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Describing people

ሰዎችን መግለጽ

Describe how people look and what they are like.

Words

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  • tall/tɔːl/adjective

    ረጅም

    My brother is very tall.

    ወንድሜ በጣም ረጅም ነው።

  • short/ʃɔːt/adjective

    አጭር

    She is short and has long hair.

    አጭር ናት፤ ረጅም ፀጉርም አላት።

  • young/jʌŋ/adjective

    ወጣት

    Our teacher is young.

    መምህራችን ወጣት ነው።

  • old/əʊld/adjective

    በዕድሜ የገፋ

    My grandfather is old but strong.

    አያቴ በዕድሜ የገፋ ቢሆንም ጠንካራ ነው።

  • kind/kaɪnd/adjective

    ደግ

    Our neighbour is very kind.

    ጎረቤታችን በጣም ደግ ነው።

  • friendly/ˈfrendli/adjective

    ተግባቢ

    People in this town are friendly.

    የዚህ ከተማ ሰዎች ተግባቢ ናቸው።

  • funny/ˈfʌni/adjective

    አስቂኝ

    My uncle is very funny.

    አጎቴ በጣም አስቂኝ ነው።

  • quiet/ˈkwaɪət/adjective

    ዝምተኛ

    Selam is a quiet student.

    ሰላም ዝምተኛ ተማሪ ናት።

  • hair/heə/noun

    ፀጉር

    She has long black hair.

    ረጅም ጥቁር ፀጉር አላት።

  • eyes/aɪz/noun

    ዓይኖች

    The baby has big brown eyes.

    ሕፃኑ ትልልቅ ቡናማ ዓይኖች አሉት።

Practice· ልምምድ

Question 1 of 6
The opposite of tall is ___.