Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ዕጸዎ
ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!
‘ǝtsǝwo
nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!
close
You must close the faucet tightly!
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.
ክፉት
እቲ ሴፍ በቲ ምስጢራዊ ኮድ ክኽፈት ይኽእል።
kǝfǝt
ǝti sǝf bǝti mǝštǝraw kod kǝkfǝt yǝkhǝl.
open
The safe can be opened with the secret code.
ምህራም
ወለዲ ንደቆም ክሃርሙ የብሎምን።
mihiram
weldi ndeqom kharmu yebelomn.
beat
Parents shouldn’t beat their children.
ደፋር
ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።
dəfar
nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.
dare
I don’t dare to jump into the water.
ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.
ተኣኪብኩም ንዑ
ክልተ ሰባት ክእከቡ ከለዉ ጽቡቕ’ዩ።
te‘akibkum nu
kilte sebat ke‘ekbu kelow ts‘ebuk‘yu.
come together
It’s nice when two people come together.
ሰኺርካ ምኻድ
ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።
sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad
dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.
get drunk
He gets drunk almost every evening.
ምቕራብ
ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።
mǝqrab
nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.
offer
She offered to water the flowers.
ምሉእ ብምሉእ
መዓልታዊ ናይ ምጉያይ መስመሩ ይዛዝም።
mlu‘ bmlu‘
me‘al‘tawi nay miguyay mesmeru yezazem.
complete
He completes his jogging route every day.
ኣልዕል
ኩሉ ኣፕል ክንልዓል ኣለና።
ʾalʿəl
kulu ʾapəl kənlʿal ʾalena.
pick up
We have to pick up all the apples.