Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ምሕላፍ ብ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።
mihlaf bi
kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.
pass by
The two pass by each other.
ኣንጻሩ ሓሶት
እቲ ሓወልቲ ኣሎ - ልክዕ ኣብ መንጽር እዩ ዘሎ!
an-tsaru hasot
eti hawel-ti a-lo - lek-e ab men-tser eyu ze-lo!
lie opposite
There is the castle - it lies right opposite!
ዘሊልካ ምዝላል
እቲ ቆልዓ ብሓጎስ ይዘልል ኣሎ።
zēlīlkā m‘zlāl
‘eti qōl‘ā b‘hāgōs y‘zlēl ālo.
jump around
The child is happily jumping around.
ዕላል
ተምሃሮ ኣብ እዋን ክፍሊ ክዕልሉ የብሎምን።
ʿəläl
täməharo ʾab ʾäwan käfli kəʿəllu yəblomən.
chat
Students should not chat during class.
ተርጉም
ኣብ መንጎ ሽዱሽተ ቋንቋታት ክትርጉም ይኽእል እዩ።
tergum
ab mengo shidushte qwanqwatat ktergum yikhal eyu.
translate
He can translate between six languages.
ሕሰብ
ኣብ ቸስ ብዙሕ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።
həsəb
ab ches bəzuḥ kəthəsb aləka.
think
You have to think a lot in chess.
ኣጉልሕ
ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።
agul‘h
b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.
emphasize
You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.
ይቕረ በሉ
ዕዳኡ ይቕረ እብለሉ።
yiqere belu
eda‘u yiqere ebelu.
forgive
I forgive him his debts.
ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?
ዓመት ምድጋም
እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።
‘amet midig‘gam
iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.
repeat a year
The student has repeated a year.
ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት
ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።
migt‘aew miwsawas akalat
b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.
exercise restraint
I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.