Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Book Series Student Songbook Teachers Guide

Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Book Series Student Songbook

Teacher’s Guide

by Legesse Allyn .

AncientGebts.org Press http://books.ancientgebts.org

AncientGebts.org Press http://books.ancientgebts.org © Copyright 2015 AncientGebts.org Press ISBN-13: 978-1507743874 ISBN-10: 1507743874 First AncientGebts.org Student Songbook Teacher’s Guide trade paperback edition January 26, 2015 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information, write to AncientGebts.org Press, [email protected] Amarigna and Tigrigna word matching by Legesse Allyn © Copyright 2015 Legesse Allyn “Ancient Gebts” general song lyrics and general translation by Muez Ghebremedhn and Legesse Allyn. Literal lyrics translation by Ruth Sissay. Hieroglyphic lyrics translation by Legesse Allyn. Based on the AIOS Teacher’s Guide Overview by Walter L. Palmer, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor School Of Education, Department of Curriculum, Clark Atlanta University In 1994, the AIOS School Curriculum was endorsed by the Black Education Commission of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the 2nd largest school district in the U.S. Hieroglyphs from the Dover Publications edition of “An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,” by E.A. Wallis Budge reprinted by permission of Dover Publications, NY Special thanks to: Memhr.org Online Tigrigna Dictionary, located at http://memhr.org/dic AmharicDictionary.com from SelamSoft, Inc., located at http://www.amharicdictionary.com Front cover insert photo and background cover photo: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. Back cover photo: Public Domain


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I. EXERCISES

GOAL: Learn the lyrics to a song to help develop your students’ awareness, knowledge, and comprehension of the hieroglyphic languages of Amarigna

and Tigrigna.


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OBJECTIVE 1: KNOWLEDGE After watching the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video, listening to the lyrics and reading the captions, your students will be able to identify the lyrics in their copy of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Student Songbook.

Method Level 1:

Instruct your students rewrite the English and Amarigna/Tigrigna lyrics sung in the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video in Latin characters. Make sure the words are in the same order that they are sung. This will help your students become familiar with many Amarigna and Tigrigna words. Instruct your students to rewrite the lyrics below, using additional paper if necessary.


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OBJECTIVE 2: COMPREHENSION After watching the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video, listening to the lyrics and reading the Amarigna/Tigrigna lyrics in Latin characters, your students will be able to identify the lyrics written in Amarigna/Tigrigna fidel in their copy of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Student Songbook.

Method Level 1:

Instruct your students to rewrite the Amarigna/Tigrigna lyrics below in English and below each English word the Amarigna and/or Tigrigna match in Latin characters. They should follow the format your students will see in their copy of Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Rosetta Stone. Also, instruct your students to show the similar Amarigna or Tigrigna counterparts. They can utilize AmharicDeictionary.com and Memhr.com to search and find the similarly spelled words in each language. This will help your students become familiar with many Amarigna and Tigrigna words, but also with their slight differences. Instruct them to rewrite the lyrics below, utilizing additional paper if necessary.


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OBJECTIVE 3: APPLICATION Following a discussion of Amarigna and Tigrigna fidel writing characters, your students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the conduct of writing pronunciation sounds with fidel characters.

Method Level 1:

Utilizing the video lyrics in the Amarigna & Tigrigna Student Songbook, instruct your students to write out the lyrics to the song in Amarigna/Tigrigna fidel writing characters. Instruct your students to search online for both an Amarigna fidel chart and Tigrigna fidel chart, because there are some differences, and make a note of the differences between the pronunciations in each chart. Instruct your students to rewrite the lyrics in fidel characters below, also show any similar fidel spelling between Amarigna and Tigrigna words in the lyrics.


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OBJECTIVE 4: ANALYSIS After discussion of hieroglyphic writing characters, your students will be able to distinguish the particular characters utilized to write Amarigna and Tigrigna words in hieroglyphs that appear in the lyrics of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video.

Method Level 1:

Instruct your students to select a hieroglyphic Amarigna/Tigrigna word from the lyrics in their copy of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Student Songbook, rewriting the word below. Instruct your students to describe the different possible reasons for using particular hieroglyphic characters to write out their selected hieroglyphic word.


