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A woman sitting using a laptop.

ናብ ሲነማ ምኻድ Going to the cinema Aller au cinéma

Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Aakanee

Seyum

Loza Asgedom

Tigrinya

Level 3

A woman sitting using a laptop.

ሚያ ክትርእዮ ዘለዋ ፊልም ትደሊ ኣላ። ምስታ ብልጽቲ ዓርካ ሊዛ ናብ ሲነማ ክትከይድ ትደሊ።

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.

ሚያ ስኩተራ ሒዛ ናብ ሲነማ ትኸይድ። ኣብኡ ንኽራኸባ ተሰማሚዐን ኣለዋ።

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.

ኣብቲ ሲነማ ቤት ተራኺበን ሰላም ተበሃሂለን። እቲ ፊልም ንምርኣይ ተሃንጤን ኣለዋ።

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.

ሚያ ንኽልቲአን ዝኸውን ትኬት ካብቲ መሸጢ ትኬት ገዚኣ።

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.

ፋንዲሻ እውን በቲ ዓቢ መትሓዚ ትገዝእ።

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.

ሊዛ ነቲ ፋንዲሻ ክትሕዞ ከላ ሚያ ድማ ክልተ ጥርሙዝ ሶዳ ትገዝእ።

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.

ነቲ ፊልም ንምርኣይ ቅድሚ ናብ ውሽጢ ምእታወን ትኬተን የርእያ።

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.

ኮፍ መበሊ ቦተአን ይደልያ። እቲ ፊልም ተጀሚሩ ስለዘሎ መብራህቲ ጠፊኡ ኣሎ።

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.

ፊልሚ ክይርእያ ኮፍ ኢለን።

They sit down to watch the film.

Elles s’assoient et regardent le film.

People in the cinema watching a romantic film.

ናይ ፍቕሪ ፊልም እዩ። እቲ ዝፈትውኦ ዓይነት ፊልም እዩ።

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.

ድሕሪ እቲ ፊልም ቻው ተበሃሂለ ነናብ ገዝአን ይኸዳ።

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: Seyum

Read by: Loza Asgedom

Language: Tigrinya

Level: Level 3

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