ADVENTURE TRAILS

Now is rainy season and all Addis Ababa is under construction. It means that one have to know which streets are open and which one are not, where is possible to pass and where is not any more.

In addition to this one have to know that there is mud everywhere and is difficult to keep clean before enter in the school or in the working place. Is also a good moment for the shoe shiners because most of the people need a cleaning of the shoes.

The other day I was walking somewhere, the street was nearly closed also for the pedestrians, and the only way to pass was throw a bridge made of wood entering in a building under construction to exit in another side of it. Old women were scared to pass there but there was not any alternative and they did.

REALLY ADVENTURE TRAILS!!

OTHER DAILY WORDS

OTHER DAILY WORDS

Let me teach you some useful expressions that you can use with your child in the beginning to understand each other.

If there is a bar between the first word is for male, the second is for female.

DEKEMEH/DEKEMESH?                                          are you tired?

ERBOHAL/ERBOSHAL?                                            Are you hungry?

ENKELF YMETAL?                                                    Are you falling asleep?

MECHAWET TEFELEGALEH/TEFELEGIYALESH? Do you want to play?

TEWEDALEH/ TEWEDJALESH?                              Do you like it?

ATWEDEM/ ATWEDJIM?                                         Don’t you like it?

Anyway if you have more suggestions or questions about words, I’ll be happy to translate for you!

HALF A HOUSE

HALF A HOUSE

In this moment In Addis Abeba a lot of places are under construction or demolition. Some places the government is demolishing huge areas to construct new buildings and houses for the people. Other places they are making the roads larger or now it is under construction the city train in many parts of the city.

Sometimes it means that the people have to change completely the place they live, other times only a part of the house have to be demolished. In this last case in a very short period of time the inhabitants of that house or shop have to rebuild the wall and to adapt the space remaining to their necessities.

Is really surprising to see how fast the things change and how fast the people adapt themselves to a new situation. Even building with more stores change their face in very short times!