Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ናብ
እታ ጓል ናብ ኣዲኣ ገጻ ትጎዪ።
näb
əta gäl näb ʾädiä gäṣṣa tgoyi.
run towards
The girl runs towards her mother.
ምሕያል
ጂምናስቲክ ንጭዋዳታት የሐይሎ።
məhyal
jīmnāstīk nčwādatāt yəhāylō.
strengthen
Gymnastics strengthens the muscles.
ድቃስ
እቲ ህጻን ይድቅስ።
dǝqās
ǝti ḥśān yǝdǝqǝs.
sleep
The baby sleeps.
ደው ምባል
እቲ ደያቢ እምባ ኣብ ጫፍ ደው ኢሉ ኣሎ።
dēw mbal
itī dayābī īmba ab chaf dēw īlu ālo.
stand
The mountain climber is standing on the peak.
ምጉያይ ጀምር
እቲ ኣትሌት ጉያ ክጅምር ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።
mguyāy jmēr
itī āt’lēt guyā kj’mēr qērībū ālo.
start running
The athlete is about to start running.
ምስ
ሓደ ሰብ ክዛረቦ ይግባእ፤ ኣዝዩ ጽምዋ’ዩ።
mes
hade seb kezarebo yigeba; atsiyu semwa‘oyu.
talk to
Someone should talk to him; he’s so lonely.
ትእዛዝ
ንባዕላ ቁርሲ ትእዝዝ።
tǝ’ǝzǝz
nǝba’la qursi tǝ’ǝzz.
order
She orders breakfast for herself.
ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ሕሰብ
ዕዉት ንምዃን ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።
kab sanduq wəsə’i həsəb
ewt nəməzan hade hade gəzə kab sanduq wəsə’i kəthəsb aləka.
think outside the box
To be successful, you have to think outside the box sometimes.
ርግጽ
ርግጽ ይፈትዉ እዮም፡ ግን ኣብ ናይ ጠረጴዛ ኩዕሶ ጥራይ።
rg‘ṣ
rg‘ṣ yf‘tew eyom, gn ab nay tr‘peza ku‘so tray.
kick
They like to kick, but only in table soccer.
ድምጺ
ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።
d‘mzi
ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.
vote
One votes for or against a candidate.
ኣቓልቦ ግበር
ሓደ ሰብ ነቲ ናይ ጽርግያ ምልክታት ከቕልበሉ ኣለዎ።
āqālbo gēber
ḥāde sēb nēti nāy tsirgyā milk‘tāt keqilbēlu ālēwo.
pay attention
One must pay attention to the road signs.