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After discussion of Amarigna and Tigrigna prefixes and suffixes, your students will be able to distinguish the particular hieroglyphic characters utilized to write Amarigna and Tigrigna prefixes and suffixes. This includes those utilized in words of the lyrics of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video.

Method Level 2:

Wallis Budge’s, “An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,” is a collection of words identified by Egyptologists as of the dictionary’s publication in the year 1920. Instruct y your students to select a word from the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video lyrics listed in their copy of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Student Songbook, writing the word below. Instruct your students to analyze the various possible prefixes and suffixes for their selected word, utilizing AmharicDictionary.com and Memhr.org to help them find various forms of their selected Amarigna/Tigrigna word. Also, instruct them to write the various forms below, following the format shown in their copy of Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Hieroglyphs for Beginners for each word. Instruct your students to find the hieroglyph written version of their selected word in Wallis Budge’s, “An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary,” rewriting the word in hieroglyphs. Next, instruct them to find as many versions of the selected word as possible in the Budge’s dictionary, with the various possible prefixes and suffixes.


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OBJECTIVE 5: SYNTHESIS Following the Analysis: Method 1 in the previous exercise, instruct your students to change a sentence of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video using an alternative form of their selected word.

Method Level 1:

After analyzing the various forms of their selected Amarigna/Tigrigna word from the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video listed in the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Student Songbook, instruct your students to choose a different form of the word using alternative Amarigna and Tigrigna prefixes. Instruct your students to rewrite the sentence below with the alternative Amarigna/Tigrigna word in both Latin and fidel characters, in Amarigna/Tigrigna and English.


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Following the Analysis: Method 2 in the previous exercise, instruct your students to change a hieroglyphic sentence of the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video using an alternative form of your selected word.

Method Level 2:

After analyzing the various hieroglyphic forms of their selected Amarigna/Tigrigna word from the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Music Video listed in the Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Student Songbook, instruct your students to choose a different hieroglyphic form of the word using alternative Amarigna and Tigrigna prefixes. Instruct your students rewrite the sentence below with the alternative Amarigna/Tigrigna word in hieroglyphs.


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II. ACTIVITIES


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SING-IT

Lyrics to the “Witness Ancient Gebts” song and music video

General English Translation

Aንታ ንህናሞ

anta nhnamo We are who we are

ሰብ ታሪክ seb tarik

We are the people of history

ሰብ ትበብ seb tibeb

We are the people of culture

ሰብ ዝና seb zna

We are the people of fame

መሰረት ትበብ ናይ Aለም ሃገርና meseret tibeb nay alem hagerna

We are the foundation of the world's languages and civilizations

ባይኒ ሃኪ ተኮይኑ Aፍ AወጺA ትዛረብ Aለም biayni haki tekoynu af awutsia tzareb alem

Their eyes have seen it so let their mouths tell the world the truth

ታሪክ Aለና ዘይብለል ካብ Eለት Eለት ዝቁለል tarik alena zeyblel kab elet elet zkulel

Because our culture has not faded over time, it's still the same


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ብሃደ ድልየት ትርግታ bhade dlet trgta

