Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
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.
ኣጠቓሊልካ ምዝራብ
ካብዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ቐንዲ ነጥብታት ከተጠቓልል ኣለካ።
aṭ‘q‘alilka m‘zrāb
k‘abzi ṣḥuf ʾezi q‘endī net‘bt‘at k‘t‘q‘allel ālekā.
summarize
You need to summarize the key points from this text.
ክትወጽእ ትደሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።
kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli
eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.
want to go out
The child wants to go outside.
ክፍሊት
ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።
kīflīt
b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.
pay
She pays online with a credit card.
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.
ትኪ
እቲ ስጋ ንኽዕቀብ ይትከኽ።
tǝkī
ǝti siga nkǝʕǝqb yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
The meat is smoked to preserve it.
ደርፍ
እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።
dǝrf
ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.
sing
The children sing a song.
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.
ተስፋ ምቑራጽ
እዚ ይኣክል፡ ተስፋ ንቖርጽ ኣለና!
t’esfa m’quráts
ézí yak’l: t’esfa n’qor’ts aléna!
give up
That’s enough, we’re giving up!
ገንዘብ ኣውጽኡ
ኣብ ጽገና ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከነውጽእ ኣለና።
gənzəb āwṣ’u
ab ṣəgəna bəzuḥ gənzəb kənəwṣ’i ālēna.
spend money
We have to spend a lot of money on repairs.
ግደፍ
ብዙሓት እንግሊዛውያን ካብ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ክወጹ ደልዮም።
gedef
bezuHat englizawyan kab Heberet Ewropa kewoTsu delyom.
leave
Many English people wanted to leave the EU.