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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. We're so glad you're here. Episode 19! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? We've learned so much together. Greetings, numbers, colors... now let's talk about something yummy. Luna: Ooh, food? I'm in. Lucas: Fruits, actually. Two very common ones. Let's start with ሙዝ. Luna: ሙዝ. That sounds fun. What is it? Lucas: It means 'banana'. Say it with me: ሙዝ. Luna: ሙዝ. Lucas: Perfect. A little bit like 'mooz'. Try again: ሙዝ. Luna: ሙዝ. I love bananas. Lucas: Me too. Okay, next fruit: ብርቱካን. Luna: Whoa, that's a long one. ብርቱካን. Lucas: It means 'orange'. Say it slowly: ብር-ቱ-ካን. Luna: ብርቱካን. Is it like 'birtukan'? Lucas: Exactly. One more time: ብርቱካን. Luna: ብርቱካን. Got it. Lucas: Now let's make a sentence. 'I like banana' is ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Luna: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. That's 'I like banana'? Lucas: Yes. ሙዝ is banana, እወዳለሁ means I like. So literally 'banana I like'. Try it. Luna: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Beautiful! Now for orange: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Luna: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. That's 'I like orange'. Lucas: You got it. Let's practice both. Repeat after me: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Luna: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Luna: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Awesome. Now imagine you're at a market in Ethiopia. You see a pile of bananas. What do you say? Luna: Umm... ሙዝ እወዳለሁ? Lucas: Exactly! Or if you see oranges, you say ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Luna: That's so useful. I can already picture myself buying fruit. Lucas: Let's do a quick review. What's banana? Luna: ሙዝ. Lucas: Orange? Luna: ብርቱካን. Lucas: And how do you say 'I like banana'? Luna: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: And 'I like orange'? Luna: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Lucas: You are a natural. Let's do a little dialogue. I'll be the vendor, you be the customer. I say ሰላም, ሙዝ ትፈልጋለህ? That means 'Hello, do you want banana?' Luna: Okay... I'll say አዎ, ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Perfect! Let's go. ሰላም, ሙዝ ትፈልጋለህ? Luna: አዎ, ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Excellent! You just ordered bananas in Amharic. Luna: That felt great. Can we do one more with orange? Lucas: Sure. I say ሰላም, ብርቱካን ትፈልጋለህ? Luna: አዎ, ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Wonderful. You are ready for the market. Luna: I love how simple this is. Just a few words and I can express a lot. Lucas: That's the beauty of Amharic. Let's do a final round of repetition to lock it in. Say after me: ሙዝ. Luna: ሙዝ. Lucas: ብርቱካን. Luna: ብርቱካን. Lucas: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Luna: ሙዝ እወዳለሁ. Lucas: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Luna: ብርቱካን እወዳለሁ. Lucas: Great job. Now you can tell people what fruit you like in Amharic. Luna: And maybe I'll teach my friends. 'I like banana' sounds so cool in Amharic. Lucas: It does. Alright, that's all for today. Keep practicing ሙዝ and ብርቱካን. Next time, we might learn another fruit or maybe something else. Luna: I can't wait. Thanks for learning with us on Fexingo. Lucas: See you next time. ደህና ሁን. Luna: ደህና ሁን!