽትገልጽ፡ እንታይ ዓይነት ሓሳብ ሂባ።

Insert
So we were studying this generic 'you', so 'you' that refers to people in general rather than a specific person. And see whether people use generic you to essentially try to construct norms, uh, or normalise their own deeply personal experiences.

Sam
Ah! So, Tom is trying to normalise his experience!

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Normalise ናብ ንቡር ምምላስ ማለት ኢዩ። Do you think it’s normal to feel so close to a pet, Tom?

Tom
Yeah! Of course.

Sam
So you’re using “you” to make your statement seem normal or general.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ካልእ ቃል ናይ make. Construct ኢዩ። ደጊምኩም ስምዑ። ድሕሪ construct ኣየናይ ቃል ይስዕብ።

Insert
So we were studying this generic 'you', so 'you' that refers to people in general rather than a specific person. And see whether people use generic 'you' to essentially try to construct norms.

Sam
She said to construct norms.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
A norm ስም ኮይኑ ልሙድ ዝኾነ ነገር ማለት ኢዩ። ኒተ ካልኣይ ካፍል ናይቲ ድምጺ ንስማዕ። ብዝገለጸቶ መሰረት፡ እተን ክልተ ሳዕበናት ምጥቃም ሓፈሻዊ ‘you’ እንታይ ኢዮም።

Insert
And we found that using generic 'you' helped people to feel that the event was more distant in time and people reported that they were able to think about the event differently than they had before and had higher feelings of closure afterwards. 

Sam
Interesting! She suggests that using generic 'you' can help you think about past events differently! By not using ‘I’, she suggests things can feel further away.

Tom
Hmm. If I say ‘I have a best friend when I have a dog’, it does sound very personal!

Sam
Also, by avoiding ‘I’, and using ‘you’, we suggest that this experience is one that many people share. That’s also why we use the present tense – to suggest it’s always true.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Generic 'you' እንታይ ዓይነት ስምዒት ከሕድረልና ይኽእል ኢዩ ይብል። ድሕሪ ‘feeling of’ ዘሎ ደጊምኩም ስምዕዎ።   

Insert
And we found that using generic 'you' helped people to feel that the event was more distant in time and people reported that they were able to think about the event differently than they had before and had higher feelings of closure afterwards.

Tom
She said closure.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Closure መደምደምታ ማለት ኢዩ። Do you think generic 'you' helps to provide closure, Tom?

Tom
Actually, yes! Using generic 'you' helps to add distance between me and this painful memory.

Sam
Ah! Here, Tom said ‘to add’. Because ‘add’ starts with a vowel sound, we have a /w/ sound which links the two words. Say it with me!

add
to add
helps to add distance

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ግዜና ይኣክል ኣሎ።

Sam
See? Time goes quickly when you’re having fun!

Tom
Nice use of generic 'you' Sam.

Sam
Thanks very much Tom!

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