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Unit 5 · grammar
Top 15+ Literal Translation Errors & Spot-The-Error Quiz
Identify and correct common mistakes like 'I have 25 years', 'Open the light', and 'Borrow vs Lend'.
Estimated Study Time 1–2 days · ~1 hr
የተለመዱ ስህተቶች እና ማስተካከያቸው (Common Mistakes & Corrections)
አብዛኛዎቹ ስህተቶች የሚከሰቱት የአማርኛ ዐረፍተ-ነገሮችን ቃል-በቃል ወደ እንግሊዝኛ ለመተርጎም በሚደረግ ጥረት ነው። እነዚህን ቁልፍ ስህተቶች በመለየት እንግሊዝኛዎን ያሳድጉ።
Direct translation
I have 25 years.
አይ አም ትዌንቲ-ፋይቭ ይርስ ኦልድ።
I am 25 years old.
Direct translation
Open the light / Close the light.
ተርን ኦን ዘ ላይት / ተርን ኦፍ ዘ ላይት።
Turn on the light / Turn off the light.
Direct translation
I am going to home.
አይ አም ጎዪንግ ሆውም።
I am going home.
Direct translation
I am agree with you.
አይ አግሪ ዊዝ ዩ።
I agree with you.
Direct translation
I lost my weight.
አይ ሎስት ዌይት።
I lost weight.
Prepositions
She told to me the truth.
ሺ ቶልድ ሚ ዘ ትሩዝ።
She told me the truth.
Prepositions
I arrived to London yesterday.
አይ አራይቭድ ኢን ለንደን ዬስተርዴይ።
I arrived in London yesterday.
Prepositions
Explain me this question.
ኤክስፕሌይን ዚስ ክዌስችን ቱ ሚ።
Explain this question to me.
Prepositions
I am waiting you.
አይ አም ዌይቲንግ ፎር ዩ።
I am waiting for you.
Word choice
Can you borrow me some money?
ካን ዩ ሌንድ ሚ ሳም ማኒ?
Can you lend me some money? / Can I borrow some money?
Word choice
He said me that he was tired.
ሂ ቶልድ ሚ ዛት ሂ ወዝ ታየርድ።
He told me that he was tired. / He said that he was tired.
Word choice
I am hearing to the news.
አይ አም ሊሰኒንግ ቱ ዘ ኒውስ።
I am listening to the news.
Grammar agreement
He don't know the answer.
ሂ ዳዝንት ኖው ዚ አንሰር።
He doesn't know the answer.
Grammar agreement
Every students are present.
ኤቭሪ ስቱደንት ኢዝ ፕሬዘንት።
Every student is present. / All students are present.
Grammar agreement
I look forward to meet you.
አይ ሉክ ፎርዋርድ ቱ ሚቲንግ ዩ።
I look forward to meeting you.
መስተጋብራዊ ፈተና (Spot & Fix The Error)
ትክክለኛውን የእንግሊዝኛ ዐረፍተ-ነገር ይምረጡ
ትክክለኛ አማርኛ ተናጋሪዎች የሚሳሳቱትን አነጋገር አስተካክሉ (ጥያቄ #1)
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