ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰላም፣ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ How do I… ብድሓን መጻእኩም። ኣነ ተኽልማርያም በኪት ኢየ፡ ምሳና’ውን ሳም ኣላ።

Sam
Welcome, everybody.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ ትምህርትና፡ ከመይ ጌርና ሓበሬታ ከም እንሓትት ክንርኢ ኢና። ኣብ መንጎ ኣዳምን ካልኦት ሰለስተ ሰባትን ዝተገብረ ዝርርብ ብምስማዕ ንጀምሮ።
እንተዘይተረዲእኩም ኣይትሸገሩ: ድሓር ክንሕግዘኩም ኢና። ንሕጂ፡ ንኣዳም ብምስማዕ፡ ነቶም ዝዛረቦም ዘሎ ሰባት ዝፈልጦም እንተ ኾይኑ ንወስን።
ገለ ዝሕግዘኩም ቃል 'the nearest supermarket' ‘እታ ዝቐረበት ዓባይ ድንኳን’ ማለት ኢዩ፡

Adam
Excuse me! Where's the nearest supermarket, please?
Woman 1
Oh, yes. Turn down here on the left, then…

Adam
Hello! Sorry to bother you. Do you know where the nearest supermarket is, please?
Man
Yes, I do. Go straight down here, then…

Adam
Hello! Can you tell me where the nearest supermarket is, please?
Woman 2
Yes, of course I can. It's just down here on the…

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እንታይ ይመስለኩም? ሳም፡ ኣዳም ነቶም ዝዛረቦም ዝነበረ ሰባት ይፈልጦም ኢልኪ’ዶ ትሓስቢ?

Sam
No, I think he was talking to strangers, people he didn't know. So he was being very polite.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እወ፡ ንሱ ብጣዕሚ ትሑት 'polite' ነይሩ ። ሳም፣ ኣዳም ንሰባት ብትሕትና ክሓትት እንታይ ዓይነት ቃላትን ሓረጋትን ተጠቒሙ?

Sam
Well, he used 'please' a lot! And also 'excuse me' and 'sorry to bother you' in a polite voice or intonation.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እወ፣ ንሱ ብትሕትንኡ ንኣቓልቦ ሰባት ንምስሓብ ነዘን ዝስዕባ ሓረጋት ተጠቒሙ፡ ኣይኮነን ድዩ?

Sam
Absolutely! And then he asked for the same thing, but in three different ways.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ስለዚ ደጊምና ነታ ቀዳመይቲ ሕቶ ንስምዓያ። ንሱ ነታ ሕቶ ብኸመይ ይጅምራ?

Where's the nearest supermarket, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ነቲ ሕቶ ብ 'Where's…', ይጅምሮ፣ ማለት ብ 'Where' ‘ኣበይ’ ከምኡ’ውን 'is' ብሓባር ኮይኖም፡ በቲ ዝሓቶ ሕቶ ኣስዒቡ። ከምኡ’ውን ጎኒ ጎኒ ‘where’ ዝተፈላለዩ ቃላት ክትጥቀሙ ትኽእሉ።

Sam
Yeah, you can say 'What's the nearest supermarket?' or 'Which is the nearest supermarket?'
Shall we practise the pronunciation? Repeat after me:
Where's the nearest supermarket, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
Thank you, Sam! ስለዚ ናይ ኣዳም ሕቶ ትሑት እኳ እንተነበረ፡ ቀጥታዊ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኣብ እንግሊዝ ዘይቀጥታዊ ሕቶታት እውን ኣለዉና። ንኣዳም ደጊምና ንስምዓዮ- እቲ ካልኣይ ክፋል ናይቲ ሕቶ ሓደ ዓይነት ኢዮም። እንተኾነ ግን ነፍሲ ወከፍ ሕቶ ከመይ ከም ዝጀመሮ ኣስተውዒልኩምዎ’ዶ?

Do you know where the nearest supermarket is, please?
Can you tell me where the nearest supermarket is, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሕራይ፡ ስለዚ እቲ ቀዳማይ ብ 'Do you know where…?’ ጀሚሩ። ኣበይ ምዃኑ ትፈልጡ’ዶ ማለት ኢዩ?

Sam
And the second question started with 'Can you tell me where…?'

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
'ኣበይ ከም ዝኾነ ክትነግረኒ'ዶ ምኸኣልካ፧ ማለት ኢዩ። ንኽልቲኦም ሕቶታት’ከ ብኸመይ ዛዚምዎም?
ንናይ ሳም ኣደማምጻ እናተለማመድኩም፡ እዚ ግሲ 'is' ኣበይ ከም ዝኣቱ ኣስተውዕሉ።

Sam
Ready? Repeat after me:
Do you know where the nearest supermarket is, please?
Can you tell me where the nearest supermarket is, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ተዓዚብኩምዎ’ዶ? ኣብ ዘይቀጥታዊ ሕቶታት እቲ ግሲ ማለት ኣብዚ ጉዳይ 'is', ድሕሪ እቲ እንሓቶ ዛዕባ ይኸይድ።
ሕጂ ልምምድ እትገብሩሉ እዋን ኢዩ።
ዓይኒ ምድሪ 'the toilet' ኣበይ ከም ዘሎ ክትፈልጡ ምስእትደልዩ፡ ንሓደ ጋሻ ትሓቱ። ንሕቶኹም ብ 'where' ጀሚርኩም 'please', ምባል ኣይትረስዑ፡ ድሕሪኡ ድማ ምስ ናይ ሳም ኣወዳድርዎ።

Sam
Where's the toilet, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ግርም! ሕጂ ድማ ብዛዕባ እቲ ዓይኒ ምድሪ ሕተቱ፡ ኣብዚ ግዜ እዚ ግን ን 'is' ድሕሪ 'the toilet' ኣእትውዋ።

Sam
Do you know where the toilet is, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
Good! ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ክትብሉ እውን ትኽእሉ፣ 'Can you tell me where the toilet is, please?'
ስለዚ ሕጂ ሓበሬታ ብትሕትና ከመይ ጌርኩም ከም እትሓቱ ፈሊጥኩም ኣለኹም!

Sam
Yes, well done, everyone!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣብ ዝቕጽል How do I… ብሰላም የራኽበና። ሰላም ቀንዩ። Bye!

Sam
Until next time, bye!