Vocabulary

ጠይባ

መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።

t‘ai̯ba

məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.

ask

He asked for directions.

ደው በል

ድሕሪ ደጊም ባዕላ ደው ክትብል ኣይትኽእልን እያ።

dēw bel

d’hrī dēgīm bā’lā dēw ktībl āyk’ēln’ya.

stand up

She can no longer stand up on her own.

ምብላዕ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ክንደይ ከም እንሃልኽ ይዕቅን።

mib-la

ezi me-sar-he ezi ken-dey kem en-hal-ekh yi-eq-en.

consume

This device measures how much we consume.

ምጥፋእ

እቶም ፋይላት ምሉእ ብምሉእ ክጠፍኡ እዮም።

məṭfəʿ

ʾətom faylat məluʾ bəməluʾ kəṭəfʾu ʾeyom.

destroy

The files will be completely destroyed.

መደረ ሃብ

እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ኣብ ቅድሚ ብዙሓት ተምሃሮ መደረ ይህብ ኣሎ።

mə‘dere hab

ɪtɪ polɪ‘tɪkægnæ ab kɪd‘mi bəzuhat təmə‘haro mə‘dere yə‘hab a‘lo.

give a speech

The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.

ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ

ቀያሕ ስፖርታዊት መኪና ኣለኒ።

nay geza‘e re‘esu

qeyah sportawit mekina aleni.

own

I own a red sports car.

ደው ኢልካ ምግዳፍ

ሎሚ ብዙሓት መካይኖም ደው ኢሎም ክገድፉ ኣለዎም።

deW eLka megedaf

lomi bezuHat meka‘enom deW eLom kegedefu alewom.

leave standing

Today many have to leave their cars standing.

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ደርብዮ

እቲ ብዕራይ ነቲ ሰብኣይ ደርብይዎ ኣሎ።

dərbyo

əti bə’əray nəti sbay dərbyo aləwo.

throw off

The bull has thrown off the man.

ቀለም

እታ መኪና ሰማያዊ ቀለም ይቕባእ ኣሎ።

q‘elem

eta mekina semayawi q‘elem yiq‘be‘a alo.

paint

The car is being painted blue.

ንላዕሊ ርአ

ዘይትፈልጦ፡ ንላዕሊ ክትጥምት ኣለካ።

nəla‘əli rə‘a

zəyətifəlto: nəla‘əli kətiṭmət aləka.

look up

What you don’t know, you have to look up.

ስልጣን ምውሳድ

ኣንበጣ ስልጣን ሒዙ ኣሎ።

silt‘an miwsad

anbeta silt‘an hizu alo.

take over

The locusts have taken over.