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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 26! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know. We've covered greetings, numbers, family, colors, even how to say 'I want'. Today, we're adding something new — adjectives. Luna: Oh, adjectives. Like describing words? Lucas: Exactly. We'll learn two very useful ones: 'big' and 'small'. Luna: Great. I've been wanting to describe my enormous coffee order. Luna: ትልቅ. ትልቅ. That sounds like 'tilik'. Lucas: Close! ትልቅ. The 'ት' is like 't' in 'top', and 'ልቅ' is like 'lik' with a soft 'k'. Try again. Luna: ትልቅ. Yes, got it. Lucas: Perfect. Now, 'small' is ትንሽ. Say it. Luna: ትንሽ. ትንሽ. That's 'tinish'. Lucas: Exactly. ትንሽ. Now let's use them in sentences. To say 'this is big', you say ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Repeat after me: ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Luna: ይህ ትልቅ ነው. 'This is big.' Lucas: Right. And 'this is small' is ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Say it. Luna: ይህ ትንሽ ነው. So 'yih tinish new'. Lucas: Nearly perfect. ይህ ትንሽ ነው. The 'ነው' is 'new' but with a slight 'w' at the end. Let's practice with objects. Imagine a big box and a small cat. Luna: Okay. The box is big — ሳጥኑ ትልቅ ነው. Wait, how do you say 'the box'? Lucas: Good question. 'Box' is ሳጥን. So 'the box' is ሳጥኑ. And 'cat' is ድመት. So 'the cat' is ድመቷ. Luna: Ah, from episode 22! So ድመቷ ትንሽ ነች? 'The cat is small'? Lucas: Almost! For feminine, we say ነች instead of ነው. So ድመቷ ትንሽ ነች. Luna: ድመቷ ትንሽ ነች. Got it. Lucas: Now let's do a mini scene. I'll be at a market, and you're selling things. I point to a big watermelon and say ይህ ትልቅ ነው? Luna: Yes, that's a big watermelon! Wait, how do you say watermelon? Lucas: Let's keep it simple. Just say አዎ, ይህ ትልቅ ነው. 'Yes, this is big.' Luna: አዎ, ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Lucas: Great. Then I point to a small apple and say ይህ ትንሽ ነው? Luna: አዎ, ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Lucas: Perfect. You're a natural. Let's practice a few more times. Repeat after me: ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Luna: ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Lucas: ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Luna: ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Lucas: Now let's mix it up. I'll say an object, and you say if it's big or small. Ready? Luna: Ready. Lucas: ዝሆን. Elephant. Luna: ትልቅ! Big! Lucas: አይጥ. Mouse. Luna: ትንሽ! Small! Lucas: Wonderful. Now let's do a quick story. Imagine you walk into a shop and see a big bag and a small phone. You want to say 'this bag is big' and 'this phone is small'. Luna: Bag is ቦርሳ, right? So ይህ ቦርሳ ትልቅ ነው. And phone is ስልክ, so ይህ ስልክ ትንሽ ነው. Lucas: Exactly! ቦርሳ and ስልክ. You used them perfectly. Luna: Thanks! This is fun. Lucas: Before we wrap, let's review all four phrases. First, ትልቅ. Luna: ትልቅ. Lucas: ትንሽ. Luna: ትንሽ. Lucas: ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Luna: ይህ ትልቅ ነው. Lucas: ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Luna: ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Lucas: Excellent! You now know how to describe things as big or small. Practice looking around your room and saying what you see. Luna: I'll start with my coffee mug. It's... ትልቅ? No, it's small. ይህ ትንሽ ነው. Lucas: There you go. Thanks for joining us on Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time! Luna: Bye! ደህና ሁን!