One vision, one heart beat, one culture

ሰብ ዋና Eና ንያታ seb wana ena nyata

Yes, so no more need to hide the truth and continue to deny

ንልመAት Eፎይታ nlmiat efoyta

For the reality of history, let the world know the truth

ባሕሪ ጣና Bahri Tana Lake Tana

ባሕሪ Aባይ

Bahri Abay Abay River

ባሕሪ ዙላ

Bahri Zula Zula Bay

ሰግሮም ዘመስቱ

segirom zmetsu The merchants crossed to go to Gebts

Aሰየ Iሎም ኩሉ ወጊኖም

eseye elom kulu weginom They were happy they accomplished

ናብ ትንቲ ግብጽ ክወጹ

nab ancient gebts kwetsu Taking food to sell to the people of ancient Gebts


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ባሕሪ ጣና Bahri Tana Lake Tana

ባሕሪ Aባይ

Bahri Abay Abay River

ባሕሪ ዙላ

Bahri Zula Zula Bay

ሰግሮም ዘመስቱ

segirom zmetsu The merchants crossed to go to Gebts

Aሰየ Iሎም ኩሉ ወጊኖም

eseye elom kulu weginom They were happy they accomplished

ናብ ትንቲ ግብጽ ክወጹ

nab ancient gebts kwetsu Taking food to sell to the people of ancient Gebts

ብፍላይ ቅርጺ ፊደላት bfuluy jrtsi fidelat

We invented special artistic hieroglyphic alphabets in Gebts

Aቆጸረ Aሃዛት akotsatsra ahazat

And used our own numerals

ብፍሉይ ትበብ ሕንጻታት bfuluy tbeb hntsatat

Designed special artistic buildings hewn from stone


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ተምሳለት ብቑEት ሰባት temsalet bukuat sebat

And became the legends of history as the founders and ruler of ancient Gebts

መበኩል ፍትረት ወዲሰብ mebokol ftret wedi seb

The origin of the human race

ህዝቢ Eልፍ AEላፋት hzbi elfi aelafat

Too numerous to count

መሰረት Iብየት Aለምና meseret ebyet hagerna

Source of the world's languages and civilizations

ተምሳለት ኩሉ ነገስታት temsalet kulen negestat.

The inspiration for all kings

Aንታ ንህናEሞ ንንህና Eና anta nhnamo nhna ena We are still who we are


ትማሊ ሎሚ ከምትንቲ tmali lomi kem tnti

We are still like we were before

ታሪክ ንሓፍስ ምህርቲ tarik nhafs mhrti

We are full of history


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ሃድነት Eያ Eርድና hadnet eyu erdna

Unity is our honor

ብሩህ Aለ ክድምና brhan ewe kdmena

Your future is bright like before

Aንታ ንህናEሞ ንንህና Eና Anta nhnamo nhna ena We are still who we are


ያረድ Eዛና ሳIዛና

Yared, Ezana, Saizana Kudus Yared, King Ezana, and Ethio Saizana

ዘይሃሲስ ታሪክ ሰብ ዝና

zey hasis tarik seb zna Unfaded history and fame

መራይ ማመን Eዩ ወሳኒ

mriay mieman eyu wesani Seeing is believing the truth

Iሱ ሃኪ ዘይሰAኒ nsu haki zesani That's the truth

ሃገሬ

hagere Our country


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ይመስክራ የብስራ ymeskra yebesra

Let them tell the truth

ይመስክራወ ymeskrawe

Tell the truth

ይመስክራ የብስራ ymeskra yebesra




ጉራማይሌ ትህብርና guramaile thbrna

Like our colorful people


Tell the truth

ብሩህ Aለ ቅድምና berihulo tkdmena Our future is bight

ይመስክራወ

ymeskrawe Tell the truth


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FIND-A-GLYPH

Instruct your students to find the literal words of the lyrics to the “Witness Ancient Gebts” song and music video in hieroglyphs, as follows:

A. Locate each of the hieroglyphic words below in “An Egyptian Hieroglyphic

Dictionary” by Wallis Budge B. Write the page number under each hieroglyphic word where they find the

hieroglyph C Although your students may have already located a word in prior verses, they

might learn something interesting or useful by searching for the repeat of a word all over again

D. Most words cannot be searched by the meaning alone, since Egyptologists are often very slightly off on their meaning


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ANSWERS

pg. 401 pg. 339

Aንታ ንህናሞ anta nhnamo

you we are who we are

pg. 866 pg. 357 ሰብ ታሪክ seb tarik

human of history

pg. 873 pg. 357 ሰብ ትበብ seb tibeb

human of art

pg. 605 pg. 357

ሰብ ዝና seb zna

human of fame


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m- pg. 680 pg. 873 pg. 348 pg. 451 pg. 79 pg. 339

