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Session 22

Listen to find out how to order food in a restaurant.
ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ ብኸመይ መግቢ ከምትእዝዙ ጽን ኢልኩም ተኸታተሉ።

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At the restaurant

Listen to find out how to order food in a restaurant.
ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ ብኸመይ መግቢ ከምትእዝዙ ጽን ኢልኩም ተኸታተሉ።

Listen to the audio and take the quiz. ጽን ኢልኩም ብምስማዕ፡ ነዚ ተቐሪቡ ዘሎ ፈተና ስርሑ።

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ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰላም: እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ Essential English Conversation ብድሓን መጻእኩም። እዚ ንተምሃሮ ቋንቋ እንግሊዘኛ ኣዝዩ ኣድላዪ ዝዀነ መደብ’ዩ። ኣነ ተክለማሪያም በኪት እየ፡ ኣብዚ ክፋሊ ትምህርቲ እዚ፡ ከመይ ገርካ መግቢ ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ ከም ትእዚዝ ክንምሃር ኢና። ነዚ ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ መግቢ ዝእዝዝ ዘሎ ዓሚል ጽን ኢልና ንስማዓዮ።

Phil
How can I help you?

Sian
Hi, can I have the meat stew? And some water to drink.

Phil
Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ክብድ ዝበለ እነተመሲሉ ኣይሻቀሉ። እዚ ምይይጥ ከፋፊልና ብምቅራብ ንኽትለማመዱሉ ክንሕግዘኩም ኢና።
እቲ ኣሳሳዪ ነቲ ዓሚል ‘How can I help you?’ ኢሉ ይሓቶ። ከምዚ ዓይነት ሕቶ ድማ ኣብ ድካናት፡ ቤት ብልዕታትን፡ ዕዳጋን ዝሰርሑ ሰባት ንዓማዊሎም ዝሓትዎ ሕቶ እዩ።
መጀመርታ ስምዑ ብድሕሪኡ ድገምዎ።

How can I help you?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣስዒቡ እቲ ዓሚል ጸብሒ ስጋ ‘meat stew’ ኣዚዙ። እቲ ዓሚል ‘Can I have…?’ ዝብል ሕቶ ኣቅሪቡ። መጀመርታ ስምዑ ብድሕሪኡ ድገምዎ።

Hi, can I have the meat stew?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እቲ ዓሚል ዝስተ ማይ’ዉን ‘water’ ኣዚዙ እዩ።

And some water to drink.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እቲ ኣሳሳዪ ‘Yes, of course’ ማለት ሓራይ ኢሉ መለሰሉ። መጀመርታ ስምዑ ብድሕሪኡ ድገምዎ።

Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብጣዕሚ ጽቡቅ! ሕጂ ናይዞም ዝተፈላለዩ ሰባት ዘረባ ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ መግቢ ምእዛዝ ሰሚዕኩም እንታይ ከምዝተማሃርኩም ርእስኹም ገምግሙ።

ስተፋኒ ጸብሒ ሓምሊን ‘vegetable stew’ ጽማቑን ‘juice’ ኣዚዛ።

How can I help you?

Hi, can I have the vegetable stew? And some juice to drink.

Yes, of course.

ክሪስ ዓሳን ‘fish’ ልስሉስ መስተን ‘soda’ ኣዚዙ።

How can I help you?

Hi, can I have the fish? And some soda to drink.

Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሓራይ እምበኣር፡ ሕጂ ንፈትን ። ነቲ ናይ እንግሊዘኛ ምሉእ ሓሳብ ስሚዕኪም ድገምዎ። ንነፍሲ ወከፍ ክልተ ግዜ ክትሰምዕዎ ኢኹም።

How can I help you?
How can I help you?

Hi, can I have the meat stew?
Hi, can I have the meat stew?

And some water to drink.
And some water to drink.

Yes, of course.
Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ጽቡቅ እምበኣር፥ ሕጂ ማዕረ ክንደይ ነቲ ዝተማሃርክሞ ኢንግሊዝ ከምትዝክርዎ ርእስኩም እትግምግሙሉ ግዜ በጺሑ። ነዚ ብትግርኛ ትሰምዕዎ ምሉእ ሓሳባት ብእንግሊዘኛ በልዎ።

እንታይ ክሰምዓካ፡
How can I help you?

ጸብሒ ስጋዶ ምሃብካኒ፡
Can I have the meat stew?

ዝስተ ማይ ከኣ ምሱኡ፡
And some water to drink

እሺ ሓራይ
Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብጣዕሚ ጽቡቅ! ሕጂ ከመይ ገርካ መግቢ ትእዝዝ ፈሊጥኩም ኣሎኹም። ንስያን እንታይ ከምትደዩ እናነገርኩም ልምምድ ግበሩ።

How can I help you?
Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ጽቡቅ! ሕጂ ነቲ ዝርርብ ብምሉኡ ደጊምኩም ስምዑዎ እሞ መልስታትኩም ገምግሙ።

Phil
How can I help you?

Sian
Hi, can I have the meat stew? And some water to drink.

Phil
Yes, of course.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብጣዕሚ ጽቡቕ! ካብ ሎሚ ጀሚርኩም ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ ብእንግሊዘኛ ገርኩም መግቢ ክትእዝዙ ትኽእሉ ኢኹም። ንዝተማሃርኩምዎ ደጋጊምኩም ምልምማድ ኣይትረስዑ። መሓዛ ኣናዲኹም ብእንግሊዘኛ መግቢ ምእዛዝ ልምምድኩም ቀጽልዎ። ኣብ ካልእ ግዜ ብካልእ የራክበና። Bye!

Check what you’ve learned by choosing the correct answer to the question.
ነቲ ቕኑዕ መልሲ ብምምራጽ፡ እንታይ ከም ዝተማሃርኩም ርእስኩም ገምግሙ።

At the restaurant

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ቅኑዕ መልሲ ምረጹ።

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ኣብ ዝቕጽል መደብ Essential English ኣገደስቲ ናይ አንግሊዘኛ ዝርርብ ሒዝናልኩም ክንቀርብ ኢና’ም ብሰላም የራኽበና።

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Session Vocabulary

  • How can I help you?
    እንታይ ኽሕግዘካ?

    Hi, can I have the ______? And some ______ to drink.
    ሰላም፤ ______ መሃብካኒ? ከምኡ’ውን ______

    Yes, of course.
    እሺ፡ ሕራይ

    chicken
    ደርሆ

    lamb
    ስጋ ዕየት

    vegetables
    ሓምሊ

    potatoes
    ድንሽ

    juice
    ጽማቁ

    soda
    ልስሉስ መስተ

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