Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ምክፍፋል
ዕዮ ገዛ ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይመቓቕሉ።
məkfəfal
ʿeyo gəza ʾab nənəhdəḥdom yəməqaqlu.
divide
They divide the housework among themselves.
ሓሶት
ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።
hasot
bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.
lie
He often lies when he wants to sell something.
ንቕድሚት ንጥምት
ቆልዑ ኩሉ ግዜ በረድ ብሃንቀውታ ይጽበዩ።
nəḳdəmit nəṭimət
qol‘u kulu gʒə bərəd bəħanḳəwtə yiṣəbəyu.
look forward
Children always look forward to snow.
ስራሕ
ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።
srah
kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.
work
She works better than a man.
ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ
ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።
b‘mekina nab geza‘ka
dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.
drive home
After shopping, the two drive home.
ምጥቃም
መዓልታዊ ፍርያት መመላኽዒ ትጥቀም።
mt‘qaam
me‘alitawi fryat memelah‘ee tit‘qem.
use
She uses cosmetic products daily.
ይኽእል እዩ
እቲ ንእሽቶ ድሮ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ከስትዮ ይኽእል እዩ።
ykhəl eyu
əti nəsh’to dro nəti ’əmbabat may kəstyo ykhəl eyu.
can
The little one can already water the flowers.
ሓሶት ን
ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።
hasot n
ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.
lie to
He lied to everyone.
ዕድመ
ኣብ ዋዜማ ሓድሽ ዓመት ድግስና ንዕድመኩም።
‘ēdmē
ab wāzēmā ḥād‘sh ‘āmēt d‘gs‘nā n‘ēdmēkum.
invite
We invite you to our New Year’s Eve party.
ን
ንጽቡቕ ነጥብታቱ ድማ ኣበርቲዑ ይሰርሕ ነይሩ።
n
n’tsubuk net’btatu dema aber’tiyu ys’rh nayru.
work for
He worked hard for his good grades.
ምኽንያት
ኣልኮላዊ መስተ ሕማም ርእሲ ከስዕብ ይኽእል።
məḳənyaṭ
ʾalkolawi mästä ḥəmam rʾäsi kəsʿäb yəḥʾäl.
cause
Alcohol can cause headaches.