Vocabulary

ክገድፉ ይደልዩ

ካብ ሆቴላ ክትወጽእ ትደሊ።

k‘gedfu yideluyu

kab hotel‘a kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli.

want to leave

She wants to leave her hotel.

ንቕድሚት ምግልባጥ

ንሱ ድማ ገጹ ክገጥመና ተገልበጠ።

nkudmit miglibat

nsu dima gesu kgetmena tgelbet.

turn around

He turned around to face us.

ምሕላፍ ብ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።

mihlaf bi

kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.

pass by

The two pass by each other.

ደርፍ

እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።

dǝrf

ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.

sing

The children sing a song.

ተታይዶ

ዓሳ ኩሉ ኣብ ውሕጢ ተታይዶ።

tɛtɑjdo

ʕɑsɑ kuːlu ʔɑb wɪħtɪ tɛtɑjdo.

appear

A huge fish suddenly appeared in the water.

ድምጺ

ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።

d‘mzi

ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.

vote

One votes for or against a candidate.

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

The father didn’t allow him to use his computer.

ማስታወሻታት ውሰድ

እቶም ተማሃሮ ኣብ ኩሉ እቲ መምህር ዝበሎ ማስታወሻ ይገብሩ።

mastaweshatat wesed

etom tema‘hero ab kulu eti memehir ze‘belo mastawesha yigebru.

take notes

The students take notes on everything the teacher says.

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?

ኣንብብ

ብዘይ መነጽር ከንብብ ኣይክእልን’የ።

ʾənbəb

bəzey mənəsər kənbəb ʾaykəʿəln‘yə.

read

I can’t read without glasses.

ክፍሊት

ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።

kīflīt

b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.

pay

She pays online with a credit card.