መሰረት ትበብ ናይ Aለም ሃገና meseret tibeb nay alem hagerna

foundation art of world my country

b- pg. 59 pg. 139 te- pg. 772

ባይኒ ሃኪ ተኮይኑ biayni haki tekoynu eyes truth if it was

pg. 416 pg. 193 t- pg. 679 pg. 451

Aፍ AወጺA ትዛረብ Aለም af awutsia tzareb alem

mouth start speak world

pg. 866 pg. 73 zey- pg. 240

ምታሪክ Aለና ዘይብለል mtarik alena zeyblel

history we have not say


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pg. 466 pg. 130 pg. 130 pg. 625

ካብ Eለት Eለት ዝቁለል kab elet elet zkulel

from day to day adds up

b- pg. 517 pg. 857 t- pg. 431


with one interest beat

pg. 34 pg. 357 pg. 400


human important and history to tell

n- pg. 426 pg. 43


development and rest


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b- pg. 59 pg. 139 te- pg. 772


pg. 416 pg. 193 t- pg. 679 pg. 451



pg. 866 pg. 73 zey- pg. 240



pg. 466 pg. 130 pg. 130 pg. 625




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b- pg. 517 pg. 857 t- pg. 431



pg. 34 pg. 357 pg. 400



n- pg. 426 pg. 43



pg. 203 pg. 1063

ባሕሪ ጣና bahri Tana Lake Tana

Note: Port Tanis (“TS’ane”) has the same name as Lake Tana (“TS’ane”)


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pg. 203 pg. 467

ባሕሪ Aባይ bahri abay River Abay

pg. 203 pg. 85

ባሕሪ ዙላ bahri Zula Bay Zula

pg. 705 pg. 602

ሰግሮም ዘመስቱ segirom zmetsu crossed came

pg. 136 pg. 130 pg. 449 pg. 773

Aሰየ Iሎም ኩሉ ወጊኖም eseye elom kulu weginom

yes saying all took side


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pg. 773 pg. 838 pg. 1044

ናብ ትንቲ ግብጽ nab ancient gebts to tinitawi Gebts

pg. 473

ክወጹ kwetsu to leave

pg. 225 pg. 509

ፍቅሪ ቀስኖም fqri qesinom

love happy pleasure

pg. 203 pg. 1063



pg. 203 pg. 467

ባሕሪ Aባይ


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bahri abay River Abay

pg. 203 pg. 85


pg. 705 pg. 602


pg. 136 pg. 130 pg. 449 pg. 773



pg. 773 pg. 838 pg. 1044



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pg. 473


pg. 225 pg. 509


love happy pleasure

pg. 000 pg. 000 pg. 000

ብፍላይ ቅርጺ ፊደላት bfuluy qrtsi fidelat unique shape letters

a- pg. 814 pg. 134

Aቆጻጻራ Aሃዛት akotsatsra ahazat counting numbers


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pg. 370 pg. 873 pg. 557

ብፍሉይ ትበብ ሕንጻታት bfuluy tbeb hntsatat unique art buildings

te- pg. 325 pg. 449 pg. 382

ተምሳለት ኩሉ ነገስታት temsalet kulen negestat example for all kings

b- pg. 59 pg. 139 te- pg. 772


pg. 416 pg. 193 t- pg. 679 pg. 451




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pg. 866 pg. 73 zey- pg. 240



pg. 466 pg. 130 pg. 130 pg. 625



b- pg. 517 pg. 857 t- pg. 431



pg. 34 pg. 357 pg. 400




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n- pg. 426 pg. 43



pg. 203 pg. 1063



pg. 203 pg. 467


pg. 203 pg. 85



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pg. 705 pg. 602 ሰግሮም ዘመስቱ

segirom zmetsu crossed came

pg. 136 pg. 130 pg. 449 pg. 773



pg. 773 pg. 838 pg. 1044


pg. 473


pg. 225 pg. 509


love happy pleasure


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pg. 203 pg. 1063



pg. 203 pg. 467


pg. 203 pg. 85


pg. 705 pg. 602



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pg. 136 pg. 130 pg. 449 pg. 773



pg. 773 pg. 838 pg. 1044


pg. 473


pg. 225 pg. 509


love happy pleasure


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me- pg. 225 pg. 149 pg. 188 pg. 357

