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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. I’m Lucas. Luna: And I’m Luna. Hey everyone. It’s great to be back at the mic again. Lucas: Yeah. We are picking up right where we left off in the kitchen. Luna: Right. Last time we talked about salt and pepper, but today we really lock it in. Lucas: Exactly. Today is about those two essential seasonings. The first one is ጨው. Luna: Okay. ጨው. Let me try that. Lucas: Say it slowly. ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Lucas: Good. That means salt. Now say it normally. ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Salt. Lucas: Perfect. And the second word is ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Okay. Trying that now. Lucas: Slowly. ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: That’s pepper. Say it faster. ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Pepper. Lucas: Great job. Now let’s put them into a polite request. Luna: I always forget how to ask nicely. Lucas: It’s easy. You just add 'yistatu len' to the end. So, ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Can you give me salt? Lucas: Yes. Repeat that. ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Do it once more. ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Excellent. Now for the pepper. ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Give me pepper, please. Lucas: Repeat it. ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Again. ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: You’re getting the rhythm. Now, a tiny grammar point. Luna: I’m ready. Lucas: When we say something means something, we use 'malet'. So ጨው ማለት. Luna: ጨው ማለት. What does that mean? Lucas: It means 'salt means...' or 'the word for salt is...'. Let's say the full thought. Luna: ጨው ማለት salt. Salt means salt. Lucas: Correct. ጨው ማለት. Luna: ጨው ማለት. Lucas: One more time. ጨው ማለት. Luna: ጨው ማለት. Lucas: Now imagine we are at a table. You want the salt. Luna: Okay. ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: They hand it to you. Now you want the pepper. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: And if someone asks what ጨው is, you say ጨው ማለት. Luna: ጨው ማለት. Lucas: Let's review the three phrases together quickly. Luna: Ready. Lucas: First. ጨው. Luna: ጨው. Lucas: Second. ምሳራ. Luna: ምሳራ. Lucas: Third. ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ጨው ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Fourth. ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Luna: ምሳራ ይስጡልኝ. Lucas: Fifth. ጨው ማለት. Luna: ጨው ማለት. Lucas: Nice work. Before we go, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language... Luna: Yeah. A couple of dollars a month is genuinely what keeps these going. Lucas: You can support us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It makes a real difference. Luna: Thanks for listening. Let’s keep practicing until we chat again.