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Shopping & money

Goal: ask 'How much?', understand price and money, and say if something is cheap or expensive at the shop or market.
Say each price out loud in birr. Think about buna, injera, and fruit you buy at your market.

How much? — money, price

ስንት ነው? — ገንዘብ፣ ዋጋ

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to buy, the market, the shop

መግዛት፣ ገበያ፣ ሱቅ

slow

cheap, expensive

ርካሽ፣ ውድ

It costs five birr.

አምስት ብር ያስከፍላል።

Almaz goes to the market. She wants to buy coffee and fruit. She asks the shopkeeper, 'How much is the coffee?' The man says, 'It costs five birr.' Almaz is happy. Five birr is cheap! Then she asks about the bananas. The price is twenty birr. 'That is too expensive,' she says. She buys the coffee and goes home.

Recap: ask 'How much?', answer 'It costs five birr', and say if it is cheap or expensive. Now you can shop at the market!

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How much?