Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.
ደርብዮ
ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።
dərbyo
ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.
throw away
He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.
ደፋር
ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።
dəfar
nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.
dare
I don’t dare to jump into the water.
ሓዊ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።
hawi
eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.
fire
The boss has fired him.
ዘሊሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ
እቲ ኣትሌት ነቲ ዕንቅፋት ክዘልል ኣለዎ።
zelilu ab le‘li
iti ‘atlet neti ‘enqefat kezell alewo.
jump over
The athlete must jump over the obstacle.
ምምዕባል
ሓዱሽ ስትራቴጂ ይምዕብሉ ኣለው።
m‘m‘e‘bal
hadush s‘trat‘eji yim‘e‘bilu alow.
develop
They are developing a new strategy.
ምትካል
ጓለይ ኣፓርታማኣ ከተቕውም ትደሊ ኣላ።
mǝtkal
gu‘ālǝy ǝpǝrtǝmǝ‘ā ktǝ‘ǝwm tǝdelǝ ala.
set up
My daughter wants to set up her apartment.
ተመሊከ
ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።
tɛmɛlɪkɛ
bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.
arrive
Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.
ብባቡር ምኻድ
ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።
b’bábur m’kád
nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.
go by train
I will go there by train.
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.
ንገደፍ ናብ
እቶም ወነንቲ ኣኽላባቶም ንዓይ ንእግሪ ይገድፉለይ።
ne gedef naB
etom weneNTi aKlabaTom ne‘aY negeri yigedefulay.
leave to
The owners leave their dogs to me for a walk.