Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
መወዳእታ
እቲ መስመር ኣብዚ እዩ ዝውዳእ።
məwədaʿṭa
ʾiti məsmər abzi əyu zəwədaʿ.
end
The route ends here.
ጠይባ
መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።
t‘ai̯ba
məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.
ask
He asked for directions.
ዝሓዘ
ዓሳ፡ በርበረን ጸባን ብዙሕ ፕሮቲን ዝሓዘ እዩ።
zi-ha-ze
a-sa: ber-ber-en tsa-ban bi-zuh pro-tein zi-ha-ze e-yu.
contain
Fish, cheese, and milk contain a lot of protein.
ንላዕሊ ኣልዕል
እታ ኣደ ንህጻና ኣልዒላቶ።
nla-e-li al‘il
eta ade nih-tsa-na al‘eela-to.
lift up
The mother lifts up her baby.
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.
ኣጠቓሊልካ ምዝራብ
ካብዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ቐንዲ ነጥብታት ከተጠቓልል ኣለካ።
aṭ‘q‘alilka m‘zrāb
k‘abzi ṣḥuf ʾezi q‘endī net‘bt‘at k‘t‘q‘allel ālekā.
summarize
You need to summarize the key points from this text.
ዕጸዎ
ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!
‘ǝtsǝwo
nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!
close
You must close the faucet tightly!
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.
ምልላይ
ሓዳስ ኣፍቃሪቱ ምስ ወለዱ የላልይ ኣሎ።
m‘llāy
ḥadās āf‘qārītu mis wēlūdū y‘lalay ālo.
introduce
He is introducing his new girlfriend to his parents.
ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.
ጥርጡር
ኣፍቃሪቱ ምዃና’ዩ ዝጥርጥር።
t‘rgūr
āfq‘ārītu m‘zānā‘yū z‘t‘rgūr.
suspect
He suspects that it’s his girlfriend.