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Lesson 2 of 10

Order anything by pointing in Tigrinya

I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu. 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.

Sweet Asmara Caffe on Harnet Avenue in Asmara, Eritrea
Order anything by pointing
11 words · 20 seconds each · 9 of 11 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 11 Tigrinya phrases in this lesson

... ደልየdeh-LYEH
I would like...

Put what you want before the verb.

እዚEH-zee
This one
ክንደይ እዩ?KIN-dai eh-YOO
How much is it?
ሕሳብ በጃኹምhih-SAHB beh-JAH-khoom
The bill, please
ብካርድbih-KARD
By card
ብጥረ ገንዘብbih-TIH-reh GEN-zeb
In cash
ማይmai
Water
ቡንboon
Coffee
ሻሂSHAH-hee
Tea
ቢራBEE-ra
Beer
ብዘይ...bih-ZAI
Without...

Where Tigrinya is spoken

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