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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Ready to learn something sweet today? Lucas: Absolutely. We're going to talk about love. Or at least, how to say 'I love' in Amharic. Luna: Oh, I love that! Perfect timing with Valentine's Day coming up. Lucas: Exactly. So the key phrase is እወዳለሁ. Let me say it slowly: እወዳለሁ. Luna: እወዳለሁ. Hmm, that's a mouthful. Let me try: እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Very close! You said እወዳለሁ. That's perfect. Luna: Really? I love that. Wait, can I use it to say 'I love coffee'? Lucas: You can! But it depends. እወዳለሁ can mean both 'I love' and 'I like'. So 'I love coffee' would be ቡና እወዳለሁ. Luna: ቡና እወዳለሁ. So ቡና is coffee, and then እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Right. And if you want to say 'I love you', it's እወዳለሁ with the object. But actually, the most common way to say 'I love you' is እወዳለሁ. Wait, let's keep it simple. For now, just እወዳለሁ on its own can mean 'I love' or 'I like'. Luna: Okay, so if someone asks me 'Do you like injera?' I can say እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Exactly. But if you want to be more specific, you can say እንጀራ እወዳለሁ. Luna: እንጀራ እወዳለሁ. I like injera. I can definitely say that. Lucas: Let's practice a few. Say 'I like tea'. Luna: ሻይ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Perfect. And 'I like music'? Luna: ሙዚቃ እወዳለሁ. Wait, is ሙዚቃ music? Lucas: Yes! You got it. Luna: Awesome. So እወዳለሁ is really versatile. Lucas: It is. And you can use it for people too. Like 'I love my family' would be ቤተሰቤን እወዳለሁ. Luna: ቤተሰቤን እወዳለሁ. That's beautiful. Lucas: You know, it's interesting. A lot of listeners have been using Fexingo to learn phrases like this. Luna: Yeah, and it's great because the show is ad-free and listener-supported. People can chip in at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo if they want to help us keep making episodes. Lucas: Exactly. It's a small group who make it possible, and we're grateful. Luna: Anyway, back to love! So if I want to say 'I love you' to a male friend, it's እወዳለሁ? Or is it different? Lucas: Good question. The verb stays the same, but you add the object pronoun. For a male, it's እወዳለሁ. Actually, let's not overcomplicate. Let's stick with the basic እወዳለሁ for now. Luna: Okay. So I can just say እወዳለሁ and people will understand I love or like something. Lucas: Right. Context helps. If you're holding a coffee and say እወዳለሁ, they'll know you mean the coffee. Luna: Let's practice a dialogue. You ask me if I like something. Lucas: Okay. ቡና ትወዳለህ? Luna: አዎ፣ ቡና እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Excellent! You said 'Yes, I love coffee.' Perfect. Luna: So አዎ is 'yes'. And then ቡና እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Exactly. Let's do one more. Ask me if I like tea. Luna: ሻይ ትወዳለህ? Lucas: አዎ፣ ሻይ እወዳለሁ. Luna: Great. So we can use this pattern for any noun. Lucas: Yes. And remember, እወዳለሁ is the verb for 'I love/like'. It's powerful. Luna: I love that we learned this today. Now I can tell my Ethiopian friend I love their cooking. Lucas: That will make them happy. Just say ምግብህን እወዳለሁ. Luna: ምግብህን እወዳለሁ. I love your food. Perfect. Lucas: Let's wrap up with a quick review. Repeat after me: እወዳለሁ. Luna: እወዳለሁ. Lucas: ቡና እወዳለሁ. Luna: ቡና እወዳለሁ. Lucas: ሻይ እወዳለሁ. Luna: ሻይ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: እንጀራ እወዳለሁ. Luna: እንጀራ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Wonderful. You're ready to express love in Amharic. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. This was fun. Practice these phrases, everyone, and we'll see you next time on Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Lucas: Bye for now!