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emails, messaging & video calls

Emails, Messaging & Video Calls

Core Vocabulary

Study the key terms, pronunciations, and Amharic translation contexts.

20 Words

Email

/ኢሜል/

የኤሌክትሮኒክ መልእክት

Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.

በአውታረ መረብ አማካኝነት ከአንድ የኮምፒዩተር ተጠቃሚ ወደ አንድ ወይም ከዚያ በላይ ተቀባዮች በኤሌክትሮኒክ መንገድ የሚላኩ መልእክቶች።

Examples

"I will send you an email with the details."

Contextual Usage

Attachment

/አታችመንት/

ተያያዥ ፋይል

An extra file sent with an email message.

ከኢሜል መልእክት ጋር አብሮ የሚላክ ተጨማሪ ፋይል።

Examples

"Please find the report in the attachment."

Contextual Usage

Subject

/ሰብጀክት/

ርዕሰ ጉዳይ

A brief description of what the email is about.

ኢሜሉ ስለ ምን እንደሆነ የሚገልጽ አጭር መግለጫ።

Examples

"Don't forget to write a clear subject line."

Contextual Usage

Recipient

/ሪሲፒየንት/

ተቀባይ

A person who receives something.

አንድን ነገር የሚቀበል ሰው።

Examples

"Make sure the recipient's address is correct."

Contextual Usage

Inbox

/ኢንቦክስ/

የመልእክት ሳጥን

A folder where received emails are stored.

የደረሱ ኢሜሎች የሚቀመጡበት ፎልደር።

Examples

"My inbox is full of unread messages."

Contextual Usage

Spam

/ስፓም/

አላስፈላጊ መልእክት

Irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the internet to a large number of recipients.

በኢንተርኔት አማካኝነት ለብዙ ተቀባዮች የሚላኩ ተዛማጅነት የሌላቸው ወይም ተገቢ ያልሆኑ መልእክቶች።

Examples

"Check your spam folder if you can't find my mail."

Contextual Usage

Draft

/ድራፍት/

ረቂቅ

A preliminary version of a piece of writing.

የአንድ ጽሑፍ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ዝግጅት።

Examples

"I saved the email as a draft."

Contextual Usage

Signature

/ሲግኔቸር/

ፊርማ

A block of text at the end of an email that includes contact information.

የእውቂያ መረጃን የሚያካትት በኢሜል መጨረሻ ላይ የሚቀመጥ ጽሑፍ።

Examples

"Your email signature should include your phone number."

Contextual Usage

Reply

/ሪፕላይ/

መልስ መስጠት

To respond to a message.

ለመልእክት ምላሽ መስጠት።

Examples

"Please reply to this email by tomorrow."

Contextual Usage

Forward

/ፎርዋርድ/

ማስተላለፍ

To send an email you received to another person.

የደረሰዎትን ኢሜል ለሌላ ሰው መላክ።

Examples

"Can you forward that message to the manager?"

Contextual Usage

CC

/ሲሲ/

ግልባጭ

Carbon Copy; to send a copy of an email to someone else.

የኢሜል ቅጂ ለሌላ ሰው መላክ።

Examples

"Please CC me on all project emails."

Contextual Usage

Mute

/ሚውት/

ድምጽ ማጥፋት

To turn off the microphone during a video call.

በቪዲዮ ጥሪ ወቅት ማይክሮፎኑን ማጥፋት።

Examples

"Please mute your microphone when not speaking."

Contextual Usage

Unmute

/አንሚውት/

ድምጽ መክፈት

To turn on the microphone during a video call.

በቪዲዮ ጥሪ ወቅት ማይክሮፎኑን ማብራት።

Examples

"Unmute yourself to answer the question."

Contextual Usage

Webcam

/ዌብካም/

የድረ-ገጽ ካሜራ

A video camera that feeds or streams an image or video in real time to or through a computer.

ምስልን ወይም ቪዲዮን በቀጥታ በኮምፒዩተር በኩል የሚያስተላልፍ ካሜራ።

Examples

"Turn on your webcam so we can see you."

Contextual Usage

Share Screen

/ሼር ስክሪን/

ስክሪን ማጋራት

To show your computer screen to other participants in a call.

የኮምፒተርዎን ስክሪን በቪዲዮ ጥሪ ላይ ላሉ ሌሎች ተሳታፊዎች ማሳየት።

Examples

"I will share my screen to show the presentation."

Contextual Usage

Notification

/ኖቲፊኬሽን/

ማሳወቂያ

An alert that appears on your device to inform you of a new message.

ስለ አዲስ መልእክት መረጃ የሚሰጥ በመሣሪያዎ ላይ የሚታይ ምልክት።

Examples

"I turned off my email notifications."

Contextual Usage

Bandwidth

/ባንድዊድዝ/

የመረጃ ማስተላለፊያ አቅም

The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time.

በተወሰነ ጊዜ ውስጥ ሊተላለፍ የሚችል የመረጃ መጠን።

Examples

"My bandwidth is low, so the video is blurry."

Contextual Usage

Virtual Background

/ቨርቿል ባክግራውንድ/

ሰው ሰራሽ ዳራ

A digital image that hides your real background during a video call.

በቪዲዮ ጥሪ ወቅት ትክክለኛውን የጀርባ ሁኔታ የሚደብቅ ዲጂታል ምስል።

Examples

"I use a virtual background of an office."

Contextual Usage

Invitation

/ኢንቪቴሽን/

ግብዣ

A request to attend a meeting or event.

በስብሰባ ወይም በዝግጅት ላይ እንዲገኙ የሚቀርብ ጥያቄ።

Examples

"I accepted the invitation to the webinar."

Contextual Usage

Natural Dialogue

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Role A
Hi! Did you receive the I sent? I included a PDF as an .
Role B
Let me check my . What was the line? Sometimes messages go to .
Role A
The was 'Project Update'. I also put the manager in the and included a .
Role B
Found it! It was still in my folder for some reason. I will and it to the team now.
Role A
Great. Please Accept the for our Video Call tomorrow. Make sure your works.
Role B
I will. Should I myself when I join? My is a bit low today.
Role A
Yes, please. I will to show the slides. Don't forget to check your .
Role B
Okay. I'll use a to look professional. I'll add my to the confirmation .
Role A
Perfect. Just when you want to speak. I am the of the feedback.

The Writing Challenge

Synthesize your vocabulary knowledge in context.

Adaptive Prompt
"Try to write a short professional email to a colleague using at least five of the words above, such as 'Attachment', 'Subject', and 'Reply'. Then, simulate a video call setup by checking your 'Webcam' and 'Microphone' settings."