Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ንምርኣይ
ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።
nəmrʾay
gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.
show off
He likes to show off his money.
ምቅላስ
እቶም ስፖርተኛታት ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቃለሱ።
m‘qlas
etom sportegnat‘at ab n‘ḥ‘dḥ‘dom y‘q‘lasu.
fight
The athletes fight against each other.
ፍታሕ
ንሓደ ጸገም ንምፍታሕ ከንቱ ይጽዕር።
fəṭaḥ
nəḥädä ṣägəm nəmfəṭaḥ kəntu yəṣəʕr.
solve
He tries in vain to solve a problem.
ዕላል
ብዙሕ ግዜ ምስ ጎረቤቱ ይዕልል።
ʿəläl
bəzuḥ gəzä məs goräbtu yəʿələl.
chat
He often chats with his neighbor.
ኣገልግሉ
እቲ ኣገልጋሊ ነቲ መግቢ የቕርቦ።
ǝgǝlgǝlu
ǝti ǝgǝlgālǝ nǝti mǝgbǝ yǝ‘ǝrbǝwo.
serve
The waiter serves the food.
ዕጸዎ
ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!
‘ǝtsǝwo
nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!
close
You must close the faucet tightly!
ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.
ምህናጽ
ብሓባር ብዙሕ ሃኒጾም ኣለዉ።
miḥnäts
bḥäbär bzuh ḥänts‘om älū.
build up
They have built up a lot together.
ምሕጻብ
ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።
mih‘ts‘ab
sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.
wash up
I don’t like washing the dishes.
ምምላስ
እቲ መምህር ነቶም ድርሰታት ናብቶም ተማሃሮ ይመልሶም።
məmläs
eti məmhər natom dərsətat nabtom tamähäro yəmläsom.
return
The teacher returns the essays to the students.
ተንጠልጢሉ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ጨንፈር ተሰቒሎም ኣለዉ።
tǝnṭǝlti‘lu
kǝlti‘om ab ćǝnfǝr tsǝkoloṃ alu.
hang
Both are hanging on a branch.