Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ሽፋን
እቲ ቆልዓ እዝኑ ይሽፍን።
shifan
iti qol‘a ezeno yishifn.
cover
The child covers its ears.
ን
ንጽቡቕ ነጥብታቱ ድማ ኣበርቲዑ ይሰርሕ ነይሩ።
n
n’tsubuk net’btatu dema aber’tiyu ys’rh nayru.
work for
He worked hard for his good grades.
ተሰማሚዕኩም ክትሰማምዑ
ባእስኹም ኣቋሪጽኩም ኣብ መወዳእታ ተሰማምዑ!
təsəma‘mɪkum kɪtəsəmam‘ju
ba‘əsukum a‘kari‘skum ab mew‘da‘əta təsəma‘mju!
get along
End your fight and finally get along!
ስዒቡ
እቲ ሓላዊ ላም ነቶም ኣፍራስ ይስዕብዎም።
səʿibu
ʾəti ħalawi lam nətom ʾafras yəsʿəbwom.
pursue
The cowboy pursues the horses.
ኣብ ሓደ ምምጻእ
እቲ ናይ ቋንቋ ኮርስ ካብ መላእ ዓለም ዝመጹ ተማሃሮ ኣብ ሓደ ዘራኽብ እዩ።
ab hadä mm‘sä
iti näy quäñqa kors kab malä ‘äläm zäm‘tsu tämaḥäro ab hadä zäräk‘b eyu.
bring together
The language course brings students from all over the world together.
ሰኺርካ ምኻድ
ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።
sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad
dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.
get drunk
He gets drunk almost every evening.
ግደፍ
በጻሕቲ ዓዲ ቀትሪ ካብቲ ገማግም ባሕሪ ይወጹ።
gedef
beTsaHeti ‘aedi Qetiri kabti gemagem bahri yewoTsu.
leave
Tourists leave the beach at noon.
ደው ምባል
ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።
daw məbal
abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.
stop
You must stop at the red light.
ዕላል
ብዙሕ ግዜ ምስ ጎረቤቱ ይዕልል።
ʿəläl
bəzuḥ gəzä məs goräbtu yəʿələl.
chat
He often chats with his neighbor.
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.
ዓመት ምድጋም
እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።
‘amet midig‘gam
iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.
repeat a year
The student has repeated a year.