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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Luna, I'm in the mood for something sweet. Luna: Oh, me too! Are we going to the market again? Lucas: Absolutely. But this time, let's focus on a specific fruit. Luna: Bananas! I love bananas. How do I say that in Amharic? Lucas: Banana is ሙዝ. Listen: ሙዝ. Say it with me: ሙዝ. Luna: ሙዝ. That's short and sweet. Lucas: Exactly. Now, when you're at a market, you might point to a bunch and ask 'እንደዚህ ያለ?' which means 'Like this?' Luna: እንደዚህ ያለ? So if I point, I say እንደዚህ ያለ? Lucas: That's right. The vendor will nod and you can say 'ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ' — 'I want two bananas.' Luna: ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Let me try: ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. Lucas: Perfect. Then you'll ask 'ስንት ነው?' — 'How much is it?' Luna: ስንት ነው? I know that from last time. The vendor might say 'አራት ብር ነው' — 'It's four birr.' Lucas: You're catching on. And then you hand over the money and say 'እባክህ' — 'Please' or 'Here you go.' Luna: እባክህ. So the whole exchange: I point, say እንደዚህ ያለ?, then ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ, then ስንት ነው?, they say አራት ብር ነው, and I say እባክህ. Lucas: That's exactly it. Let's practice that together. I'll be the vendor. You approach my stall. Luna: Okay. እንደዚህ ያለ? Lucas: Yes, those are good bananas. አራት ብር ነው for two. Luna: ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. እባክህ. Lucas: And here you go. Nailed it. You just bought bananas in Amharic. Luna: That feels so real. I can actually use this. Lucas: You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make real progress with Amharic like that, we'd love your support. We deliberately keep the show ad-free so it's just us learning together. If that matters to you, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps keep the lessons coming, and there's no pressure. Now, back to bananas — can we do one more role-play? Lucas: Of course. This time, you ask for three bananas. Luna: ሦስት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ. ስንት ነው? Lucas: አምስት ብር ነው. እባክህ. Luna: እባክህ. Great, I got it. Lucas: Let's run through the words one more time: ሙዝ, እንደዚህ ያለ?, ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ, ስንት ነው?, አራት ብር ነው, እባክህ. Luna: ሙዝ, እንደዚህ ያለ?, ሁለት ሙዝ እፈልጋለሁ, ስንት ነው?, አራት ብር ነው, እባክህ. Lucas: You've got it. Keep practicing at the market, and next time we'll tackle another fruit. Luna: Can't wait. Thanks for learning with Fexingo — see you next time! Lucas: See you then. Bye!