Vocabulary

ኮፍ በል

ጸሓይ ክትዓርብ ከላ ኣብ ጥቓ ባሕሪ ኮፍ ትብል።

kof bel

ṣǝḥāy kǝtǝʕǝrb kǝlla ǝb ṭǝqa baḥrī kof tǝbl.

sit down

She sits by the sea at sunset.

ይውክሉ

ጠበቓታት ንዓማዊሎም ኣብ ቤት ፍርዲ ይውክሉ።

yiwekilu

ṭ‘beqaṭat n‘ama‘wilom ab bet fridi yiwekilu.

represent

Lawyers represent their clients in court.

ኣንጻሩ ሓሶት

እቲ ሓወልቲ ኣሎ - ልክዕ ኣብ መንጽር እዩ ዘሎ!

an-tsaru hasot

eti hawel-ti a-lo - lek-e ab men-tser eyu ze-lo!

lie opposite

There is the castle - it lies right opposite!

ይኽእል እዩ

እቲ ንእሽቶ ድሮ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ከስትዮ ይኽእል እዩ።

ykhəl eyu

əti nəsh’to dro nəti ’əmbabat may kəstyo ykhəl eyu.

can

The little one can already water the flowers.

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.

ርግጽ

ርግጽ ይፈትዉ እዮም፡ ግን ኣብ ናይ ጠረጴዛ ኩዕሶ ጥራይ።

rg‘ṣ

rg‘ṣ yf‘tew eyom, gn ab nay tr‘peza ku‘so tray.

kick

They like to kick, but only in table soccer.

ምትካል

ጓለይ ኣፓርታማኣ ከተቕውም ትደሊ ኣላ።

mǝtkal

gu‘ālǝy ǝpǝrtǝmǝ‘ā ktǝ‘ǝwm tǝdelǝ ala.

set up

My daughter wants to set up her apartment.

ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ንኺድ

ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ክትከይድ ኣይትኽእልን ኢኻ።

kabzí n’la’lí n’khíd

ab’zí ewwan’zí kabzí n’la’lí k’khéd ayt’khéln íkha.

go further

You can’t go any further at this point.

ቃላት ስኢንካ ግደፍ

እቲ ስግንጢር ቃላት ስኢኑ ይገድፋ።

qela‘aT se‘enka gedef

eti segnTeer qela‘aT se‘enu yiGedefa.

leave speechless

The surprise leaves her speechless.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ሓዊ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።

hawi

eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.

fire

The boss has fired him.