መርሓባ፣ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ English Expressions ብድሓን መጻእኩም፣ ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ መደብና ብእንግሊዘኛ ክጠቕመኩም ዝኽእል መግለጺ-ሓሳባት ሒዝናልኩም ቀሪብና ኣለና።

ሎሚ ‘to downsize’ ዝብል መግለጺ-ሓሳብ ክንድህስስ ኢና... ቃል-ብቓሉ “ምንኣስ ወይ ከኣ ምንካይ” ማለት’ዩ። እቲ ልክዕ ትርጕሙ’ኸ እንታይ ክኸዉን ይኽእል ትበሉ? እስከ በሉ ሓቢርና ንከታተል።
በሉ ሕጂ ንዕላል ኒልን ፈይፈይን ንተሓወሶ። ብዛዕባ እናነኣሳ ዝኸዳ ዘሎዋ ትካላት’ዮም ዘዕልሉ ዘለዉ። እቶም ኣብዘን ትካላት ዝሰርሑ ሰባት’ከ እንታይ ኰን የጓንፎም ይኸውን? እቲ ኣብ ሞንጎ ምንኣስ ትካላትን እዚ ሎሚ ኣልዒልናዮ ዘለና መግለጺ-ሓሳብን ዘሎ ርክብ’ከ እንታይ ይኸዉን ትብሉ?

Neil
The word we are going to focus on today is the verb 'to downsize'. That's the word companies use to describe cutting a number of jobs and making employees redundant. 'Downsizing' is the noun.

Feifei
Yes. When they make workers redundant the companies become smaller in size. They downsize.

‘Downsize’፡ ክልተ ቃላት ዝሓዘለት’ያ - ‘down’ ከምኡ’ውን ‘size’። ኣብዚ ‘size’ ከም ግሲ ኢና ንጥቀመሉ፡ ትርጕሙ ኸኣ ‘to change size’ ዓቀን ግዝፊ ምልዋጥ። እቲ ‘down’ ዚብል ቃል ግን ኣንፈት ናይ’ቲ ለውጢ’ዩ ዘርኢ። ትርጕሙ ኸኣ ምንኣስ - ወይ ናብ ምንኣስ ገጹ ዝኸይድ’ዩ ዘርኢ። መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኸኣ እናነኣሱ ንዝኸዱ ንግዳዊ ትካላት ንጥቀመላ መግለጺ - ሓሳብ’ያ።

Neil
You might have heard or read this verb during the economic downturn of the last few years. As most people were short of money, they decided to save the money they did have and it had an impact on businesses all over the world.

Feifei
And some people have started applying the term to their own situations. If you've had to sell your house and move to a smaller flat, for example, you might say you were 'downsizing'.

ብዛዕባ ንግዳዊ ትካላት ኣብ እንዛረበሉ፡ ‘downsize’ ዚብል ቃል ምስ እንጥቀም፡ መብዝሕትኡ ግዜ፡ ሰባት ካብቲ ዝነበሮም ስራሕ ክፋነዉ ምዃኖም ዝገልጽ’ዩ፡ ስለዚ ኣሉታዊ ትርጉም ዘለዎ ቃል ይኸዉን። ካልእ ኣብነት እንተወሲድና ድማ፡ ሰባት ካብ ዕብይ ዝበለ ገዛ ናብ ካብኡ ዝንእስ ምስ ዝግዕዙ ‘downsizing’ ገይሮም ይበሃል። እቲ ናብ ዝነኣሰ ገዛ ከግዕዞም ዝኸኣለ ምኽንያት ግን ናይ ግድን ኣሉታዊ’ዩ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምናልባት ዓቢይ ገዛ ስለዘየድልዮም ክኾኑ ስለዝኽእሉ ማለት’ዩ።
ሕጂ ንኣጠቓቕማ’ዛ ቓል ንምርዳእ ዝሕግዙ ገለ ኣብነታት ክንሰምዕ ኢና።

Examples
The growth of online sales in the U.K. has forced many retail businesses to downsize. Some of them have reduced their number of outlets in the high street.

Now that I am going to university, my parents have decided to downsize. They are selling the house, moving to a flat and using some of the money to travel the world.

Many people are upset about the company’s decision to downsize. Their decision will lead to many people losing their jobs.

Feifei
And if you don't mind me saying, Neil, I think you would benefit from downsizing.

Neil
What do you mean? I don't own a company and I'm not selling my house or anything.

Feifei
No but I've noticed you've… well, you know, you really enjoy your food, don't you?

Neil
Are you calling me fat!?

Feifei
Oh no, no, no… well, yes. A little.

Neil
How dare you! And anyway, we don't use 'downsize' for bodies, so you're confusing our audience!

Feifei
Sorry, Neil.

Neil
I am a bit fat, actually…

Feifei
Well, maybe if the company downsizes, you won't be able to afford all those meat pies.

Neil
That's what I like about you, Feifei. You always look on the bright side.

ከምቲ ዝሰማዕናዮ፡ ኒል ‘downsize’ ንኽገብር ፈይፈይ ዝተፈላለየ ርእይቶታት ትህቦ’ላ። ክብደት ሚዛኑ ከጉድል ‘downsize’ ክገብር ከምዘለዎ’ያ ሓሳባታ ኣካፊላቶ። መብዛሕትኡ እዋን ግን ከምዚ ዓይነት ሓሳባት ንምግላጽ ስለዘይንጥቀመሉ፡ ኒል ከም ዝበሎ ፈይፈይ ንሰማዕትና ከተደናግሮም ትኽእል’ያ። እቲ ቀንዲ ትርጕሙ ትካላት ቁጽሪ ሰራሕተኛታተን ከጉድላ ከለዋ፡ ከምኡ’ውን ሰባት ካብቲ ዝነብሩሉ ናብ ንእስ ዝበለ ቤት ክግዕዙ ከሎዉ ንጥቀመሉ መግለጺ ኢዩ። ንስኹም’ከ፡ እተን ትሰርሑለን ትካላት ‘downsize’ ጌይረን’ዶ ይፈልጣ? ወይ ካብቲ ትነብሩሉ ገዛ ‘downsizing’ ጌርኩም’ዶ ትፈልጡ?
ኣብቲ ዝመጽእ መደብ English Expressions የራኽበና።

Answers:

1. Because the economy has caused many people and companies to downsize. 

2. Feifei suggests that Neil has put on weight recently.