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- Lucas: Welcome back to the show. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, I want to mention that before we dive in. Luna: Yeah. And honestly, if today was worth a coffee to you, that's the link — buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo — that's F. E. X. I. N. G. O. Lucas: Thanks for listening. Last time we talked about cups and plates, right? We learned ካፕ and ጣሪያ. Luna: Right. So now we have something to hold and something to put on it. But what do we use to eat with? Lucas: That is exactly where we are going today. We are looking at the tools in your hand. Let’s start with the first one. It is the knife. Luna: The knife. Okay. How do we say that? Lucas: We say it like this. ማንኪያ. Luna: ማንኪያ. Lucas: Good. ማንኪያ. It means knife. Let’s try it again. ማንኪያ. Luna: ማንኪያ. Got it. Lucas: Now, let’s move to the second tool. This one is a bit different in some cultures, but very common here. It is the fork. Luna: The fork. Is it similar? Lucas: It sounds quite distinct. Listen closely. ቀዳዳ. Luna: ቀዳዳ. Lucas: Yes. ቀዳዳ. That is fork. One more time, slowly. ቀዳዳ. Luna: ቀዳዳ. Okay, I think I have those two down. Lucas: You’re doing great. Now, the third item. The most important one for many people. The spoon. Luna: Oh, the spoon. I need to master this one. Lucas: It is short and sweet. Listen. ሹካ. Luna: ሹካ. Lucas: Exactly. ሹካ. Spoon. Repeat after me. ሹካ. Luna: ሹካ. Okay. So we have ማንኪያ for knife, ቀዳዳ for fork, and ሹካ for spoon. Lucas: Perfect summary. Now, let’s put this into a real situation. Imagine you are sitting down to eat, and you realize you don’t have a spoon. Luna: Oh no. What do I say? Lucas: You want to be polite. You say: እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Luna: እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Lucas: Break it down slightly. እባክህ means please. ሹካ is spoon. ስጠኝ means give me. So, please give me a spoon. Luna: Please give me a spoon. እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Lucas: Spot on. Let’s practice that full phrase. እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Luna: እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Lucas: Again. እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Luna: እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. That feels so useful. Lucas: It really is. Because sometimes you might need a fork instead. Let’s try swapping the word. እባክህ ቀዳዳ ስጠኝ. Luna: እባክህ ቀዳዳ ስጠኝ. Please give me a fork. Lucas: And if you need the knife? እባክህ ማንኪያ ስጠኝ. Luna: እባክህ ማንኪያ ስጠኝ. Please give me a knife. Lucas: You are picking this up very quickly. Let’s review the words one last time. Knife is...? Luna: ማንኪያ. Lucas: Fork is...? Luna: ቀዳዳ. Lucas: Spoon is...? Luna: ሹካ. Lucas: And the polite request? 'Please give me a spoon'? Luna: እባክህ ሹካ ስጠኝ. Lucas: Excellent work today. These small tools make a big difference when you are eating out. Practice these until we chat again.