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- Lucas: Hey everyone, it’s Lucas. And this is Luna. Luna: Hi! I’m so glad we’re back. We’ve been doing a lot of cooking stuff lately. Lucas: Right. Last episode was pots and pans. Today, we’re adding flavor. Luna: Yes! The most important things in any kitchen. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, and if today’s lesson feels useful enough to support us, you can buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps the show ad-free and growing. Luna: That’s really kind of you to mention. And it helps us keep making these episodes. Lucas: Exactly. Now, let’s get into the flavors. Luna: First up: salt. Lucas: In Amharic, salt is ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Lucas: Say it with me. ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Lucas: Perfect. That means salt. Luna: I love that word. It sounds crisp. Lucas: It does. Now, let’s do it again slowly. ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Lucas: Good. Now normally. ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Lucas: Great. So ጨው is salt. Luna: Got it. What about pepper? Lucas: Pepper is ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: Let’s try it. ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: Yes. ምሳራ means pepper. Luna: Oh, that’s interesting. It sounds spicy. Lucas: It does. Let’s say it again. ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: Now normally. ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: Excellent. So we have ጨው for salt, and ምሳራ for pepper. Luna: I remember from the last episode that we used ማንኪያ for pot. Lucas: We did. You were asking for the pot. Luna: Right. እባክህ ማንኪያ ስጠኝ. Lucas: Exactly. Please give me the pot. Luna: So today, we want to ask for salt. Lucas: Yes. To ask for something politely, we use ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: That means 'please give me' or 'pass me'. Luna: Okay. So for salt, it would be... ጨው ይስጡልኝ? Lucas: Yes! ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Pass me the salt. Very polite. Luna: I like how formal it sounds. Like at a nice dinner. Lucas: It is. Let’s repeat it. ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Good. Now for pepper. ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Pass me the pepper. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Let’s do that again. ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Perfect. So now you know how to ask for both. Luna: This is so practical. I use this every day. Lucas: It is. Let’s review the words one more time. Luna: Okay. ጨው. Lucas: ጨው. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: ምሳራ. Luna: And the phrases? Lucas: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: You are getting so good at this. Luna: Thank you. I feel like I can actually cook now. Lucas: You probably could. Just don’t forget the ጨው. Luna: No, I won’t. I’ll ask for it politely. Lucas: That’s the spirit. ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: And for pepper? ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: There you go. You’ve got it. Luna: I really do. This is fun. Lucas: It is. Practice these until we chat again. Luna: See you next time!