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Basic Course
Unit 5
Structure Sentences
Perfective
| town, city | kətəma |
| I went | hedhu/hedku |
| I went to town. | wədə kətəmá hedhu. |
| house, home | bet |
| you (m) looked for, wanted | fəlləgh |
| You (m) looked for a house. | bét fəlləgh. |
| money | gənzəb |
| fəlləgš | you (f) looked for, wanted |
| You (f) wanted money. | gənzə́b fəlləgš. |
| a man | səwıyye |
| the men | səwıyyew |
| to call | məTrat |
| he wanted | fəlləgə |
| The man wanted to call his father. | səwıyyew abbatun məTrat fəlləgə. |
| a woman | setıyyo |
| the woman | setıyyowa |
| she saw | ayyəc |
| The woman saw her mother. | setıyyowa ınnatwan ayyəc. |
| to Kebbede | ləkəbbədə |
| cup | sıni |
| coffee | bunna/bun |
| we gave | səTTən |
| We gave a cup of coffee to Kebbede. | ləkəbbədə and sıni bunná səTTən. |
| study, knowledge, lesson | tımıhırt |
| school | tımıhırtbet/təmaribet |
| you (pl.) went | heddaccıhu |
| You (pl.) went to school. | ınnantə́ wədə tımıhırtbet hedaccıhu. |
| they (or: you, he, she (pol.)) saw | ayyu |
| The students saw the dining room. | təmariwoc mıgıbbetun ayyu. |
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