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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 50! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? It's a little milestone. And today we're going to learn something really useful. Luna: Oh, I'm ready. What is it? Lucas: How to say 'I like' in Amharic. It's a simple phrase but you'll use it all the time. Luna: Like, 'I like coffee' or 'I like this song'? Lucas: Exactly. So, the phrase is: ወድጄአለሁ. Luna: ወድጄአለሁ. Lucas: Good. That means 'I like' or 'I love' in a general sense. Let's try it with something. For example, 'I like coffee' – ቡና ወድጄአለሁ. Luna: ቡና ወድጄአለሁ. Lucas: Perfect. ቡና is coffee. So you're saying 'coffee I like' – word order is different from English but you'll get used to it. Luna: So if I want to say 'I like red' – like the color – it would be ቀይ ወድጄአለሁ? Lucas: Exactly. ቀይ ወድጄአለሁ. Nice. Luna: ቀይ ወድጄአለሁ. Lucas: You've got it. Now, how do you ask someone 'Do you like coffee?' – We need to change the verb a bit. Luna: Okay, hit me. Lucas: For 'you', it's: አንተ ቡና ትወዳለህ? That means 'Do you like coffee?' Luna: አንተ ቡና ትወዳለህ? Lucas: Exactly. And the answer: 'Yes, I like' is አዎ እወዳለሁ. Luna: አዎ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Perfect. So let's practice a little dialogue. I'll ask you, and you answer. Luna: Okay, go ahead. Lucas: አንተ ቡና ትወዳለህ? Luna: አዎ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: There you go! You just had your first mini-conversation. Luna: That feels awesome. So what if I want to say 'I like cats'? We learned ድመቁ earlier. Lucas: Right, ድመት is cat. So ድመት ወድጄአለሁ. Luna: ድመት ወድጄአለሁ. I like cats. Lucas: And if you want to say 'I really like' or 'I love' even more, you can add በጣም which means 'very'. Luna: So 'I really like coffee' would be በጣም ቡና ወድጄአለሁ? Lucas: Exactly. Or you can say ቡና በጣም ወድጄአለሁ. Both work. Luna: ቡና በጣም ወድጄአለሁ. I love that! Lucas: You're a natural. So let's review. We have ወድጄአለሁ for 'I like', and we can put the thing we like before it. Luna: Right. And for asking, አንተ... ትወዳለህ? Lucas: Yes. And to answer, አዎ እወዳለሁ. Luna: This is so practical. I can already use this at a café or when talking about music. Lucas: Exactly. And that's the beauty of it – you can plug in almost anything. ሙዚቃ ወድጄአለሁ – I like music. Luna: ሙዚቃ ወድጄአለሁ. Lucas: Perfect. So, before we wrap up, let's do one more round. Luna, አንተ ቀይ ትወዳለህ? Luna: አዎ ቀይ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: See? You're already having a conversation in Amharic. Great job today. Luna: Thank you! And thanks to Fexingo for making this possible. If you're listening, subscribe and practice with us. Lucas: Yes, keep practicing these phrases. Say what you like in Amharic every day. We'll see you next time! Luna: Take care, everyone!