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- Lucas: Hey there, and welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Ready for another tiny lesson? Lucas: Absolutely. Today we're going to learn something super useful for getting around town. Luna: Ooh, I love practical stuff. What is it? Lucas: Directions! Specifically, left and right. In Amharic, left is ግራ. Luna: ግራ. That sounds like 'gra'. Lucas: Exactly. ግራ. Try it once more. Luna: ግራ. Lucas: Perfect! And right is ቀኝ. Luna: ቀኝ. Like 'ken'? Lucas: Close! ቀኝ. Luna: ቀኝ. Lucas: There you go. Now, to say 'on the left' or 'to the left', you add the prefix በ, so it becomes በግራ. Luna: በግራ. Lucas: Yes! And 'on the right' is በቀኝ. Luna: በቀኝ. Lucas: Great job. Let's practice with a little scene. Imagine we're walking down a street and I say, 'The bakery is on the left.' In Amharic: ቤከሪው በግራ ነው. Luna: ቤከሪው በግራ ነው. So 'bakery' is ቤከሪ? Lucas: Actually, ቤከሪ is a loanword we learned before. And ነው means 'is'. So 'The bakery is on the left.' Can you say that? Luna: ቤከሪው በግራ ነው. Lucas: You got it! Now what if the bakery is on the right? ቤከሪው በቀኝ ነው. Luna: ቤከሪው በቀኝ ነው. Lucas: Beautiful. Let's do a quick drill. I'll say a direction, you say the Amharic. Left? Luna: ግራ. Lucas: Right? Luna: ቀኝ. Lucas: On the left? Luna: በግራ. Lucas: On the right? Luna: በቀኝ. Lucas: Nailed it! Now let's imagine we're at a market. I ask, 'Where is the fruit stall?' You can say 'On the left' or 'On the right'. Let's hear you say 'On the left'. Luna: በግራ. Lucas: And 'On the right'? Luna: በቀኝ. Lucas: Fantastic. One more thing: remember we learned 'today' and 'tomorrow' last time? Well, you can combine them. For example, 'Today, turn left' — ዛሬ በግራ ተመለስ. But we'll save 'turn' for another day. Luna: Aw, I wanna say 'turn left' now! Lucas: Patience! For now, just know that ግራ and ቀኝ are your building blocks. Let's do a final review. Repeat after me: ግራ. Luna: ግራ. Lucas: ቀኝ. Luna: ቀኝ. Lucas: በግራ. Luna: በግራ. Lucas: በቀኝ. Luna: በቀኝ. Lucas: Awesome. You're ready to navigate Addis like a pro! Luna: Well, at least I can point left and right. Thanks, Lucas! Lucas: Thank you for learning with Fexingo. Practice these until next time. See you! Luna: Bye!