መበኩል ፍትረት ወዲሰብ mebokol ftret wedi seb

growth creation human beings

pg. 583 pg. 7

ህዝቢ Eልፍ AEላፋት hzbi elfi aelafat

nation of many beyond numbers

pg. 325 pg. 38 pg. 77 pg. 339

መሰረት Iብየት ሃገርና meseret ebyet hagerna

base development our world

te- pg. 325 pg. 449 pg. 382

ተምሳለት ኩሉ ነገስታት temsalet kulen negestat example for all kings


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pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164

Aንታ ንህናEሞ ንንህና Eና anta nhnamo nhna ena you we are who we are

pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164


pg. 883 pg. 167

ትማሊ ሎሚ tmali lomi

yesterday today

pg. 788 pg. 838

ከምትንቲ kem tnti

like old times


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pg. 866 n- pg. 131 pg. 307


history collecting products

pg. 517 pg. 30 pg. 7 pg. 339


unity is honor

pg. 241 pg. 30 pg. 791 pg. 339

ብሩህ Aለ ክድምና brhan ewe kdmena bright is our future

pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164



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pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164


pg. 174 pg. ci ያረድ Yared

St. Yared

pg. 3 pg. 346 pg. ci

Eዛና Ezana

King Ezana


ሳIዛና Saizana

King Saizana


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zey- pg. 697 pg. 866 pg. 605 pg. 357

ዘይሃሲስ ታሪክ ሰብ ዝና zey hasis tarik seb zna

not drying history human of fame

pg. 275 m- pg. 296 pg. 30 pg. 194

መራይ ማመን Eዩ ወሳኒ mriay mieman eyu wesani to see believe is important

pg. 389 pg. 139 pg. 697

ንሱ ሃኪ ዘይሰAኒ nsu haki zesani

that's truth can't be negotiated

pg. 79 ሃገሬ

hagere my country


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ye- pg. 325 ye- be- pg. 679

የመስክራ የብስራ yemeskira yebesira

will show with work

ye- pg. 325 -wi


we will show

ye- be- pg. 679 ye- pg. 325

የበስራ የመስክራ yebesira yemeskira

with work will show

ye- pg. 325 -wi


we will show


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pg. 573 pg. 280 pg. 117 pg. 339


mixed is our color

pg. 241 pg. 30 pg. 791 pg. 339


pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164


pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164



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pg. 883 pg. 167

ትማሊ ሎሚ tmali lomi

yesterday today

pg. 788 pg. 838

ከምትንቲ kem tnti

like old times

pg. 866 n- pg. 131 pg. 307


history collecting products

pg. 517 pg. 30 pg. 7 pg. 339


unity is honor


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pg. 241 pg. 30 pg. 791 pg. 339


pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164


pg. 401 pg. 339 pg. 339 pg. 164


pg. 174 pg. ci ያረድ Yared

St. Yared


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Eዛና Ezana

King Ezana


ሳIዛና Saizana

King Saizana

zey- pg. 697 pg. 866 pg. 605 pg. 357

ዘይሃሲስ ታሪክ ሰብ ዝና zey hasis tarik seb zna

not drying history human of fame

pg. 275 m- pg. 296 pg. 30 pg. 194

መራይ ማመን Eዩ ወሳኒ mriay mieman eyu wesani to see believe is important


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pg. 389 pg. 139 pg. 697

ንሱ ሃኪ ዘይሰAኒ nsu haki zesani

that's truth can't be negotiated

ye- pg. 325 ye- be- pg. 679


will show with work

ye- pg. 325 -wi


we will show

ye- pg. 325 ye- be- pg. 679


will show with work


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ye- pg. 325 -wi


we will show

pg. 573 pg. 280 pg. 117 pg. 339


mixed is our color

pg. 241 pg. 30 pg. 791 pg. 339


ye- pg. 325 ye- be- pg. 679


will show with work


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ye- pg. 325 -wi


we will show

ye- be- pg. 679 ye- pg. 325

የበስራ የመስክራ yebesira yemeskira

with work will show

ye- pg. 325 -wi


we will show


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