Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
መብርሂ
እቲ መሳርሒ ብኸመይ ከም ዝሰርሕ ትገልጸሉ።
mebrhi
iti mesarhi b‘khemey kem zeserh tiglets‘elu.
explain
She explains to him how the device works.
ስርዝ ድልዝ
ነቲ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ ኣስሚሩሉ።
sirz dilz
neti zehabo megleṣi asmirululu.
underline
He underlined his statement.
መጽናዕቲ
እተን ኣዋልድ ብሓባር ክመሃራ ይፈትዋ እየን።
m‘snā‘ēti
ēten āwāld b‘ḥābār k‘m‘hārā y‘f‘tēwa yēn.
study
The girls like to study together.
ደው ምባል
ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።
daw məbal
abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.
stop
You must stop at the red light.
ስዕመት
ነቲ ህጻን ይስዕሞ።
s‘met
neti htsan y‘s‘mo.
kiss
He kisses the baby.
ብሓባር ምስራሕ
ከም ጋንታ ብሓባር ንሰርሕ።
bhbar msrah
kem ganta b’habar n‘srh.
work together
We work together as a team.
መልሲ
ንሳ ድማ ብሕቶ መለሰትሉ።
mel‘si
nesa d‘ma b‘h‘to meleseṭelu.
respond
She responded with a question.
ምኽንያት
ብዙሓት ሰባት ቀልጢፎም ህውከት የስዕቡ።
məḳənyaṭ
bəzuhät säbät qälṭäfom həwəkät yəsʿäbu.
cause
Too many people quickly cause chaos.
የድሊ
ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!
yedilī
ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!
need
I’m thirsty, I need water!
ምጉያይ ጀምር
እቲ ኣትሌት ጉያ ክጅምር ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።
mguyāy jmēr
itī āt’lēt guyā kj’mēr qērībū ālo.
start running
The athlete is about to start running.
ምህናጽ
እቶም ቆልዑ ነዊሕ ግምቢ ይሰርሑ ኣለዉ።
miḥnäts
itom qol‘u nwiḥ gimbi yisärḥu älū.
build
The children are building a tall tower.