Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ስርዝ ድልዝ
ነቲ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ ኣስሚሩሉ።
sirz dilz
neti zehabo megleṣi asmirululu.
underline
He underlined his statement.
መደረ ሃብ
እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ኣብ ቅድሚ ብዙሓት ተምሃሮ መደረ ይህብ ኣሎ።
mə‘dere hab
ɪtɪ polɪ‘tɪkægnæ ab kɪd‘mi bəzuhat təmə‘haro mə‘dere yə‘hab a‘lo.
give a speech
The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.
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.
ዝሓዘ
ዓሳ፡ በርበረን ጸባን ብዙሕ ፕሮቲን ዝሓዘ እዩ።
zi-ha-ze
a-sa: ber-ber-en tsa-ban bi-zuh pro-tein zi-ha-ze e-yu.
contain
Fish, cheese, and milk contain a lot of protein.
ክፉት ግደፍ
መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!
kefuT gedef
meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!
leave open
Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!
ንላዕሊ ርአ
ዘይትፈልጦ፡ ንላዕሊ ክትጥምት ኣለካ።
nəla‘əli rə‘a
zəyətifəlto: nəla‘əli kətiṭmət aləka.
look up
What you don’t know, you have to look up.
ምቁራጽ
ካብ ሕጂ ጀሚረ ሽጋራ ምትካኽ ከቋርጽ ደልየ ኣለኹ!
məqʿuras
kab həji gəmirə šəgarə mtəkaħ kəqʿaras dəley ʾaləku!
quit
I want to quit smoking starting now!
ጉዕዞ
ብኤውሮጳ ምጉዓዝ ንፈቱ።
gu‘uzo
beurope mig‘az neftu.
travel
We like to travel through Europe.
ግብሪ
ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።
gibri
tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.
tax
Companies are taxed in various ways.
ጥርጡር
ኣፍቃሪቱ ምዃና’ዩ ዝጥርጥር።
t‘rgūr
āfq‘ārītu m‘zānā‘yū z‘t‘rgūr.
suspect
He suspects that it’s his girlfriend.
ክትወጽእ ትደሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።
kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli
eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.
want to go out
The child wants to go outside.