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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Tigrinya

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

The harbour of Massawa on Eritrea’s Red Sea coast
Shops and hotels
10 words Β· 20 seconds each Β· 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Reinhard Dietrich, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Tigrinya phrases in this lesson

... αŠ£αˆˆαŠ©αˆα‹Ά?ah-LEH-koom-doh
Do you have...?
... αŠ£α‰ α‹­ αŠ₯α‹©?ah-BAI eh-YOO
Where is...?
αŠ­α‰α‰΅kih-FOOT
Open
α‹•αŒΉα‹ih-TSOO
Closed
α‰¦αˆ­αˆ³ α‰΅α‹°αˆα‹©α‹Ά?BOR-sa tih-deh-LYOO-doh
A bag?

A cashier asking whether you want a bag.

αŠ£α‹α‹© αŠ­α‰‘αˆ­ αŠ₯α‹©ahz-YOO kih-BOOR eh-YOO
Too expensive
ክፍሊ αŠ£α‰α‹²αˆ˜ αˆ’α‹˜ ኣለኹKIF-lee ah-keh-DEE-meh HEE-zeh ah-LEH-khoo
I have a reservation

A room reserved in advance.

α‰αˆ­αˆ² α‹α‰°αˆ“α‹ˆαˆ° α‹΅α‹©?KOOR-see zih-teh-hah-WEH-seh DYOO
Is breakfast included?
αŠ“α‹­ ዋይፋይ α“αˆ΅α‹Žαˆ­α‹΅ αŠ₯αŠ•α‰³α‹­ αŠ₯α‹©?nai WAI-fai PAS-word in-TAI eh-YOO
What's the wifi password?
... ክገα‰₯ር αŠ₯ኽαŠ₯αˆα‹Ά?kih-GEB-ir ikh-EH-l-doh
Can I...?

Where Tigrinya is spoken

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