Let's Speak English; measurements; ዓቐን፡ In the kitchen part 3; ኣብ ክሽነ ሳልሳይ ክፋል

እንግሊዘኛ ንጀመርቲ: ኣገደስቲ ሓረጋትን ሕቶታትን፡ ኣብ ክሽነ ንጥቀመሎም ናይ ዓቐን ቃላት
Learn English for Tigrinya Speakers፡ in the kitchen - part 3
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Important questions and phrases
In the kitchen 3ይ ክፋል
Measurements
ሜዠርመንትስ
ዓቐን


ዓቀን ንምሕታትን ንምግላጽን ንጥቀመሎም ቃላት/ሓረጋት
How much /ሃው ማች/ ክንደይ ንዘይቁጸር
How much salt?
How much water?
How much oil?


How many? /ሃው ሜኒ/ ክንደይ
How many tomatoes?
/ሃው ሜኒ ቶማቶስ/
ክንደይ ኮሚደረ፧

How many carrots?
ሃው ሜኒ ካሮትስ/
ክንደይ ካሮቲ፧


ኣብዚ ቻነል ንሕቶታት ዝምልከታ 3 ቪድዮ ኣለዋ
1. Wh questions.
2. Yes/no questions,
3. How questions.
ናይ ሕቶታት ዝርዝራዊ ትምህርቲ እንተደሊኹም ነተን ሰለስተ ቪደዮታት ምርኣይ ይከኣል እዩ።

Measurements
Some ቁሩብ Some water, some books
Much ብዙሕ (ንዘይቁጸር) Much cooking oil
Many ብዙሕ (ንዝቑጸር) Many tomatoes
A little ቁሩብ (ንዘይቁጸር) A little oil
A few ቁሩብ (ንዝቑጸር) A few carrots
A pinch ቁንጣሮ A pinch of salt
A tea spoonful ማንካ ሽኮር A teaspoonful of spice
A table spoonful ማንካ ጣውላ A tablespoonful of pepper





Do you like cooking?
/ዱ ዩ ላይክ ኩኪንግ/
መግቢ ምኽሻን ትፈቱ ዶ፧

Yes, I do. I like cooking.
/የስ ኣይ ዱ ኣይ ላይክ ኩኪንግ/
እወ መግቢ ምኽሻን እፈቱ እየ።

No, I don’t. I don’t like cooking.
/ኖ፣ ኣይ ዶን’ት። ኣይ ዶንት ላይክ ኩኪንግ/
ኣይፋል፡ ምኽሻን መግቢ ኣይፈቱን እየ።





How often do you cook?
/ሃው ኦፍን ዱ ዩ ኩክ/
ክንደይ ግዜ ትሰርሕ፧
I cook twice a day.
/ኣይ ኩክ ትዋይስ አ ደይ/
ኣብ መዓልቲ ክልተ ግዜ መግቢ እሰርሕ (እኽሽን)
I cook every day.
/ኣይ ኩክ ኤቭሪ ደይ/
መዓልታዊ እኽሽን።


How good are you at cooking?
ሃው ጉድ ኣር ዩ ኣት ኩኪንግ/
ማዕረ ክንደይ ኢኻ ምኽሻን ትኽእል

I am the best in the house.
ኣይ ኣም ዘ በስት ኢን ዘ ሃውዝ/
ኣብቲ ገዛ ዝበለጽኩ እዩ
How good are you in eating?
How good is she in writing?
How good is he in drawing?
How good is he in speaking?






How many meals a day do you take?
/ሃው ሜኒ ሚልስ አ ደይ ዱ ዩ ተይክ/
ኣብ መዓልቲ ክንደይ ግዜ ትምገብ፧

I eat three times a day.
/ኣይ ኢት ስሪ ታይምስ አ ደይ/
ኣብ መዓልቲ ሰለስተ መዓልቲ እምገብ

I love cooking; it is relaxing and fun.
/ኣይ ላቭ ኩኪንግ፡ ኢት ኢዝ ሪላክሲንግ ኣንድ ፋን/
መግቢ ምኽሻን እፈቱ እየ። ባህ ዘብልን ኣዘናጋዕን እዩ።


What is your favorite meal?
/ዎት ኢዝ ዮር ፈቨረይት ሚል/
/እቲ ትፈትዎ መግቢ እንታይ እዩ?/

My favorite meal is lunch.
ማይ ፈቨረይት ሚል ኢስ ላንች
ቀንዲ ዝፈትዎ ምሳሕ እዩ
In the kitchen
Dialogue
What are we going to cook today?
/ዎት ኣር ዊ ጎዪንግ ቱ ኩክ ቱደይ/ =
ሎሚ እንታይ ኢና ክንክሽን፧

pasta spaghetti.
ፓስታ ስፓገቲ


Italian? Good. What are the ingredients?
/ኢታሊያን፧ ጉድ። ዎት ኣር ዘ ኢንግረዲየንትስ፧/
ናይ ጥልያን፧ ጽቡቕ። እንታይ እዩ ዘድልየና፧

200 grams of pasta,
a cup of chopped tomatoes paste,
200 grams of minced meat,
some garlic,
a pinch of salt
one tablespoon of cooking oil.
That is it, I think.

Is that all? /ኢዝ ዛት ኦል/ እሱ ጥራይ ድዩ፧

We also need some cheese.
/ዊ ኦልሶ ኒድ ሳም ቺዝ/ = ቁሩብ ፎርማጆ ውን የድልየና እዩ።

What about utensils? /ዎት ኣባውት ኡተንሲልስ/
መሳርሒ ኸ?

a knife, a cutting board, a wooden spoon, and a ladle.
አ ናይፍ፡ አ ካቲንግ ቦርድ፡ ኣ ዉድን ስፑን አንድ አ ለይድል
ካራ፡ መምተሪ ጣውላ፡ መኾስን ጭልፋን

What about sauce pans? /ዎት ኣባውት አ ሶውስ ፓን/
ጻሕሊ ኸ?/ድስቲ ኸ

Yes, I also need a grater and measuring cups.
የስ፡ ኣይ ኦልሶ ኒድ ግራተር ኣንድ ሜዠሪንግ ካፕስ።/
እወ፣ መፋሕፍሒን መዐቀኒ ኩባያን ውን የድልየኒ እዩ።

Right. I think that’s all.
/ራይት ኣይ ቲንክ ዛትስ ኦል።/
ልክዕ እሱ እዩ መስለኒ

Let’s start cooking then.
/ለትስ ስታርት ቾኦኪንግ ዘን/
ንጀምር በል።