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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Ready for another episode? Lucas: Absolutely. Today we're going to the market to buy bananas. A classic scenario. Luna: Oh, I love bananas. And I remember we already learned the word ሙዝ in a previous episode. So this will be a nice review with some new phrases. Lucas: Exactly. If you find these episodes useful, by the way, Fexingo stays ad-free thanks to listener support. You can help at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It really helps us keep going. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to give back if you're enjoying the show. Now back to bananas. Lucas: So the key phrase today: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. That means 'I want bananas.' Let's break it down. ሙዝ is banana, and እፈልጋለሁ means 'I want.' Say it with me: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Luna: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Lucas: Good. Now, when you're at the market, you'll also need to ask the price: ስንት ነው? That means 'How much is it?' Let's try: ስንት ነው? Luna: ስንት ነው? Sounds like 'sint new'? Lucas: Close enough. And the seller might say አምስት ብር ነው, meaning 'It is five birr.' አምስት is five, ብር is the currency, and ነው means 'it is.' So አምስት ብር ነው. Luna: አምስት ብር ነው. That's easy. Lucas: Then you can say ውሰድ, which means 'take it' or 'here you go' when you hand over the money. Let's practice a mini conversation. Luna: OK, I'll be the customer. Lucas: And I'll be the seller. You say ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Luna: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Lucas: Then I ask ስንት ነው? Wait, no, I'm the seller, so I should say the price. Let me redo. You ask ስንት ነው? Luna: ስንት ነው? Lucas: I reply አምስት ብር ነው. Then you hand me the money and I say ውሰድ. Luna: Got it. So the whole thing: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. ስንት ነው? አምስት ብር ነው. ውሰድ. Lucas: Perfect. Let's hear it once more from you. Luna: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. ስንት ነው? አምስት ብር ነው. ውሰድ. Lucas: Excellent. Now imagine you're at the market in Addis. You see a pile of bananas. You say ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. The seller smiles and says ስንት ነው? Wait, that's the customer's line. Let me fix that. Luna: I think the seller would just give the price. So you say ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ, then you ask ስንት ነው? The seller says አምስት ብር ነው, you pay, and they say ውሰድ. Lucas: Right. Let's run that dialogue one more time together. I'll be the seller. You start. Luna: ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Lucas: Good. Now you ask the price. Luna: ስንት ነው? Lucas: አምስት ብር ነው. Luna: OK, here's the money. Lucas: ውሰድ. And that's how you buy bananas in Amharic. Practice these phrases until they feel natural. Luna: I will. ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ, ስንት ነው?, አምስት ብር ነው, ውሰድ. Lucas: Perfect. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time on Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Luna: Bye for now!