At the market

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• tomato/təˈmɑːtəʊ/noun

  ቲማቲም

  How much are the tomatoes?

  ቲማቲሙ ስንት ነው?

• onion/ˈʌnjən/noun

  ሽንኩርት

  I need two kilos of onions.

  ሁለት ኪሎ ሽንኩርት እፈልጋለሁ።

• potato/pəˈteɪtəʊ/noun

  ድንች

  These potatoes are fresh.

  እነዚህ ድንቾች ትኩስ ናቸው።

• banana/bəˈnɑːnə/noun

  ሙዝ

  I'll take six bananas.

  ስድስት ሙዝ እወስዳለሁ።

• price/praɪs/noun

  ዋጋ

  What is the price of this?

  የዚህ ዋጋ ስንት ነው?

• cheap/tʃiːp/adjective

  ርካሽ

  Onions are cheap today.

  ዛሬ ሽንኩርት ርካሽ ነው።

• expensive/ɪkˈspensɪv/adjective

  ውድ

  Coffee is expensive this month.

  በዚህ ወር ቡና ውድ ነው።

• kilo/ˈkiːləʊ/noun

  ኪሎ

  One kilo of sugar, please.

  አንድ ኪሎ ስኳር እባክዎ።

• change/tʃeɪndʒ/noun

  መልስ (ገንዘብ)

  Here is your change.

  መልስዎ ይኸውልዎ።

  ከከፈሉ በኋላ የሚመለስልዎ ገንዘብ።

• bag/bæɡ/noun

  ቦርሳ

  Do you have a bag?

  ቦርሳ አለዎት?

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