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A man and woman standing in front of a window and wall thermometer.

ብዛዕባ ኩነታት ኣየር ምዝራብ Talking about the weather

Written by Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Illustrated by Ognjen Drageljević

Translated by Seyum

Read by Loza Asgedom

Language Tigrinya

Level Level 2

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A man and woman standing in front of a window and wall thermometer.

“ካብዚ ቀሩብ መዓልታት ጀሚሩ ቁሪ ይኸውን ኣሎ። መጠነ ረስኒ ክንደይ እዩ?”

“The days are starting to get cold. What is the temperature?”


A woman pointing to a wall thermometer standing next to a man.

“ትሽዓተ ዲግሪ’ዩ። ገና ቀውዒ’ዩ ዘሎ። ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ግን ክረምቲ ክኸውን እዩ።”

“It’s nine degrees. It’s still autumn, but soon it will be winter.”


A man thinking about sunbathing.

“ንጽድያ ብሃንቀውታ እየ ዝጽበዮ ዘለኹ። ኮይኑ ግን ጽቡቕ ውዑይ ኣየር ኣብ ዝኾነሉ ናይ ሓጋይ ወቅቲ እየ ዝፈቱ።”

“I’m looking forward to spring, but I prefer summer, when it’s nice and warm.”


A woman pointing to the clouds through a window and standing next to a man.

“ብዛዕባ ቁሪ ጸገም የብለይን። ዝናብን ንፋስን ግን ኣይፈቱን እየ።”

“I don’t mind the cold. It’s the rain and wind I don’t like.”


An unhappy man looking through a window at the clouds.

“እዚ ጸለምቲ ደበና ርኣዩ እሞ። ጽባሕ ዝናብ ክዘንብ’ዩ ዝመስል። ኣዝዩ ንፋስ ዝበዝሖ ‘ውን ክኸውን’ዩ። ምናልባት ህቦብላ ንፋስ ክህሉ ይኽእል’ዩ።”

“Look at those dark clouds. Tomorrow it will rain. It will be very windy too. Perhaps there will be a storm.”


A man standing in a house looking through the window at the stormy weather.

“እዚ ንኸይኸውን ተስፋ እገብር። ብሓቂ ሕማቕ ኩነታት ኣየር ብፍላይ ነጎዳን በርቂን ኣይፈቱን እየ። እቲ በርቂ ከይወቕዐኒ እፈርሕ።”

“I hope not. I really don’t like bad weather, especially thunder and lightning. I’m afraid the lightning might strike me.”


Written by: Espen Stranger-Johannessen
Illustrated by: Ognjen Drageljević
Translated by: Seyum
Read by: Loza Asgedom
Language: Tigrinya
Level: Level 2
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