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4 [four]

At school

At school

4 [ኣርባዕተ]

4 [ariba‘ite]

ኣብ ትምህርቲ

[abi timihiritī]

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Where are we? ኣበ- ኢና --ና? ኣ-- ኢ- ዘ--- ኣ-ይ ኢ- ዘ-ና- ----------- ኣበይ ኢና ዘለና? 0
abeyi-īn--z-len-? a---- ī-- z------ a-e-i ī-a z-l-n-? ----------------- abeyi īna zelena?
We are at school. ንሕና -- ቤት---ህ---ኣሎ-። ን-- ኣ- ቤ- ት---- ኣ--- ን-ና ኣ- ቤ- ት-ህ-ቲ ኣ-ና- -------------------- ንሕና ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኣሎና። 0
n--̣--- abi bē----i--h-ri-- al--a። n------ a-- b--- t--------- a----- n-h-i-a a-i b-t- t-m-h-r-t- a-o-a- ---------------------------------- niḥina abi bēti timihiritī alona።
We are having class / a lesson. ን-- ኣ--ትምህ---ክላ---ሎ-። ን-- ኣ- ት-------- ኣ--- ን-ና ኣ- ት-ህ-ቲ-ክ-ስ ኣ-ና- --------------------- ንሕና ኣብ ትምህርቲ/ክላስ ኣሎና። 0
ni-̣ina-ab- ----hir-tī-k--a-i -lon-። n------ a-- t---------------- a----- n-h-i-a a-i t-m-h-r-t-/-i-a-i a-o-a- ------------------------------------ niḥina abi timihiritī/kilasi alona።
Those are the school children. እ-ኣቶ- እቶ- ---- እዮም። እ---- እ-- ተ--- እ--- እ-ኣ-ም እ-ም ተ-ሃ- እ-ም- ------------------- እዚኣቶም እቶም ተመሃሮ እዮም። 0
i-ī--t-mi-ito-i-te--h-r---yo--። i-------- i---- t------- i----- i-ī-a-o-i i-o-i t-m-h-r- i-o-i- ------------------------------- izī’atomi itomi temeharo iyomi።
That is the teacher. እ-ኣ-እ--መ--ር እ-። እ-- እ- መ--- እ-- እ-ኣ እ- መ-ህ- እ-። --------------- እዚኣ እታ መምህር እያ። 0
i---a it- ---ih-r- iy-። i---- i-- m------- i--- i-ī-a i-a m-m-h-r- i-a- ----------------------- izī’a ita memihiri iya።
That is the class. እዚ--ቲ---ስ --። እ- እ- ክ-- እ-- እ- እ- ክ-ስ እ-። ------------- እዚ እቲ ክላስ እዩ። 0
i-ī i-- ---as--iy-። i-- i-- k----- i--- i-ī i-ī k-l-s- i-u- ------------------- izī itī kilasi iyu።
What are we doing? እ-ታ- -ንገ-ር -ና? እ--- ክ---- ኢ-- እ-ታ- ክ-ገ-ር ኢ-? -------------- እንታይ ክንገብር ኢና? 0
i-it-y- ----ge-ir- ī-a? i------ k--------- ī--- i-i-a-i k-n-g-b-r- ī-a- ----------------------- initayi kinigebiri īna?
We are learning. ን-ና -ም-- ኣ-ና። ን-- ን--- ኣ--- ን-ና ን-ሃ- ኣ-ና- ------------- ንሕና ንምሃር ኣሎና። 0
n--̣--a ni-ih-ri-alon-። n------ n------- a----- n-h-i-a n-m-h-r- a-o-a- ----------------------- niḥina nimihari alona።
We are learning a language. ን---ሓደ ቋ-ቋ-ን--- -ሎና። ን-- ሓ- ቋ-- ን--- ኣ--- ን-ና ሓ- ቋ-ቋ ን-ሃ- ኣ-ና- -------------------- ንሕና ሓደ ቋንቋ ንመሃር ኣሎና። 0
n-ḥ--a--̣-d- -’-an--’wa-nime-ar---l--a። n------ h---- k--------- n------- a----- n-h-i-a h-a-e k-w-n-k-w- n-m-h-r- a-o-a- ---------------------------------------- niḥina ḥade k’wanik’wa nimehari alona።
I learn English. ኣነ-ኢ-ግሊ-ኛ--መሃር ኣሎ-። ኣ- ኢ----- እ--- ኣ--- ኣ- ኢ-ግ-ዝ- እ-ሃ- ኣ-ኹ- ------------------- ኣነ ኢንግሊዝኛ እመሃር ኣሎኹ። 0
ane---igi--z-ny---meh-r- -l--̱u። a-- ī----------- i------ a------ a-e ī-i-i-ī-i-y- i-e-a-i a-o-̱-። -------------------------------- ane īnigilīzinya imehari aloẖu።
You learn Spanish. ን---ንስኺ--ፓኛ-ት-ሃ- -ሎ---ሎኺ። ን------ ስ-- ት--- ኣ------- ን-ኻ-ን-ኺ ስ-ኛ ት-ሃ- ኣ-ኻ-ኣ-ኺ- ------------------------- ንስኻ/ንስኺ ስፓኛ ትመሃር ኣሎኻ/ኣሎኺ። 0
n-siẖa/--s---ī-------a-timeha-- a-oẖ------̱ī። n-------------- s------ t------- a------------- n-s-h-a-n-s-h-ī s-p-n-a t-m-h-r- a-o-̱-/-l-h-ī- ----------------------------------------------- nisiẖa/nisiẖī sipanya timehari aloẖa/aloẖī።
He learns German. ን--ጀ---ኛ ይ-ሃር-ኣሎ። ን- ጀ---- ይ--- ኣ-- ን- ጀ-መ-ኛ ይ-ሃ- ኣ-። ----------------- ንሱ ጀርመንኛ ይመሃር ኣሎ። 0
n--- -e----nin---y-me--r--a--። n--- j---------- y------- a--- n-s- j-r-m-n-n-a y-m-h-r- a-o- ------------------------------ nisu jerimeninya yimehari alo።
We learn French. ንሕና-ፍ--ስኛ-ን--ር---ና። ን-- ፍ---- ን--- ኣ--- ን-ና ፍ-ን-ኛ ን-ሃ- ኣ-ና- ------------------- ንሕና ፍራንስኛ ንመሃር ኣሎና። 0
n-h-ina--i-a-i--n-a --meha-- -l--a። n------ f---------- n------- a----- n-h-i-a f-r-n-s-n-a n-m-h-r- a-o-a- ----------------------------------- niḥina firanisinya nimehari alona።
You all learn Italian. ንስ--ኩ---ል-ንኛ --ሃሩ ኢ-ም። ን----- ጣ---- ት--- ኢ--- ን-ኻ-ኩ- ጣ-ያ-ኛ ት-ሃ- ኢ-ም- ---------------------- ንስኻትኩም ጣልያንኛ ትመሃሩ ኢኹም። 0
nisi-̱-t---m- --al---ni-ya-t-m-h-r---h---i። n------------ t----------- t------- ī------ n-s-h-a-i-u-i t-a-i-a-i-y- t-m-h-r- ī-̱-m-። ------------------------------------------- nisiẖatikumi t’aliyaninya timeharu īẖumi።
They learn Russian. ንስ-ት-ም -ስኛ -----ኢኹም። ን----- ሩ-- ት--- ኢ--- ን-ኻ-ኩ- ሩ-ኛ ት-ሃ- ኢ-ም- -------------------- ንስኻትኩም ሩስኛ ትመሃሩ ኢኹም። 0
n-s-h-a---u---r-s---- tim-h-r- īẖumi። n------------ r------ t------- ī------ n-s-h-a-i-u-i r-s-n-a t-m-h-r- ī-̱-m-። -------------------------------------- nisiẖatikumi rusinya timeharu īẖumi።
Learning languages is interesting. ቋንቋታ---ምሃር -ራኺ---። ቋ---- ም--- ማ-- እ-- ቋ-ቋ-ት ም-ሃ- ማ-ኺ እ-። ------------------ ቋንቋታት ምምሃር ማራኺ እዩ። 0
k’----k--atati -imiha-i--araẖ-----። k------------- m------- m------ i--- k-w-n-k-w-t-t- m-m-h-r- m-r-h-ī i-u- ------------------------------------ k’wanik’watati mimihari maraẖī iyu።
We want to understand people. ን-- --ባት ክ----ም ---። ን-- ን--- ክ----- ደ--- ን-ና ን-ባ- ክ-ር-ኦ- ደ-ና- -------------------- ንሕና ንሰባት ክንርድኦም ደሊና። 0
n--̣-n- -is-b--i--in-ri-i---------n-። n------ n------- k----------- d------ n-h-i-a n-s-b-t- k-n-r-d-’-m- d-l-n-። ------------------------------------- niḥina nisebati kiniridi’omi delīna።
We want to speak with people. ን-ና-ም--ሰባ---ን--ብ--ሊና። ን-- ም- ሰ-- ክ---- ደ--- ን-ና ም- ሰ-ት ክ-ዛ-ብ ደ-ና- --------------------- ንሕና ምስ ሰባት ክንዛረብ ደሊና። 0
niḥ-n--misi-s--a-------zar----del---። n------ m--- s----- k--------- d------ n-h-i-a m-s- s-b-t- k-n-z-r-b- d-l-n-። -------------------------------------- niḥina misi sebati kinizarebi delīna።

