ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰላም፣ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ How do I… ብድሓን መጻእኩም። ኣነ ተኽልማርያም በኪት ኢየ፤ ምሳና’ውን ቶም ኣሎ።

Tom
And, hi everybody! I’m Tom, welcome to today’s episode of How do I...!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣብዚ ክፋል እዚ፡ ሓደ ሰብ ብዝተፈላለዩ መንገድታት እንታይ ከምዝመስል ዝገልጹ መግለጺታት ክንመሃር ኢና። ክልተ ተዛረብቲ ሰባት ኣደን ‘mother’ ከምኡ’ውን መጻምድቲ (ዓርኪ) ‘boyfriend’ እንታይ ከም ዝመስሉ ይገልጹ ኣለዉ።

ጽን ኢልኩም ብምስማዕ ሕቶ መልሱ: ወርቃዊ ጸጉሪ ‘blonde hair’ ዘለዎ መን’ዩ?

What does your boyfriend look like?
He's tall and has short, blonde hair.

What does your mother look like?
She's quite short and has long, dark hair.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ተረዲእኩም’ዶ? ነታ ቀዳመይቲ ተዛራቢት መጻምድታ (ዓርካ) ‘short, blonde hair’ ኣሎዎ።

Tom
So, let’s begin today’s lesson on appearance!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ግርም፡ ‘look like’ ዝብላ ክልተ ቃላት ኣዝየን ኣገደስቲ እየን። ብዛዕባ መልክዕ ናይ ሓደ ሰብ ንዛረብ ከምዘለና ድማ የረድኣና። እቶም ተዛረብቲ ብኸመይ ኣገባብ፡ ብዛዕባ መልክዕ ሰብ ይሓቱ? ‘Do’ ወይ ‘does’ ይጥቀሙ?

Tom
Let’s listen again to find out!

What does your boyfriend look like?
What does your mother look like?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰሚዕኩምዎ’ዶ? ናይ ሳልሳይ ኣካል መግለጺናይ ‘do’ ዝኾነ ‘does’ ተጠቂሞም:: ኣብ ኣሰራርዓ ሕቶ፤ ብዛዕባ ክንድ ስም ‘he’, ‘she’ ወይ ‘it’ ክንዛረብ እንከሎና ኩሉ ጊዜ ‘does’ ክንጥቀም ኣሎና።
Tom፤ በጃኻ ኣደማምጻ ናይ’ዚ ሕቶታት ኣቕርበልና?

Tom
Of course!
What does your mother look like?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብጣዕሚ ጽቡቕ፡ ኣብ ዝሓጸረ እዋን ከም ወዲ ዓዲ ክትዛረቡ ክትክእሉ ኢኹም። ነቲ ሕቶ ንምምላስ እቶም ተዛረብቲ ‘be’ ከምኡ’ውን ‘have’ ተጠቒሞም። እስከ ደጊምኩም ስምዕዎ። እንታይ ዓይነት ቅዲ ‘be’ ይጥቀሙ?

He's tall and has short, blonde hair.
She's quite short and has long, dark hair.

Tom
They say ‘he’s’ or ‘she’s’. The speakers are using the short form of ‘is’.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብድሕሪ ምጥቃም ቅዲ ‘be’ ኣብዛ ጉዳይ ግን ‘is’ እቶም ተዛረብቲ ብዛዕባ ናይ ሓደ ሰብ ግዝፊ ይገልጹ ኣሎዉ። ከምኡ’ውን ብዛዕባ ናይ ሓደ ሰብ ዕድመን፡ ሰብነትን፡ ርእይቶ ክንህበሉ ንኽእል።

Tom
The first speaker says ‘he’s tall’. The second speaker says ‘she’s quite short’.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብልክዕ፤ ‘tall’ ኣንጻር ‘short’ዩ:: ‘Quite’ ማለት ከኣ ‘not very’ ማለት’ዩ። ‘Quite short’ ክንብል እንከሎና ነቲ መግለጺ ቃል ማለት ‘short’ ነፍኩሶ ኣሎና ማለት’ዩ። That is not all! ንውሓትን ሕብርን ጸጕሪ፡ መልክዕ ገጽ ከም ሕብሪ ዓይኒ ንምግላጽ ‘have’ ክንጥቀም ንኽእል።
እቶም ተዛረብቲ፡ ኣዲኦምን ዓርኮምን እንታይ ኣለዎም ‘have’ ኢሎም? ሃየ ንስማዕ።

He's tall and has short, blonde hair.
She's quite short and has long, dark hair.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Have’ ንጸጕሪ፡ ተጠቒሞሙሉ። 'Has’ ቅዲ ናይ ‘have’ ክኸውን እንከሎ ምስ ‘he’, ‘she’ ወይ’ውን ምስ ‘it’ ንጥቀመሉ። ግን ‘a’ ምስ ‘hair’ ክንጥቀመሉ የብልናን፡ ምኽንያቱ ንጽል ጸጕሪ፡ ስለ ዘስምዕ።

Tom
OK! Now, time to practise!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
መጀመርታ ነዚ ተገሪሙ ዘሎ ሰብ ንስማዕ። ብዛዕባ መን'ዮም ዝዛረቡ ዘለዉ?

Hey! I’m so happy! I have a new boyfriend!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ዋው፤ ዓርኪ። ‘ዓርክኺ እንታይ ይመስል?’ ንዝብል ብእንግሊዘኛ ብኸመይ ትሓቱ?

Tom
What does your boyfriend look like? You could also say ‘what does he look like’?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ተመሳሳሊ’ዶ ኢልኩም?

Tom
Great! So, now you know how to describe appearance, practise with some of your friends!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣብ ዝመጽእ ሰሙን ብኻልእ ትሕዝቶ How do I… ክንራኸብና። Bye!

Tom
Bye, everyone! See you next time.