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- Lucas: Luna, I'm in the mood for a big meal today. What about you? Luna: Oh, absolutely. But we need to go shopping first. Let's hit the market and get some meat. Lucas: Perfect. Today we're learning how to buy meat in Amharic. The word for meat is ሥጋ. Listen: ሥጋ. Luna: ሥጋ. That has a nice sound to it. ሥጋ. Lucas: Great. So if you want to say 'I want to buy meat,' you say ሥጋ ልገዛ. Let me break it down: ሥጋ is meat, ልገዛ means I want to buy. Luna: ሥጋ ልገዛ. I want to buy meat. Lucas: Exactly. Now, when you're at the market, you can ask the seller 'Do you have meat?' That's ሥጋ አለ? Luna: ሥጋ አለ? That feels natural. So the seller might say አዎ፣ ሥጋ አለ. Lucas: Yes, 'Yes, there is meat.' Now, to ask 'How much is the meat?' you say ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? Luna: ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? That's a mouthful. Lucas: It is. Try it slowly: ሥጋው, then ምን ያህል, then ነው. Together: ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? Luna: ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? I think I got it. Lucas: And if you're the seller, you can say ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ, 'I sell meat.' Let's practice that: ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ. Luna: ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ. That's fun to say. Lucas: Okay, let me imagine we're at the market. I'm the seller and you're the buyer. Luna: Great. So I walk up and say ሥጋ አለ? Lucas: አዎ፣ ሥጋ አለ. ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ. Luna: ሥጋ ልገዛ. ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? Lucas: Perfect! You just had a whole conversation. ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? was spot on. Luna: I love that I can already do market shopping in Amharic. This is so practical. Lucas: You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Amharic like this, that's exactly why we keep making these episodes. Luna: Yeah, and we deliberately don't run ads on these. If you want to support that choice, the link is buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: It helps us keep the show going and ad-free. Anyway, back to the market. Let's try another scenario. Luna: Okay, let's say I want to buy a lot of meat. How do I say 'I want to buy meat' again? ሥጋ ልገዛ? Lucas: Yes, exactly. Now what if the seller says the meat is 50 birr? He might say ሥጋው ሀምሳ ብር ነው. That's 'The meat is 50 birr.' Luna: ሥጋው ሀምሳ ብር ነው. Good to know. Lucas: Let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: ሥጋ. Luna: ሥጋ. Lucas: ሥጋ ልገዛ. Luna: ሥጋ ልገዛ. Lucas: ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? Luna: ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? Lucas: ሥጋ አለ? Luna: ሥጋ አለ? Lucas: አዎ፣ ሥጋ አለ. Luna: አዎ፣ ሥጋ አለ. Lucas: ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ. Luna: ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ. Lucas: You're doing amazing. Now, let's put it all together. I'll be the seller, you be the buyer. Ready? Luna: Let's do it. Lucas: እንኳን ደህና መጡ! ሥጋ እሸጣለሁ. Luna: ሥጋ አለ? Lucas: አዎ፣ ሥጋ አለ. Luna: ሥጋ ልገዛ. ሥጋው ምን ያህል ነው? Lucas: ሥጋው ሀምሳ ብር ነው. Luna: እሺ, እገዛለሁ. That's 'okay, I'll buy it.' Oh wait, I said that in Amharic! እሺ, እገዛለሁ. Lucas: See, you're already a natural. And that's a wrap for today. Practice these phrases and you'll be a market pro. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. Until next time, keep practicing!