[DEHAI] TgriNa GRAMMAR (12)

Goitom Ahferom (@germany.net) [Author Profile]
Thursday, December 18, 1997 04:17 PM PST
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Selam dehaiers,

DIALOGUE 2
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At School (ab bet t'm'h'r'ti)
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In the following Dialogue you should be able to:

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* # ask simple questions *
* # form the plural of nouns *
* # use the demonstrative-this,that,these,those *
* # say where things are * 
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Yonas meets Genet and Asia who are new arrivals at
school; Genet asks a lot of questions.

(Y = Yonas, and G = Genet) 
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Y.:selam, Shimey yonas iyu. Hello my name is
Yonas.
is'Ki-Ke men iyu shim'ki? What are yours?

G.:shimey genet iyu. My name is Genet.
izia kea meHazay iya. and this is my friend
shima kea Asia iyu. her name is Asia.
ane tem'harit iye. I'm a student.
nis'Ka-Ke tem'haray diKa? And you, are you a
student?

Y.:iwe, ane-win tem'haray iye. Yes, I'm a student,
too.
nis'Kat'kin Hadeshti tem'haro Are you new students?
dikhin?

G.:iwe, niHna Hadeshti tem'haro ina. Yes, we're new
students.
iti seb'ay men iyu? Who is that man?
tem'haray diyu? Is he a student?

Y.:itiom seb'ay ato Ibrahim iyom. He is Mr. Ibrahim.
nisom mem'h'rna iyom. He is our teacher.

G.:n'fuE mem'h'r diyom? Is he a good teacher?

Y.:iwe, nifuE mem'hir iyom. Yes, he is a good
teacher.

G.:nisom in'tay y'm'hru? What does he teach?

Y.:nisom nay engliz'Na qwan'qwa mem'h'r He is an
English language teacher.
iyom.qwanqwa in'gliz bur'rtuE iyu. English language
is difficult .

G.:itia sebey'ti-Ke men iya? And what about that
woman?
isa-Ke mem'h'r diya? Who is she? Is she a teacher
too?

Y.:ay'konet'n. nisa nay bet t'm'h'r'ti No, she's a
school secretary.
Sehafit iya

G.:Hiji nay t'm'h'r'ti gize diyu? Is it class time now?

Y.:ay'konen, Hiji nay m'saH gize iyu! No, it's lunch
time!

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Vocabulary
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shim-ey my name (shim = name); another way of
saying natey shim. meHaza-y my friend,companion
(meHaza = friend /girl/) and 
Arkey = friend /boy/) 
kea also 
tem'haray student (tem'haro = students) 
mem'h'r teacher 
bet tim'h'r'ti school (Lit.: 'house study') study,
lesson, 
class; also sometimes said tim'h'riti 
Hadish new (plural = Hadeshti) 
n'fuE good, clever 
iwe Yes 
b'r'tuE difficult, hard, strong 
seb'ay man 
sebey'ti woman 
y'm'h'ru he teaches (for.) 
qwan'qwa language 
in'g'liz' English (for launguage you say -Na like
engliz'Na) SeHafit secretary 
Hiji now 
misaH lunch 
gize time

Some more pronouns
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iti that 
itia that (famine) 
men? who? 
in'tay? what?

Some more parts of verb 'to be'
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ay'konen he is not, it is not 
ay'konun he (polite) is not 
ay'konet'n she is not
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Dear dehaiers, this Dialogue has been done in a very
easy form. I know that One can formulate it in a better
way but as it is for beginners, I think it is okay.

Goitom Ahferom 
Bonn Germany

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