Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ይቕረ በሉ
በዚ ፈጺማ ይቕረ ክትብሎ ኣይትኽእልን እያ!
yiqere belu
bezi fitsima yiqere ketiblo ayteke‘eln eya!
forgive
She can never forgive him for that!
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.
ፍለጥ
ብዙሕ መጻሕፍቲ ዳርጋ ብኣእምሮኣ እያ ትፈልጦ።
feleTi
bezuH meSaHefeti daraga be‘aemro‘a eya tefleTo.
know
She knows many books almost by heart.
ኮፍ በል
ብዙሓት ሰባት ኣብቲ ክፍሊ ኮፍ ኢሎም ኣለዉ።
kof bel
bǝzuḥāt sǝbāt ǝbtī kǝflī kof ǝllǝm ǝllǝw.
sit
Many people are sitting in the room.
ንጎኒ ገዲፍካ ምቕማጥ
ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ወርሒ ንደሓር ዝኸውን ገንዘብ ክምድብ እደሊ።
ngǝgǝnǝ gǝdǝfka mǝkmāt
ǝb nǝfsǝ wǝkf wǝrḥǝ ndǝḥǝr zkǝwn gǝnzǝb kmǝdb ǝdelǝ.
set aside
I want to set aside some money for later every month.
መጽናዕቲ
ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲተይ ብዙሓት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እየን ዝመሃራ።
m‘snā‘ēti
āb yūnīvērsītēy bzuhāt dēkī ānstīyō yēn z‘m‘hārā.
study
There are many women studying at my university.
ሰሰናዩ በል
እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።
säsnäyu bäl
ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.
say goodbye
The woman says goodbye.
ምልላይ
ሓዳስ ኣፍቃሪቱ ምስ ወለዱ የላልይ ኣሎ።
m‘llāy
ḥadās āf‘qārītu mis wēlūdū y‘lalay ālo.
introduce
He is introducing his new girlfriend to his parents.
ዕላል
ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይዕልሉ።
ʿilāl
ab nënḥidḥdom yʿǝllu.
chat
They chat with each other.
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!
ንቕድሚት ይኹን
ኣብቲ ናይ ሱፐርማርኬት መውጽኢ ገንዘብ ንቕድሚት ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ሰብ የለን።
nek-ked-mit yikh-un
ab-ti nay super-market mew-tsi-e gen-zeb nek-ked-mit ke-kid ze-de-li seb ye-len.
let in front
Nobody wants to let him go ahead at the supermarket checkout.