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A woman sitting using a laptop.

ወደ ሲኒማ መሄድ Going to the cinema Aller au cinéma

Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Aakanee

Loza Tadesse Mamo

Dawit Leykun

Amharic

Level 3

A woman sitting using a laptop.

ማይ ፊልም ለማየት ትፈልጋለች። ከቅርብ ጓደኛዋ ከሊሳ ጋር ወደ ሲኒማ መሄድ ትፈልጋለች።

Mai searches for a film to watch. She wants to go to the cinema with her best friend, Lisa.

Mai cherche un film à regarder. Elle veut aller au cinéma avec sa meilleure amie, Lisa.

A woman riding a scooter.

ማይ ስኩተርዋን ወደ ሲኒማ ትወስዳለች። እዚያ ለመገናኘት ተስማምተዋል።

Mai takes her scooter to the cinema. They have agreed to meet there.

Mai va jusqu’au cinéma en scooter. Elles se sont mises d’accord pour se rencontrer là-bas.

Two women waving and walking towards each other.

ሲኒማ ቤቱ ላይ ሰላም ተባባሉ። ፊልሙን ለማየት ጓጉተዋል።

At the cinema they say hello. They are excited to see the film.

Au cinéma, elles se disent bonjour. Elles sont excitées de voir le film.

Two women paying at a ticket counter.

ማይ ለሁለቱም ትኬቶችን ከቲኬት ሻጭ ገዛች።

Mai buys tickets for both of them at the ticket counter.

Mai achète des places pour elles deux à la billetterie.

Two women buying a bucket of popcorn.

እንዲሁም ትልቅ ጣሳ ፋንዲሻ ገዛች።

She also buys a big bucket of popcorn.

Elle achète aussi un grand seau de popcorn.

A man handing a woman two bottles and another woman holding a bucket of popcorn.

ማይ ሁለት ጠርሙስ ሶዳ ስትገዛ ሊዛ ፋንዲሻውን ወሰደች።

Lisa takes the popcorn while Mai buys two bottles of soda.

Lisa prend le popcorn pendant que Mai achète deux bouteilles de soda.

Two women holding bottles and popcorn, and a man looking at their tickets.

ፊልሙን ለማየት ወደ ውስጥ ከመግባታቸው በፊት ትኬታቸውን አሳዩ።

They show their tickets before they go inside to watch the film.

Elles montrent leurs tickets avant de rentrer voir le film.

Two women in a dark cinema looking for their seats.

መቀመጫቸውን ይፈልጋሉ። ፊልሙ ጀምሮ ስለነበር ክፍሉ ጨለማ ነው።

They look for their seats. It is dark because the film has already started.

Elles cherchent leurs places. Il fait sombre parce que le film a déjà commencé.

Two women sitting down holding drinks and popcorn.

ፊልሙን ለማየት ተቀምጠዋል።

They sit down to watch the film.

Elles s’assoient et regardent le film.

People in the cinema watching a romantic film.

የፍቅር ፊልም ነው። ያ እነርሱ የሚወዱት ዓይነት ነው።

It is a romantic film. That is their favourite kind.

C’est un film romantique. C’est leur genre favori.

Two women waving and getting on their scooters.

ከፊልሙ በኋላ ተሰናብተው ወደ ቤት ሄዱ።

After the film they say goodbye and go home.

Après le film, elles se disent au revoir et rentrent chez elles.

Written by: Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Illustrated by: Aakanee

Translated by: Loza Tadesse Mamo

Read by: Dawit Leykun

Language: Amharic

Level: Level 3

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