Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ምእማን
ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።
m‘ēmān
bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.
persuade
She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.
ትኪ
እቲ ስጋ ንኽዕቀብ ይትከኽ።
tǝkī
ǝti siga nkǝʕǝqb yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
The meat is smoked to preserve it.
ማስታወሻታት ውሰድ
እቶም ተማሃሮ ኣብ ኩሉ እቲ መምህር ዝበሎ ማስታወሻ ይገብሩ።
mastaweshatat wesed
etom tema‘hero ab kulu eti memehir ze‘belo mastawesha yigebru.
take notes
The students take notes on everything the teacher says.
ኣነጻጽር
ኣሃዛቶም የነጻጽሩ።
anets‘ats‘ir
ahazatom yenets‘ats‘iru.
compare
They compare their figures.
ተረድኡ
ኣብ መወዳእታ እቲ ዕማም ተረዲኡኒ!
teredu
ab meweda‘ita eti imam teredu‘ini!
understand
I finally understood the task!
ምውሳን
ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።
mǝwsān
aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.
decide
She can’t decide which shoes to wear.
የድሊ
ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።
yedilī
gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.
need
You need a jack to change a tire.
ምኽንያት
ኣልኮላዊ መስተ ሕማም ርእሲ ከስዕብ ይኽእል።
məḳənyaṭ
ʾalkolawi mästä ḥəmam rʾäsi kəsʿäb yəḥʾäl.
cause
Alcohol can cause headaches.
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?
መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.
ኣብ ኢድካ ኣለዎም
ህጻናት ኣብ ኢዶም ናይ ጁባ ገንዘብ ጥራይ እዩ።
ab ǝdka alwoṃ
ḥǝṣanat ab ǝdom nay juba gǝnzǝb ṭǝray yǝyǔ.
have at disposal
Children only have pocket money at their disposal.