የአማርኛ መገበያያ ሀረጎች፡ Shopping Amharic phrases:
Shopping = ሱቅ መሄድ
First, when you go to a shop and find no one present upon your arrival or if they are busy, you can call them using these terms: ‘እዚህ ሱቅ / ezih suq, ‘ሱቅ / suq, or ‘ባለ ሱቅ / bale suq {shopkeeper}’ to get their attention.
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ The shopkeeper / seller:
- ምን ፈልገሽ ነው? What are you looking for?
- ምን ፈልገህ ነው? What are you looking for?
- ምን ልስጥሽ? What can I give you? ልስጥሽ? Shall I give you. female
- ምን ልስጥህ? What can I give you?
- ምን ላሳይሽ? What can I show you? etc.
- ምን ልታዘዝ? What can I do for you please?
- ምን ፈልገሽ ነው? What are you looking for?
- ምን ፈለጉ? What did you want?
- ቆንጆ ነው ግዛው። It’s beautiful. Buy it.
- ቆንጆ ነው ግዢው። It’s beautiful. Buy it.
ገዡ the ወይም ደንበኛው ደግሞ The buyer or the customer
The = ዡ / u
ገዥ = buyer
- እዚህ ሱቅ፣ ዳቦ አለህንዴ? Shopkeeper, do you have any bread?
- እንትን ፈልጌ ነበር… I was looking for… pen እንትን = emm
- ጫማ አለህ? Do you have any shoes?
- ጨው አለህንዴ? Do you have salt?
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ ደግሞ The shopkeeper/seller also
- አወ አለ Yes, I have.
- አለ አወ፤ ስንት ኪሎ ነው የምትፈልጊ/ገው? Yes, there is. How many kilos do you want?
- አለኝ = I have
- የትኛውን ነው የፈለከው? Which one do you want?
- የትኛውን ነው የፈለግሽው? Which one do you want?
- የለኝም። I don’t have.
- ጨርሻለሁ I’m sorry, I am sold out of that item. Or I have finished.
- አይ፣ የለም። I’m sorry, no, there isn’t.
- አሁን የለኝም። I don’t have it at the moment.
ገዡ ወይም ደንበኛው ደግሞ The buyer or the customer
If he says, “አዎ አለኝ / Yes, I have it,” you ask him how much he will sell it for.
- ስንት ብር ነው? How much does it cost?
- ስንት ነው? How much is it?
- ዋጋውን ንገረኝ እስቲ Please tell me the price.
- ዋጋውን ንገረኚ እስቲ Please tell me the price.
- ዋጋውን ንገረኝ እስቲ Please tell me the price.
- የስንት ብር ነው ያለህ? What is the price of the item you have?
- ምን ያህል ነው? How much is it?
- ዋጋው ስንት ነው? What is the price?
- መሸጫው ስንት ነው? How much do you sell it for?
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ ደግሞ The shopkeeper/seller also
- 10 ብር ነው። It is 10 Birr.
- ባለ አምስት መቶ ብሩ ነው ያለኝ። It’s the one that sells for five hundred birr. Or It’s priced at five hundred birr.
- ኪሎው 50 ብር ነው። The kilo is 50 Birr. 50 + 50 ? = 100 መቶ
- ? ጥያቄ ምልክት
- ባለ 25 ብር ዳቦ አለ፣ ባለአስር ብር ዳቦ አለ። There is a 25-birr bread, there is a ten-birr bread
- ጫማው ዋጋው 1700 ብር ነው። The price of the shoe is 1700 Birr.
- የመጨረሻ መሸጫ ዋጋው 1500 ብር ነው። The final price of it is 1500 Birr.
- አይዞሽ፣
- አይዞህ፣
- አይዟችሁ፣
ገዡ ወይም ደንበኛው ደግሞ The buyer or the customer
- በጣም ውድ ነው። It is very expensive.
- አስወደድከው በጣም። You’ve made it very expensive.
- ኧረ ውድ ነው። Oh, it’s expensive.
- መውደድ = ቱ ላቭ
- ውደታ = ላቭ
- እወድሻለሁ
- እወድሃለሁ
- እወዳችኋለሁ
- አፈቅራችኋለሁ / አፈቅርሻለሁ
- ዋጋውን ቀንስ እና ልግዛህ። Lower the price and let me buy you. Or “Could you lower the price, please? I’d like to buy it.”
- ትንሽ ቀንስልኝ Reduce me a little for me. Bring down the price.
- ትንሽ ቀንስ Bring down a little bit.
