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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Tigrinya

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Tigrinya words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

A steam train on the railway from Asmara, Eritrea
Getting around
10 words Β· 20 seconds each Β· 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Clay Gilliland from Chandler, U.S.A., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Tigrinya phrases in this lesson

αˆ½α‰“α‰• αŠ£α‰ α‹­ αŠ₯α‹©?shi-KAHK ah-BAI eh-YOO
Where is the toilet?
αŠ¨αˆ˜α‹­ ጌረ αŠ“α‰₯... αŠ­αŠΈα‹­α‹΅ αŠ₯ኽαŠ₯ል?keh-MAI GEH-reh nab kih-KHAID ikh-EH-l
How do I get to...?
αŠ“α‰₯ αŒΈαŒ‹αˆnab tseh-GAHM
To the left
αŠ“α‰₯ α‹¨αˆ›αŠ•nab yeh-MAHN
To the right
α‰΅αŠ½ ኒልኩምtikh EEL-koom
Straight ahead
ኣα‰₯α‹šab-ZEE
Here
αˆ˜α‹°α‰ αˆ­ α‰£α‰‘αˆ­meh-DEH-ber bah-BOOR
Train station
αŠ£α‹α‰Άα‰‘αˆ΅ow-toh-BOOS
Bus
αˆ˜α‹•αˆ¨α αŠαˆαˆ­α‰²meh-EH-ref neh-FER-tee
Airport
αˆ“α‹° α‰²αŠ¬α‰΅ α‰ αŒƒαŠΉαˆHAH-deh tee-KET beh-JAH-khoom
One ticket, please

Where Tigrinya is spoken

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