Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ዘሊልካ ምዝላል
እቲ ቆልዓ ብሓጎስ ይዘልል ኣሎ።
zēlīlkā m‘zlāl
‘eti qōl‘ā b‘hāgōs y‘zlēl ālo.
jump around
The child is happily jumping around.
ምምሃር
ጂኦግራፊ ይምህር።
məmhər
jioghrafi yəmhər.
teach
He teaches geography.
ንላዕሊ ኣልዕል
እታ ኣደ ንህጻና ኣልዒላቶ።
nla-e-li al‘il
eta ade nih-tsa-na al‘eela-to.
lift up
The mother lifts up her baby.
ምጉሓፍ
እዞም ኣረጊት ናይ ጎማ ጎማታት ብፍሉይ ክጉሓፉ ኣለዎም።
məgəḥaf
ʾəzom ʾargit nay goma gomatat bfuluy kəgəḥafu ʾaləwom.
dispose
These old rubber tires must be separately disposed of.
ንደገ ምግዓዝ
ጎረቤት ንደገ ይግዕዝ ኣሎ።
ndegē miggāz
gōrebēt ndegē yig‘egz alō.
move out
The neighbor is moving out.
ትኪ
እቲ ስጋ ንኽዕቀብ ይትከኽ።
tǝkī
ǝti siga nkǝʕǝqb yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
The meat is smoked to preserve it.
ድሕሪት ምድቃስ
ግዜ ንእስነታ ኣዝዩ ድሕሪት እዩ ዘሎ።
deh-rit mid-kas
gzey nes-net-a a-zi-yu deh-rit eyu ze-lo.
lie behind
The time of her youth lies far behind.
ስራሕ
ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።
srah
kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.
work
She works better than a man.
ተስማምቲ
ተስማምተካ ናይ ወዳጅ ምስጋድ ክኣቱ።
tesmamti
tesmamteka nay wedaj msegad ka‘atu.
agree
They agreed to make the deal.
ምውሳን
ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።
mǝwsān
aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.
decide
She can’t decide which shoes to wear.
ኣብ ዙርያ ምጉዓዝ
ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ብዙሕ ተጓዒዘ’የ።
ab zuria mig‘az
ab mela‘alim bezuh teg‘ayze‘ye.
travel around
I’ve traveled a lot around the world.