Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
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.
ምእማን
ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።
m‘ēmān
bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.
persuade
She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.
ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?
ባንክሮት ምኻድ
እቲ ቢዝነስ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ክኽሰት ይኽእል እዩ።
bánk’rot m’kád
etí bíznes ab qeréba ewwan k’késet y’k’él eyú.
go bankrupt
The business will probably go bankrupt soon.
ጽሓፉ
ንሳ ናይ ንግዲ ሓሳባ ክትጽሕፍ ትደሊ።
tshafu
nsa nay ngdi hsaba k‘tshf tdli.
write down
She wants to write down her business idea.
መሪሕነት
እቲ ዝያዳ ምኩር ተጓዓዛይ ኩሉ ግዜ ይመርሕ።
meriHeneT
eti ze‘yada muKuR tegu‘a‘aza‘yi kulu gizye yiMerH.
lead
The most experienced hiker always leads.
ጣዕሚ
እዚ ናይ ብሓቂ ጽቡቕ ጣዕሚ ኣለዎ!
ta’əmi
əzi nay bəhaqi tsubuk ta’əmi aləwo!
taste
This tastes really good!
ገንዘብ ኣውጽኡ
ኣብ ጽገና ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከነውጽእ ኣለና።
gənzəb āwṣ’u
ab ṣəgəna bəzuḥ gənzəb kənəwṣ’i ālēna.
spend money
We have to spend a lot of money on repairs.
ምጥፋእ
እቲ ዕስለ ኣንበጣ ንብዙሓት ገዛውቲ የዕንዎም።
məṭfəʿ
ʾiti ʿəslə ʾambəṭa nəbəzuxat gəzawti yəʿənwonəm.
destroy
The tornado destroys many houses.
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.
ብንጹር ርአ
በቲ ሓድሽ መነጽረይ ኩሉ ብንጹር ይርእዮ ኣለኹ።
bǝnts‘ur rǝ‘ā
bǝti ḥǝdǝsh mǝnǝts‘ǝray kulu bǝnts‘ur yǝrǝ‘ǝyo alǝku.
see clearly
I can see everything clearly through my new glasses.