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ኣዝዩ ቈማት ሰብኣይ A very tall man

Written by Cornelius Gulere

Illustrated by Catherine Groenewald

Translated by Daniel Berhane Habte

Language Tigrinya

Level Level 2

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ጭዃሮኡ ኣዝያ ሓጺራቶ ኔራ።

His hoe was too short.


ኣፍደጌኡ ኣመና ትሒትዎ ኔሩ።

His doorway was too low.


ዓራቱ እምብዛ ሓጺርዎ ኔሩ።

His bed was too short.


ብሽክለትኡ ምሒር ሓጺራቶ ኔራ።

His bicycle was too short.


እዚ ሰብኣይ ኣዝዩ ቈማት እዩ ኔሩ!

This man was too tall!


ኣዝዩ ነዊሕ ሓኽሊ ጭዃሮ ሰሪሑ።

He made a very long hoe handle.


ኣመና በሪኽ መቓን ማዕጾ ሃኒጹ።

He made very high door frames.


እምብዛ ነዊሕ ዓራት ሰሪሑ።

He made a very long bed.


ምሒር በራኽ ብሽክለታ ገዚኡ።

He bought a very high bicycle.


ኣብ ኣዝዩ በሪኽ መንበር ኮፍ ኢሉ። ብኣመና ነዊሕ ፋርኬታ በሊዑ።

He sat on a very high chair. He ate with a very long fork.


ቤቱ ገዲፉ ብምኻድ ኣብ ሓደ ዓቢ ጫካ ተቐሚጡ። ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ጸኒሑ።

He left his house and lived in a big forest. He lived for many years.


Written by: Cornelius Gulere
Illustrated by: Catherine Groenewald
Translated by: Daniel Berhane Habte
Language: Tigrinya
Level: Level 2
Source: A very tall man from African Storybook
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