Vocabulary

ትጽቢት

ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።

tsibit

haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.

expect

My sister is expecting a child.

ጣዕሚ

እዚ ናይ ብሓቂ ጽቡቕ ጣዕሚ ኣለዎ!

ta’əmi

əzi nay bəhaqi tsubuk ta’əmi aləwo!

taste

This tastes really good!

ምብላዕ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ክንደይ ከም እንሃልኽ ይዕቅን።

mib-la

ezi me-sar-he ezi ken-dey kem en-hal-ekh yi-eq-en.

consume

This device measures how much we consume.

ንቕድሚት ይኹን

ኣብቲ ናይ ሱፐርማርኬት መውጽኢ ገንዘብ ንቕድሚት ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ሰብ የለን።

nek-ked-mit yikh-un

ab-ti nay super-market mew-tsi-e gen-zeb nek-ked-mit ke-kid ze-de-li seb ye-len.

let in front

Nobody wants to let him go ahead at the supermarket checkout.

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?

ቀሪብኩም ምጹ

እቶም ቀንዴል ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቀራረቡ ኣለዉ።

qǝribkum mǝsu

ǝtom qǝndǝl ʾab nǝnǝḫǝdḫǝdom yǝqǝrarǝbu ʾǝlow.

come closer

The snails are coming closer to each other.

በረድ

ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።

bäräd

lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.

snow

It snowed a lot today.

ደው ምባል

ነቲ ደርፊ ክትጻወሮ ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

dēw mbal

nēti derfī kts’aw’ro āyk’ēln’ya.

stand

She can’t stand the singing.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ምሕላፍ ብ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።

mihlaf bi

kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.

pass by

The two pass by each other.

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ድምጺ

ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።

d‘mzi

ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.

vote

One votes for or against a candidate.