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- Lucas: Luna, ready for another small step in Amharic? Luna: Always. What are we learning today? Lucas: Two of the most useful words: እኔ, which means 'I', and አንተ or አንቺ, which mean 'you'. Luna: So there are two ways to say 'you'? Lucas: Exactly. አንተ is for a male, and አንቺ is for a female. Luna: Got it. Let me try: እኔ — that's 'I'. Lucas: Perfect. Now try አንተ. Luna: አንተ. Lucas: And አንቺ. Luna: አንቺ. Oof, that one's trickier. Lucas: You nailed it. Now let's build a sentence. እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ — 'I am a student'. Luna: እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ. So ተማሪ is 'student'? Lucas: Yes. And ነኝ means 'am'. Luna: Okay, so word by word: እኔ I, ተማሪ student, ነኝ am. I am a student. Lucas: Exactly. Now for 'you': አንተ ደግ ነህ — 'you are kind'. Luna: አንተ ደግ ነህ. And for a female? Lucas: አንቺ ደግ ነሽ. So ነህ and ነሽ are the 'are' for male and female. Luna: አንቺ ደግ ነሽ. That's a mouthful, but I love it. Lucas: Let's practice all three sentences together. Repeat after me: እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ. Luna: እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ. Lucas: አንተ ደግ ነህ. Luna: አንተ ደግ ነህ. Lucas: አንቺ ደግ ነሽ. Luna: አንቺ ደግ ነሽ. Lucas: Excellent. Now let's use them in a mini conversation. Imagine I say: እኔ ሉካስ ነኝ. አንቺ ማን ነሽ? Luna: That means 'I am Lucas. Who are you?' right? Lucas: Yes. So how would you answer? Luna: እኔ ሉና ነኝ. Lucas: Perfect. You just introduced yourself in Amharic. Luna: Wait, so ማን means 'who'? And ነሽ is 'are' for female? Lucas: Exactly. You're picking it up fast. Luna: This is fun. I can already say who I am and compliment someone. Lucas: And that's just the start. You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress like this, a handful of listeners chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's literally what funds making this many of these. Luna: Yeah, it's a small thing that keeps the show ad-free and going strong. We're grateful for every bit of support. Lucas: And it lets us keep making episodes like this one. Now, let's review: what's 'I' in Amharic? Luna: እኔ. Lucas: And 'you' to a male? Luna: አንተ. Lucas: To a female? Luna: አንቺ. Lucas: And 'I am a student'? Luna: እኔ ተማሪ ነኝ. Lucas: You are kind? Luna: አንተ ደግ ነህ. Lucas: You are kind? Luna: አንቺ ደግ ነሽ. Lucas: Nailed it. Practice these, and next time we'll build on them. Luna: I will. Thanks, Lucas. See you next time, everyone! Lucas: Keep practicing, and we'll talk again soon. Bye!