“ስድራ ኣለኪ?”
“Do you have any family?”
“As-tu de la famille ?”
“እወ ኣነን በዓል ቤተይን ክልተ ኣዋልድን ሓደ ወድን ኣለውና።”
“Yes, my husband and I have two daughters and a son.”
“Oui, mon mari et moi avons deux filles et un fils.”
“ክልተ ኣዋልድ’ውን ኣለዋኒ፤ ግን ተፋቲሐ እየ።”
“I also have two daughters, but I’m divorced.”
“J’ai aussi deux filles, mais je suis divorcé.”
“ደቕኺ ዕድሚአን ክንደይ እዩ?”
“How old are your daughters?”
“Quel âge ont tes filles ?”
“ሚና ጓል ኣርባዕተ ዓመት እያ። ኣብ መዋእለ ውጻናት እያ ትውዕል። ሚርየም ጓል ዓሰርተ ዓመት እያ። ስለዚ ኣብ ስሩዕ ቤት ትምህርቲ እያ ትመሃር።”
“Mina is four years old. She goes to preschool. Miriam is ten, so she goes to school.”
“Mina a quatre ans. Elle est en maternelle. Miriam a dix ans, donc elle va à l’école primaire.”
“ኩሎም ደቀይ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ እዮም ዝውዕሉ። ወደይ ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዓመት ክምረቕ’ዩ።”
“All of my children are in school. My son will graduate next year.”
“Tous mes enfants sont à l’école. Mon fils va avoir son diplôme l’année prochaine.”
“እዚ ደስ ዝብል ነገር እዩ! ኣዝዮም ቀልጢፎም ይዓብዩ ኣለው። ብድሕሪኡ እንታይ ክገብር’ዩ ዝደሊ?”
“That is great! They grow up so fast. What does he want to do afterwards?”
“C’est super ! Ils grandissent si vite. Qu’est-ce qu’il veut faire après ?”
“ንሱ ስራሕ ክሰርሕ’ዩ ዝደሊ። ኣነ ግን ናብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ክኸይድ ከም ዘለዎ እየ ዝነግሮ።”
“He wants to get a job, but I tell him he should go to university instead.”
“Il veut travailler, mais je lui dis qu’il devrait plutôt aller à l’université.”
“እዚ ጽቡቕ ሓሳብ’ዩ። ኣነ’ውን ደቀይ ሓደ መዓልቲ ናብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ክኸዱ’ውን ተስፋ እገብር።”
“That’s a good idea. I also hope my children will go to university someday.”
“C’est une bonne idée. J’espère aussi que mes enfants iront à l’université un jour.”
