Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ብባቡር ምኻድ
ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።
b’bábur m’kád
nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.
go by train
I will go there by train.
ምልክት
በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!
mǝlkǝt
bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!
sign
Please sign here!
ኣልዕል
ካብ መሬት ገለ ነገር ኣልዒላ።
ʾalʿəl
kab mərət gəle negar ʾalʿila.
pick up
She picks something up from the ground.
ደው ኢልካ ምግዳፍ
ሎሚ ብዙሓት መካይኖም ደው ኢሎም ክገድፉ ኣለዎም።
deW eLka megedaf
lomi bezuHat meka‘enom deW eLom kegedefu alewom.
leave standing
Today many have to leave their cars standing.
መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.
ቀስ ኢልካ ምጉያይ
ሰዓት ቁሩብ ደቓይቕ ቀስ ኢላ ትጎዪ ኣላ።
qäss ʾilkä məguyäy
sä‘ät qurub däqäyq qäss ʾïlä tgoyi äla.
run slow
The clock is running a few minutes slow.
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.
ደው ምባል ኣብ
እቶም ሓካይም መዓልታዊ ኣብ ጥቓ እቲ ሕሙም ደው ይብሉ።
daw məbal ab
ətom ḥakāyīm mə‘alṭawī ab ṭ‘qa əti ḥumum daw yəblu.
stop by
The doctors stop by the patient every day.
ክኸውን ኣለዎ
ሓደ ሰብ ብዙሕ ማይ ክሰቲ ይግባእ።
kəxəwn alwo
ħadə səb bəzuḥ may ksəti ygəbaʾ.
should
One should drink a lot of water.
ስርዝ ድልዝ
ነቲ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ ኣስሚሩሉ።
sirz dilz
neti zehabo megleṣi asmirululu.
underline
He underlined his statement.
ክፉት ግደፍ
መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!
kefuT gedef
meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!
leave open
Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!