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83 [eighty-three]

Past tense 3

Past tense 3

83 [ሰማንያንሰለስተን]

83 [semaniyaniselesiteni]

ሕሉፍ 3

[ḥilufi 3]

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to make a call ደ-ለ- ---ል ደ--- ም--- ደ-ለ- ም-ዋ- --------- ደወለ፣ ምድዋል 0
d----e- -idi-a-i d------ m------- d-w-l-፣ m-d-w-l- ---------------- dewele፣ midiwali
I made a call. ኣ---ዊለ ኔ-። ኣ- ደ-- ኔ-- ኣ- ደ-ለ ኔ-። ---------- ኣነ ደዊለ ኔረ። 0
a-e dew--e --r-። a-- d----- n---- a-e d-w-l- n-r-። ---------------- ane dewīle nēre።
I was talking on the phone all the time. ብ-- -- ክ-ው- ው--። ብ-- ግ- ክ--- ው--- ብ-ሕ ግ- ክ-ው- ው-ለ- ---------------- ብዙሕ ግዜ ክድውል ውዒለ። 0
bi----- -izē--i----li -i--le። b------ g--- k------- w------ b-z-h-i g-z- k-d-w-l- w-‘-l-። ----------------------------- bizuḥi gizē kidiwili wi‘īle።
to ask ሓተ-፣-ቶ ሓ----- ሓ-ተ-ሕ- ------ ሓተተ፣ሕቶ 0
ḥ-t-te--̣ito h------------ h-a-e-e-h-i-o ------------- ḥatete፣ḥito
I asked. ሓ-- -ረ። ሓ-- ኔ-- ሓ-ተ ኔ-። ------- ሓቲተ ኔረ። 0
h-at-t--nēre። h------ n---- h-a-ī-e n-r-። ------------- ḥatīte nēre።
I always asked. ብዙ---ዜ------ረ። ብ-- ግ- ሓ-- ኔ-- ብ-ሕ ግ- ሓ-ተ ኔ-። -------------- ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓቲተ ኔረ። 0
b-zu--- -i-- -̣at--- nēr-። b------ g--- h------ n---- b-z-h-i g-z- h-a-ī-e n-r-። -------------------------- bizuḥi gizē ḥatīte nēre።
to narrate ነ-ረ-ኣዘ-ተወ--ምዝንታው ነ--------- ም---- ነ-ረ-ኣ-ን-ወ- ም-ን-ው ---------------- ነገረ፣ኣዘንተወ፣ ምዝንታው 0
n-gere፣--e---e-e፣ -i----t--i n---------------- m--------- n-g-r-፣-z-n-t-w-፣ m-z-n-t-w- ---------------------------- negere፣azenitewe፣ mizinitawi
I narrated. ኣ- እነግር--ረ። ኣ- እ--- ኔ-- ኣ- እ-ግ- ኔ-። ----------- ኣን እነግር ኔረ። 0
a---i-e---- nēr-። a-- i------ n---- a-i i-e-i-i n-r-። ----------------- ani inegiri nēre።
I narrated the whole story. ኣ---ሉ -- ታሪኽ ---- --። ኣ- ኩ- ጊ- ታ-- እ--- ኔ-- ኣ- ኩ- ጊ- ታ-ኽ እ-ግ- ኔ-። --------------------- ኣነ ኩሉ ጊዜ ታሪኽ እነግር ኔረ። 0
an- -ulu g-zē --rī-̱i -n--i-- -ēre። a-- k--- g--- t------ i------ n---- a-e k-l- g-z- t-r-h-i i-e-i-i n-r-። ----------------------------------- ane kulu gīzē tarīẖi inegiri nēre።
to study ምጽናዕ; ምም-ር ም---- ም--- ም-ና-; ም-ሃ- ---------- ምጽናዕ; ምምሃር 0
m---’----i----mih-ri m---------- m------- m-t-’-n-‘-; m-m-h-r- -------------------- mits’ina‘i; mimihari
I studied. ኣነ--መ-- -ረ። ኣ- እ--- ኔ-- ኣ- እ-ሃ- ኔ-። ----------- ኣነ እመሃር ኔረ። 0
an- ---h--i---r-። a-- i------ n---- a-e i-e-a-i n-r-። ----------------- ane imehari nēre።
I studied the whole evening. ኣ- ም-እ --- ክመ-ር-ው--። ኣ- ም-- ም-- ክ--- ው--- ኣ- ም-እ ም-ት ክ-ሃ- ው-ለ- -------------------- ኣነ ምሉእ ምሸት ክመሃር ውዒለ። 0
a-e-mi--’------e-- k-me-a-- -i‘ī--። a-- m----- m------ k------- w------ a-e m-l-’- m-s-e-i k-m-h-r- w-‘-l-። ----------------------------------- ane milu’i misheti kimehari wi‘īle።
to work ስ--፣-ስራሕ ስ------- ስ-ሕ-ም-ራ- -------- ስራሕ፣ምስራሕ 0
si--h--፣mi----h-i s---------------- s-r-h-i-m-s-r-h-i ----------------- siraḥi፣misiraḥi
