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Days and telling the time

ቀናት እና ሰዓት

Talk about days of the week and tell the time the English way.

How it works

English time starts counting at midnight. 7 o'clock in the morning in English is 1 o'clock in Ethiopian time.

በእንግሊዝኛ ሰዓት የሚቆጠረው ከእኩለ ሌሊት ነው። ጠዋት 7 o'clock በኢትዮጵያ አቆጣጠር 1 ሰዓት ነው።

Words

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  • Monday/ˈmʌndeɪ/noun

    ሰኞ

    I have English class on Monday.

    ሰኞ የእንግሊዝኛ ክፍለ ጊዜ አለኝ።

  • Friday/ˈfraɪdeɪ/noun

    ዓርብ

    The market is busy on Friday.

    ዓርብ ገበያው ይጨናነቃል።

  • Sunday/ˈsʌndeɪ/noun

    እሑድ

    We visit my grandmother on Sunday.

    እሑድ አያቴን እንጠይቃለን።

  • weekend/ˌwiːkˈend/noun

    ቅዳሜና እሑድ

    What do you do at the weekend?

    ቅዳሜና እሑድ ምን ያደርጋሉ?

  • morning/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/noun

    ጠዋት

    I drink coffee in the morning.

    ጠዋት ቡና እጠጣለሁ።

  • evening/ˈiːvnɪŋ/noun

    ምሽት

    I study in the evening.

    ምሽት አጠናለሁ።

  • o'clock/əˈklɒk/adverb

    ሰዓት (ሙሉ ሰዓት)

    The bus leaves at eight o'clock.

    አውቶቡሱ ጠዋት ሁለት ሰዓት ይነሳል።

    8 o'clock (ጠዋት) = በኢትዮጵያ አቆጣጠር 2 ሰዓት።

  • half past/hɑːf pɑːst/phrase

    ተኩል

    The class starts at half past nine.

    ትምህርቱ ሦስት ሰዓት ተኩል ይጀምራል።

  • today/təˈdeɪ/adverb

    ዛሬ

    Today is Tuesday.

    ዛሬ ማክሰኞ ነው።

  • tomorrow/təˈmɒrəʊ/adverb

    ነገ

    See you tomorrow morning.

    ነገ ጠዋት እንገናኝ።

Practice· ልምምድ

Question 1 of 6
What day comes after Friday?