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Mother Language Day

Do you love your native language? Then you should celebrate it in the future! And always on February 21! That is International Mother Language Day. It has been celebrated every year since 2000. UNESCO established the day. UNESCO is a United Nations (UN) organization. They are concerned with topics in science, education, and culture. UNESCO strives to protect the cultural heritage of humanity. Languages are a cultural heritage too. Therefore, they must be protected, cultivated, and promoted. Linguistic diversity is commemorated on February 21. It is estimated that there are 6,000 to 7,000 languages worldwide. Half of those, however, are threatened by extinction. Every two weeks, a language is lost forever. Yet each language is an enormous wealth of knowledge. The knowledge of a nation's people is gathered in languages. The history of a nation is reflected in its language. Experiences and traditions are also passed on through language. For this reason, the native language is an element of every national identity. When a language dies out, more than just words are lost. And all of this is meant to be commemorated on February 21. People should understand what meaning languages have. And they should reflect upon what they can do to protect languages. So show your language that it's important to you! Perhaps you could bake it a cake? And put nice fondant writing on it. In your ‘mother language’, of course!
Did you know?
Bosnian is a South Slavic language. It is primarily spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Groups of speakers can also be found in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. Bosnian is the native language of approximately 2.5 million people. It is very similar to Croatian and Serbian. The vocabulary, orthography, and grammar of the 3 languages only differ slightly. A person who speaks Bosnian can also understand Serbian and Croatian very easily. Therefore, the status of the Bosnian language is discussed often. Some linguists doubt that Bosnian is a language at all. They claim that it is just a dialect of the Serbo-Croatian language. The many foreign influences in Bosnian are interesting. Earlier the region belonged to the Orient and to the Occident on a rotating basis. Because of this, there are many Arabic, Turkish, and Persian terms in the vocabulary. That is actually very rare in Slavic languages. It makes Bosnian very unique though.