ምዕራፍ ዓሰርተ ሾሞንተ (me’raf aserte shomonte) Lesson 18

Objective
Buying and Selling /ምግዛአንምሻጥን
Introduction

Buying and Selling /ምግዛአንምሻጥን

Lesson Vocabulary

Lesson Vocabulary

ሓረጣ Usury
ሓድሽ New
ሕሱር Cheap
ሕሳብ (ንገንዘብ) Account
መኽሰብ Profit
ምልቃሕ Loan
ሸጠ Sell
ሹቕ Market
ቅናስ Discount
ብኽነት Wastage
ችርቻረ Retail
ንግዲ Trade
ኣታዊ (ኣብኣተሓሕዛመዝገብ) Credit
ክራይ Rent
ክቡር (ንዋጋ) Expensive
ዋጋ Price
ዓደገ Buy
ዘይሓድሽዘገልገለ Used
ድኳን Shop
ድኳን Store
ጁባ Pocket
ጃምላ Wholesale
ገንዘብ Money
ግብሪ Tax

Lesson Conversation:

Mehari መሐሪ፤ናብ ዱባይ ከምትክይድ ስሚኤ፤ ሃቕ፤ድይው፨ I heard you are going to Dubai is that right?
Aman አማን፤እወ፤አምላክ እንተፈቂድዎ፤ yes, God willing
Mehari መሐሪ፤ንምንታይ ኢካ ትክይድ፧ why are you going?
Aman ናይ ወጻእ አቑህ ትደሊይ I want imported goods
Mehari መሐሪ : እንታይ እይዉ እዚ፧ ? what type of goods?
Aman ናይ ገዛ አቕሑት furniture for houses
Mehari መሃሪ: መአስኢካ ትመፅእ? when you will come back?
Aman አማን: ድሕር ሃሙሸተ መዓልቲአ In five days
Mehari መሃሪ: መኪና ደልይክ ትገዝአለይዶ ምከኣልካ፧ I need a car. Can you buy the car for me?
Aman አማን፤አይከዉንን፤እይዉ፤ክገዝአልካ አይክእል እዬ፤አዪትሐዘለይ፤ no, I cannot, I am sorry.
Mehari መሃሪ፤ፀገም የለነ No problem
Aman አማን፤ምክንያቱም ብዙህ ግዜ የብለይን I don’t have much time
Mehari መሃሪ፤መገዲ፤ሐጎስይግበረልካ have a nice trip!
Aman አማን፤የቀንየለይ Thank you
Mehari መሃሪ፤ገንዘብኻ You are welcome

Lesson Monologue

Buying and Selling /ምግዛአንምሻጥን

አኔ ነጋዳይ እዬ፤አኔ ክዳውንት ንጫማን ይሽይጥ; አኔአቅሁት ካብ ቻይና የምፅእ፤አብይድኮ ንናይ ደቕንስትዬ፤ ክዳን መሸጢ አለኒ አብ ከተማ ናይሮቢ ይርከብ፣ ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜ ተሞክሮ

አለኒ፤ብተወሳኺ ከኣ ንእስራ ዓመት ኣብ ንግዲ  ኔሬ፤፤ አብ ኩሉ ዓመታት፤ግብሪ ይከፍል፤፤

I am a merchant. I sell clothes and shoes. I import goods from China. I have a large shop selling women's clothing in the city of Asmara. I have a lot of experience in this business. I was in trade about twenty years ago.

I pay taxes every year

Lesson Note

Grammar Notes

4. New Words /ሐዲሽ፤ቃላት

ኣቕሓ ገዛ

Furniture

ምክንያቱ

Because

ኣቕሓ

Goods

ብዙሕ፤ግዜ

Much time

ፀገም የለን

No problem

ኣቕሓገዛ

Furniture

ገዛውቲ

Houses

ኣቕሓ

Goods

አምላክ እንተፈቒዱ

Godwilling

ፀገምየለን

No problem

አኔ፤አይክእልን

I cannot

ገዛውቲ

Houses

አኔ፤የብለይን

I have not

አምላክ እንተፈቒዱ

Godwilling

እዚ፤ልክእ፤ድይው

Is that right?

አኔ፤አይክእልን

I cannot

መአልትታ

Days

አኔ፤የብለይን

I have not

ምሰማእ

Heard

እዚ፤ልክእ፤ድይው

Is that right?

መገዲ፤ሐጎስ

Happy travel

መአልትታ

Days

ሐሙሸተ

Five

ምሰማእ

Heard

አይትሐዝለይ

I am sorry

መገዲ፤ሐጎስ

Happy travel

Lesson Exercise

    5.1 Choose the correct answer/  ትኽኽል መልሲ ምረጽ

     

    • Does this work?
    • እዚየስርሕዶ?

     

    • እወ   
    • ኣይኮነን
    • Do you travel?
    • ትገይሽዶ?

     

    • እገይሼ
    • አይገሸን
    • When do you travel to Africa?
    • መኣስክትገይሽኢኻንአፍሪቃ?

     

    • አብሐጋይ
    • አብመሰከረም
    • አብልደት
    • Are you traveling with your family?
    • ምስድራቤትካዲኻእትገይሽ?

     

    • እወ  
    • ንበይነይ

    5.2. Complete the following sentences by appropriate word/ባዶ ቦታ ብጉቡእ ቃል ምልኣዮ

     

    ንአደይክከይድእዬዝመጽዕዘሎ----------------------

    ሐሙሸተወርሂ …………

    ምስበዓልትቤተይ ……………. ክከይድ

    ደቕኻትወሰዶም …………