A day in Addis Ababa

Examples

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1. Hana is twenty-six years old and she lives in Addis Ababa.

   ሀና የሃያ ስድስት ዓመት ወጣት ናት፤ አዲስ አበባ ትኖራለች።

2. She works as a receptionist at a hotel near Meskel Square.

   መስቀል አደባባይ አቅራቢያ ባለ ሆቴል እንግዳ ተቀባይ ሆና ትሠራለች።

3. Every morning she gets up at six and drinks a cup of tea.

   በየማለዳው 12 ሰዓት ተነስታ አንድ ሲኒ ሻይ ትጠጣለች።

4. Then she takes a minibus to work. The journey takes forty minutes.

   ከዚያ በሚኒባስ ወደ ሥራ ትሄዳለች። ጉዞው አርባ ደቂቃ ይወስዳል።

5. At work, she answers the phone and helps guests from many countries.

   በሥራ ቦታ ስልክ ትመልሳለች፤ ከብዙ አገሮች የመጡ እንግዶችንም ትረዳለች።

6. She uses English every day, so she studies new words on her phone.

   በየቀኑ እንግሊዝኛ ስለምትጠቀም በስልኳ አዳዲስ ቃላትን ታጠናለች።

7. At one o'clock she has lunch with her colleagues. She usually eats shiro.

   ሰባት ሰዓት ከሥራ ባልደረቦቿ ጋር ምሳ ትበላለች። ብዙውን ጊዜ ሽሮ ትበላለች።

8. She finishes work at five in the afternoon.

   ከሰዓት በኋላ አስራ አንድ ሰዓት ሥራዋን ትጨርሳለች።

9. In the evening, she meets her friends for coffee.

   ምሽት ላይ ቡና ለመጠጣት ከጓደኞቿ ጋር ትገናኛለች።

10. She is tired at the end of the day, but she is happy.

    በቀኑ መጨረሻ ይደክማታል፤ ቢሆንም ደስተኛ ናት።

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