I worked. ኣነ----ሕ---። ኣ- እ--- ኔ-- ኣ- እ-ር- ኔ-። ----------- ኣነ እሰርሕ ኔረ። 0
a-e i------- n--e። a-- i------- n---- a-e i-e-i-̣- n-r-። ------------------ ane iseriḥi nēre።
I worked all day long. ኣ--ምሉ- -----እሰ-- ኔረ። ኣ- ም-- መ--- እ--- ኔ-- ኣ- ም-እ መ-ል- እ-ር- ኔ-። -------------------- ኣነ ምሉእ መዓልቲ እሰርሕ ኔረ። 0
a-- m-lu-i-m---li----ser-ḥi-n--e። a-- m----- m------- i------- n---- a-e m-l-’- m-‘-l-t- i-e-i-̣- n-r-። ---------------------------------- ane milu’i me‘alitī iseriḥi nēre።
to eat በልዐ--ም--ዕ በ--- ም--- በ-ዐ- ም-ላ- --------- በልዐ፣ ምብላዕ 0
b-l-‘-፣-mib---‘i b------ m------- b-l-‘-፣ m-b-l-‘- ---------------- beli‘ā፣ mibila‘i
I ate. ኣ- ብሊዐ። ኣ- ብ--- ኣ- ብ-ዐ- ------- ኣነ ብሊዐ። 0
an---i--‘ā። a-- b------ a-e b-l-‘-። ----------- ane bilī‘ā።
I ate all the food. ኣነ -ም-- -ቲ ------ዐዮ ። ኣ- ብ--- እ- ም-- በ--- ። ኣ- ብ-ሉ- እ- ም-ቢ በ-ዐ- ። --------------------- ኣነ ብምሉኡ እቲ ምግቢ በሊዐዮ ። 0
ane -imi-u’u-itī -ig-bī--el---yo-። a-- b------- i-- m----- b------- ። a-e b-m-l-’- i-ī m-g-b- b-l-‘-y- ። ---------------------------------- ane bimilu’u itī migibī belī‘āyo ።

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The history of linguistics

Languages have always fascinated mankind. The history of linguistics is therefore very long. Linguistics is the systematic study of language. Even thousands of years ago people contemplated language. In doing so, different cultures developed different systems. As a result, different descriptions of languages emerged. Today's linguistics are based on ancient theories more than anything else. Many traditions were established in Greece in particular. The oldest known work about language comes from India, however. It was written 3,000 years ago by the grammarian Sakatayana. In ancient times, philosophers like Plato busied themselves with languages. Later, Roman authors developed their theories further. Arabians, too, developed their own traditions in the 8th century. Even then, their works show precise descriptions of the Arabian language. In modern times, man particularly wanted to research where language comes from. Scholars were especially interested in the history of language. In the 18th century, people started to compare languages with each other. They wanted to understand how languages develop. Later they concentrated on languages as a system. The question of how languages function was the focal point. Today, a great number of schools of thought exist within linguistics. Many new disciplines have developed since the fifties. These were in part strongly influenced by other sciences. Examples are psycholinguistics or intercultural communication. The newer linguistic schools of thought are very specialized. One example of this is feminist linguistics. So the history of linguistics continues… As long as there are languages, man will contemplate them!