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- Lucas: Luna, welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Ready for today? Luna: Always. What's our topic? Lucas: Family — but specifically, brother and sister. We've done mother and father, so it's time for siblings. Luna: Oh, perfect. I have a brother, so this is personal. Lucas: Great! Let's start with the word for brother. In Amharic, it's ወንድም. Listen: ወንድም. Luna: ወንድም. Lucas: Yes, good. Now sister: እህት. Try it. Luna: እህት. Lucas: Exactly. Now, to say 'my brother', we add a suffix: ወንድሜ. My brother. Luna: ወንድሜ. Lucas: And 'my sister': እህቴ. Luna: እህቴ. Lucas: Let's build a sentence. 'My brother is big.' In Amharic: ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው. Repeat after me: ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው. Luna: ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው. Lucas: And 'My sister is small': እህቴ ትንሽ ናት. Luna: እህቴ ትንሽ ናት. Lucas: You're picking it up quickly. So you mentioned you have a brother. What's he like? Luna: Well, my brother is tall. How would I say that? Lucas: You can say: ወንድሜ ረጅም ነው. But let's stick with big and small for now. We'll get to tall later. So, ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው or ትንሽ ነው. Luna: Got it. So if I say ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው, that means my brother is big. Lucas: Exactly. And my sister is small: እህቴ ትንሽ ናት. Notice we use ነው for masculine and ናት for feminine. Luna: Oh, so verb agreement. That's important. Lucas: Right. Now, let's practice a mini conversation. I'll ask you about your brother. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው? Is my brother big? No — that's silly. Let me ask: ወንድምህ ትልቅ ነው? Is your brother big? Luna: Hmm, I'd say አዎ, ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው. Yes, my brother is big. Lucas: Perfect! You used ወንድሜ naturally. Now, let's do a quick review. Can you say the words we learned today? Luna: Sure: ወንድም for brother, እህት for sister, ወንድሜ for my brother, እህቴ for my sister, ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው, and እህቴ ትንሽ ናት. Lucas: You nailed it. Now, before we go further, I want to mention something. You know, Fexingo keeps this whole show ad-free and listener-supported. A few people chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's honestly what keeps making these episodes possible. Luna: Yeah, I think that's cool. It keeps the focus on learning. Lucas: Absolutely. So back to siblings. Let's try using these in a sentence about someone else. How would you say 'My sister is big'? Luna: That would be እህቴ ትልቅ ናት. Lucas: Yes! And 'My brother is small'? Luna: ወንድሜ ትንሽ ነው. Lucas: Great. Now, imagine you have two brothers. You could say 'ወንድሞቼ' for my brothers. But that's for another day. For now, just practice the singular forms. Try saying: My brother is big. Luna: ወንድሜ ትልቅ ነው. Lucas: My sister is small. Luna: እህቴ ትንሽ ናት. Lucas: Wonderful. Let's do one more round. I'll say the English, you give the Amharic. Brother. Luna: ወንድም. Lucas: Sister. Luna: እህት. Lucas: My brother. Luna: ወንድሜ. Lucas: My sister. Luna: እህቴ. Lucas: Perfect. So today we learned ወንድም, እህት, ወንድሜ, እህቴ, and how to say they are big or small. Next time we'll add more family members. Luna: I can't wait. This is fun. Lucas: Glad you think so. Practice these with your real brother if you can. Until next time, keep learning with Fexingo. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. Bye!