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Lesson 9 of 10

Time and days in Tigrinya

Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. 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 landscape near Massawa in Eritrea
Time and days
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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All 10 Tigrinya phrases in this lesson

ሕጂhih-JEE
Now
ደሓርdeh-HAR
Later
ሎሚLOH-mee
Today
ጽባሕtsih-BAH
Tomorrow
ሎሚ ለይቲLOH-mee LAI-tee
Tonight
መዓስ?meh-AHS
When?
ሰዓት ክንደይ ይኽፈት?seh-AHT KIN-dai yikh-FET
What time does it open?
ሓንሳብ በጃኹምHAHN-sab beh-JAH-khoom
One moment, please
ደቓይቕdeh-KAIK
Minutes

The plural used when counting minutes.

ሰዓታትseh-ah-TAT
Hours

The plural used when counting hours.

Where Tigrinya is spoken

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