Caalii 
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Tom
Hi, I’m Tom.

Phil 
And I’m Phil. Welcome!

Caali
Har’a waa’ee “the inventions that made the modern economy” kalaqawwan  dinagdee ammayyaa tolchanii dubbanna. Filannoowwan jahan hubachuudhaaf odeessa kana caqasi.

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You may have heard the podcast or World Service programme ‘50 things that made the modern economy’. It's presented by the Financial Times journalist Tim Harford and has been a huge success. Now he is looking for the 51st thing. People have sent in hundreds of suggestions, and he’s picked his 6 favourites and they are: the credit card, glass, the global positioning system or GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet.

Caali
Egaa, gaafiin torban kana kunooti: isa kamtu akka intarneetii fayyadamuuf nu gargaaraa? Yaadadhu, 'credit cards' kaardii liqaa[baankii], 'glass' burcuqqoo, 'the global positioning system' sirna bakka jirru eeru, 'irrigation' jallisii, 'the pencil' qubeessaa, fi 'the spreadsheet' gabatee qabiiyyeewwan lakkoofsaafi ragaalee irratti hojjachuuf fayyadu ni qabna.

Phil
For me, it’s got to be the ones that I use every day. So my top two are: the credit card, and the GPS. I just think that they are the most practical.

Caali
You said that they are 'practical', qabatamaadha.

Phil
Yeah, they’re very practical. I use my credit card instead of cash and the GPS on my phone instead of a map, so they’re very convenient.

Caali
Yes, I think so, 'convenient' jechuun mijaawaa. Don’t you think convenience is important, Tom?

Tom
Well, I mean it is, but... Do you know what?  My two choices are completely different than yours! I just think that glass, and irrigation have had a much bigger impact.

Phil
Really? Glass? I mean, I like looking through windows as much as anyone else, but it hasn’t exactly changed the modern world, has it?

Tom
Well, you say that, but actually – glass is so important for everything that we have today – I mean, microscopes for example...

Phil
Yeah, when’s the last time you used a microscope?

Tom
Well, think about how many incredible things that scientists have found using microscopes... And, what about those cables that carry information, you know the fiber-optic cables?

Caali
Ah, did you hear that? Gaafii duraaf deebiin kunootti. Funyoowwan electriikii burcuqqorra hojjetamee 'fibre optic cables' dandeetti interneetii dabarsu qaba - kanaafuu burcuqqoon intarneetii akka fayyadmnuuf nuu dandeessise jechuudha. Anyway Tom, you’re saying that you think that glass is a really important invention?

Tom
I think it’s fundamental!

Caali
Yes, it’s 'fundamental' barbaachisaa/waan bu’uraati.

Tom
Exactly, so glass is absolutely fundamental because it means that we can have microscopes, fibre-optic cables and the internet.

Phil
Ok, ok, maybe you’ve got a point there – but then the next one you suggested was irrigation. Isn’t that just taking water from one place to another?

Tom
Oh Phil? Irrigation is another important invention on that list. In fact it’s not just important, it’s life-changing.

Caali
We use 'life-changing' kan jireenya jijjiiru to talk about inventions that do that – they change people’s lives.

Tom
Yeah, it’s life-changing because it means people can grow food where they couldn’t before – and they can live in a different place – it literally changes people’s lives!

Phil
I don’t know, I sort of see what you mean, but your choices just don’t seem that important to me.

Tom
Well Phil, you do realise that we’re talking about the inventions that are significant for the modern economy, and not just the ones that make your life more convenient?

Caali
Sirri, egaa atoo maal yaadde? Kalaqni barbaachisaa ta’e maali jettee yaadda? Egaa torban kanaaf nagaa otoo sitti hindhaamiin dura, waa’ee jechoota har’a hanga yoonaa irratti dubbachaa turre haa’ilaallu - hundisaanii kalaqawwan waliin hidhata qabu. 'Practical' jechuun qabatamaa; 'convenient' jechuun mijaawaa; 'fundamental' jechuun barbaachisaa/waan bu’uraa; akkasumas 'life changing' jechuun kan jireenya jijjiirudha. Turtii waliin qabaanneef galatoomi; barnoota dabalataa  Afaan Ingilizii waliin-wajjiniitiif 'English Together' torban ittaanu walitti deebina.