Nature & Outdoors

1. እዚ ገረብ እንታይ ይብሃል?

   Izi gereb entay yibhal?

   What is this tree called?

   Usage

   Asks a local the name of a tree; the noun can be swapped for other things.

   Grammar Note

   እዚ ("this") + ገረብ ("tree") + እንታይ ይብሃል ("what is it called"). The ይብሃል frame is that of Tatoeba's "ፍላሽ ይብሃል" ("it is called a flush"); composed sentence, a native check is recommended. ገረብ occurs in Tatoeba.

2. ጎቦ ኣበይ ኣሎ?

   Gobo abey alo?

   Where is the mountain?

   Usage

   Asks where the mountain is.

   Grammar Note

   ኣበይ = "where", ኣሎ = "is there"; the pattern "X ኣበይ ኣሎ?" asks where X is. ጎቦ occurs in Tatoeba as in "እቲ ጎቦ ብጽውጽዋይን ኣፈ ታሪኽን ውሩይ እዩ" ("the mountain is famous in legend").

3. ቀላይ ኣበይ ኣሎ?

   Qelay abey alo?

   Where is the lake?

   Usage

   Asks where the lake is.

   Grammar Note

   ኣበይ = "where", ኣሎ = "is there"; the pattern "X ኣበይ ኣሎ?" asks where X is. ቀላይ occurs in Tatoeba's "ጽባቐ'ዚ ቀላይ" ("the beauty of this lake").

4. ጫካ ኣበይ ኣሎ?

   Chaka abey alo?

   Where is the forest?

   Usage

   Asks where the forest is.

   Grammar Note

   ኣበይ = "where", ኣሎ = "is there"; the pattern "X ኣበይ ኣሎ?" asks where X is. ጫካ occurs in Tatoeba's "ኣብ ጫካ እንከለኻ" ("when you are in the forest").

5. ኣብዚ ቀላይ እንታይ ዓይነት ዓሳ ኣሎ?

   Abzi qelay entay ayinet asa alo?

   What kinds of fish are in this lake?

   Usage

   Asks what fish live in a lake.

   Grammar Note

   ኣብዚ ("here") + ቀላይ ("lake") + እንታይ ዓይነት ("what kind of") + ዓሳ ("fish") + ኣሎ ("is there"). Every word occurs in Tatoeba, but the sentence is composed and a native check is recommended.

6. ዕምባባ

   Imbaba

   Flower

   Usage

   Names a flower.

   Grammar Note

   A noun, as in Tatoeba's "ነዚ ዕምባባታት ንዓኻ ኢለ ዓዲገዮ" ("I bought these flowers for you"); the plural is ዕምባባታት.

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