- 1000 ብር ልግዛህ? Shall I buy you 1000 Birr?
- 1000 ብር ይበቃሃል። 1000 Birr is enough for you.
- 5000 ብር ሽጥልኝ? Sell me 500 Birr?
- እባክህ እንደዛ ልግዛህ? Can I buy it at this price please?
- ምን አይነት ከለር ነው ያለህ? What color do you have?
- በምን አይነት ከለር ነው ያለህ? What kind of color do you have?
- ስንት ቁጥር ነው? What is its number?
- ስልክ ቁጥር? = ፎን ነምበር
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ ደግሞ The shopkeeper/seller also
- አይ፣ እንደዛ አያዋጣም። No, that doesn’t work out well.
- እንደዛ አያዋጣኝም። No, that doesn’t profit me.
- አይ እንደዛ ኪሳራ ነው። No, it’s a loss.
- አይ፣ እንደዛ ያከስረኛል። No, that makes me bankrupt
- እንደዛ ምንም ትርፍ የለውም It has no profit for me.
- ትርፉ ኪሳራ ነው Its profit is only loss.
- እሽ በቃ ውሰጂው / ውሰደው Okay, take it.
- እሽ በቃ እኔ ከስሬ ልሽጥልህ I will sell it to you at my loss.
- ውሰደው በቃ Okay, Just take it.
- አይ፣ ከዚህ በታች አልቀንስም No, I will not lower it above this.
- ምንም ክርክር የለውም። It’s the price. There is no argument
- ፊክስድ ፕራይስ ነው። It is a fixed price.
- ዋጋው ፊክስድ ነው The price is fixed.
- ከዛ አይቀንስም It will not decrease any further.
- ምንም ቅናሽ የለውም There is no discount
- ኪሳራ ነው። It’s a loss.
ገዡ ወይም ደንበኛው ደግሞ The buyer or the customer
- ቁጥሩ ስንት ነው? What is its number?
- ስንት ቁጥር ነው? what number is it?
- ሳይዙ ምን ያህል ነው? How much is its size?
- ከለሩ አማራጭ አለው? Does it have an alternative color?
- በሌላ ከለር የለህም? Don’t you have another color?
- ሞባይል ባንኪንግ ትቀበላለህ ወይስ በካሽ ነው የምትፈልገው? Do you accept mobile banking or do you prefer cash?
- ዛሬ ለመግዛት አላሰብኩም። I didn’t plan to buy today.
- ብር የለኝም። I have no money.
- አይ እኔ ለመጠየቅ ብቻ ነው የፈለኩት። No, I just wanted to ask.
- ለማወቅ ነው። I just wanted to know.
- ዋጋውን ለመጠየቅ ያህል ነው። It’s like asking the price.
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ ደግሞ The shopkeeper/seller also
- ቁጥሩ 42 ነው። The number is 42.
- ከለሩ ጥቁር ነው። It is black in color.
- በሌላም ከለር አለ። There is another color too.
ገዡ ወይም ደንበኛው ደግሞ The buyer or the customer
- እስቲ ይሄን ልሞክረለው ሌት ሚ ትራይ ዚስ Let me try this
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ ደግሞ The shopkeeper/seller also
- አወ ሞክሪው። Yeah, try it.
- ልክህ ነው It suits you.
- ልክሽ ነው It suits you.
- እሱ ልክ ይሆንሻል That will be right for you.
ገዡ ወይም ደንበኛው ደግሞ The buyer or the customer
- ከዚህ የተሻለ የለህም? Don’t you have anything better?
- ሌላ የለህም? Don’t you have another one?
- ይሄ ልክ አልሆነኝም። This didn’t suit me.
- ይሄ ልኬ አይደለም።It doesn’t really suit me. This is not me.
- ይሄ ደስ አላለኝም። I don’t like this.
- ይሄን አልወደኩትም። I don’t like this.
- ይሄ አያምርም። This is not pretty.
- ይሄ አይሄድብኝም። እኔ ላይ አያምርም። It doesn’t look good on me.
ባለ ሱቁ / ሻጩ ደግሞ The shopkeeper/seller also
- ይሄ ነው በቃ ያለው። I have only this in stalk.
- እሱ ብቻ ነው የቀረው። It is the only one left.
- አለኝ ሌላም። I have another.
- እንኪ እስኪ ይሄን እይው Pleas, here you go see this.
- እስቲ ይሄን ሞክሪው Please try this one.
- እንካ እስኪ ይሄን ሞክረው Pleas, here you go see this.
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