እንግሊዘኛ ንጀመርቲ፡ ናይ ሓጎስ ስምዒታትካ ብዝተፈላለየ ደረጃታት ንምግላጽ ንጥቀመሎም ቃላትን ሓረጋትን፡ ኣብ ምዝርራብ ዝሕግዙ
Learn English for Tigrinya Speakers፡ Expressing different levels of happiness with different words and phrases;
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Hello
Ok How you feeling today?
Are you happy?
Very happy?
Extremely happy?
How happy are you?
That is what we are going to see today.
Let’s speak English
Intermediate
Speaking
Expressing Happiness
By the end of the lesson you will be able to express your happiness as good as a native speaker
Don’t limit yourself to specific words (happy, glad)
So many descriptive words, idiomatic expressions and other phrases that indirectly express our happiness
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How do you say how happy you are?
Adjectives
Idiomatic expressions
Other phrases and sentences
There are two structures
1. Verb-adjective combination
Be + adjective be happy
Feel + adjective feel happy
2. About/ with
I am happy about the good news.
I am happy with my results.
1. Happy – feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
I am happy that you are starting your business.
2. Contented – happy, in a peaceful mood (ቅሳነት/ዕግበት)
feeling or expressing happiness or satisfaction
• I felt warm and contented.
o Pleased –
o Glad –
o Joyful
o Cheerful
3. In high spirits – very happy and cheerful
• All the graduates were in high spirits on the graduation day.
/ኣብቲ መዓልቲ ምረቃ፡ እቶም ተመረቕቲ መንፈስ ባህታ ዓሲልዎም ነይሩ።
4. Delighted – feeling or showing great pleasure
• When she saw him, she reflected a delighted smile.
5. Blissful – Extremely happy, full of joy; ecstatic, rapturous
• I liked the caption. It said, ‘blissful couple holding their first born baby.’
Idiomatic expressions
HAPPINESS
1. am flying high - very happy
I am flying high after I finalized my book.
2. Over the moon - extremely happy, delighted
A. How did you feel when you saw your exceptionally good results?
B. Over the moon
Dialogue 1
A: How did your interview go?
B: I was worried but it went well.
A: Congratulations.
B: Thanks, if things go well, I will get a great promotion in the coming few months.
A: Wow that is a good news. So how you feeling?
B: Over the moon
She is over the moon with her wedding plans.
3. Pumped up – excited about something.
A. Your girl-friend is coming this evening. So how you feeling?
B. Pumped up, I am pumped up to see her.
4. Fool’s paradise – feeling happy in a situation because one failed to see the problem.
• She is in a fool’s paradise believing that he will marry her.
Other expressions of happiness
1. I can’t believe it.
I couldn’t believe it when I saw the results.
2. I am having a blast.
(when you have fun or exciting time)
3. I am having the time of my life.
4. I can’t wait to see him/ her. (excited)
5. I am counting down the days. (excited)
6. Grinning from ear to ear (Extremely happy)
• She was grinning from ear to ear on her daughter’s wedding.
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