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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. We are so happy to be here with you again. Lucas: In our last episode, we talked about trousers and pants. Today, let's look at women's clothing. Luna: Yes. Dresses and skirts. These are such common items. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, your support keeps us going. Luna: We have a small request. If you can help us grow, you can visit buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: It helps us keep the show ad-free and focused on your learning. Thank you. Luna: Okay, let's get back to the clothes. What is the word for dress? Lucas: The word is ድሬስ. Listen closely. Lucas: ድሬስ.... ድሬስ. Luna: ድሬስ. It sounds like dress. Lucas: Exactly. It is a loanword. Very easy to remember. Let's try it again. Lucas: ድሬስ.... ድሬስ. Luna: ድሬስ. Got it. And what about skirt? Lucas: The word for skirt is ስክርት. Lucas: ስክርት.... ስክርት. Luna: ስክርት. That sounds like skirt too. Lucas: Right. Another loanword. So we have two words: ድሬስ and ስክርት. Luna: Let's put them together. I want to ask for a dress. Lucas: To ask someone to show you something, we use a polite phrase. Lucas: The phrase is: እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Lucas: Listen. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Luna: እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. That is a long one. Lucas: It is. But very useful. እባክህ means please. ድሬስ is dress. አሳይልኝ means show me. Luna: So, please show me dress. Okay. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's do the same for skirt. Lucas: The phrase is: እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Lucas: Listen. እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Luna: እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Please show me skirt. Lucas: Yes. You are swapping just one word. እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Luna: እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. I love how consistent that is. Lucas: It really is. Let's practice both. Imagine you are in a shop. Luna: Okay. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Then, እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Lucas: Great. Now, what if you like the item? You might want to know the price. Luna: How do I ask for the price? Lucas: You say: ይህ ስንት ነው? Lucas: ይህ ስንት ነው? Listen. Luna: ይህ ስንት ነው? How much is this? Lucas: Correct. ይህ means this. ስንት means how much. ነው is is. Luna: ይህ ስንት ነው? Simple and clear. Lucas: Let's combine everything. A full little scene. Luna: I will go first. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Lucas: The shopkeeper shows it. You say: ይህ ስንት ነው? Luna: Then I ask for the skirt. እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Lucas: And finally: ይህ ስንት ነው? Luna: This is working so well. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Lucas: Remember to repeat these. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Luna: And እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. Practice makes perfect. Lucas: Exactly. Say it out loud. እባክህ ድሬስ አሳይልኝ. Luna: እባክህ ስክርት አሳይልኝ. I feel confident now. Lucas: Good. You are ready for the market. ይህ ስንት ነው? Luna: Thank you, Lucas. This was fun. Lucas: Thanks for listening to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Luna: Practice these phrases till we chat again. Lucas: See you next time.