ዓባይ ቈልዓ ከላ — When Grandma Was Young

እንታይ ክትመሃር ኢኻ

Used to፡ ሕሉፋት ልምድታት

ዝርርብ ብእንግሊዝኛ ምስ ትርጉም ብትግርኛ

mia: Grandma, is this you in the old photo?ዓባይ፣ ኣብዛ ኣረጊት ስእሊ ዘላ ንስኺ ዲኺ?

bestemor: Yes! I used to have very long hair.እወ! ቀደም ኣዝዩ ነዊሕ ጸጉሪ ነይሩኒ።

bestemor: I used to walk to school. It took forty minutes.ቀደም ብእግረይ ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ እኸይድ ነይረ። ኣርብዓ ደቒቕ ይወስድ ነይሩ።

narrator: There used to be no school bus in the village.ቀደም ኣብታ ዓዲ ኣውቶቡስ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኣይነበረን።

mia: Did you use to have a phone?ቀደም ተሌፎን ነይሩኪ ዶ?

bestemor: No, we didn’t use to have phones. We used to write letters.ኣይፋል፣ ቀደም ተሌፎናት ኣይነበሩናን። ደብዳቤታት ንጽሕፍ ነይርና።

bestemor: In winter we used to sledge until it got dark.ኣብ ክረምቲ ክሳብ ዝጸልምት ኣብ በረድ ንሸራተት ነይርና።

mia: That sounds fun! Did you use to make snowmen?ደስ ዝብል ይመስል! ቀደም ናይ በረድ ሰብ ትሰርሑ ዶ ኔርኩም?

bestemor: Of course! And my mother used to bake bread every Saturday.ብርግጽ! ኣደይ ድማ ኩሉ ቀዳም ባኒ ትሰንክት ነይራ።

mia: We usually buy bread in the shop.ንሕና መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኣብ ድኳን ባኒ ንዕድግ።

mia: Can we bake bread together, like you used to?ከምቲ ቀደም እትገብርዮ ብሓባር ባኒ ክንሰንክት ንኽእል ዶ?

bestemor: Yes, let’s start a new tradition!እወ፣ ሓዲሽ ልምዲ ንጀምር!

ቃላት እንግሊዝኛ ናይዚ ትምህርቲ