Vocabulary

ቀስ ኢልካ ምጉያይ

ሰዓት ቁሩብ ደቓይቕ ቀስ ኢላ ትጎዪ ኣላ።

qäss ʾilkä məguyäy

sä‘ät qurub däqäyq qäss ʾïlä tgoyi äla.

run slow

The clock is running a few minutes slow.

ፍለጥ

ብዙሕ መጻሕፍቲ ዳርጋ ብኣእምሮኣ እያ ትፈልጦ።

feleTi

bezuH meSaHefeti daraga be‘aemro‘a eya tefleTo.

know

She knows many books almost by heart.

መብርሂ

እቲ መሳርሒ ብኸመይ ከም ዝሰርሕ ትገልጸሉ።

mebrhi

iti mesarhi b‘khemey kem zeserh tiglets‘elu.

explain

She explains to him how the device works.

ምሃብ

እቲ ቆልዓ መስሓቕ ትምህርቲ ይህበና ኣሎ።

mɪ‘hab

ɪtɪ kwa‘la məshæk tɪm‘hirɪt yəhəbə‘na alo.

give

The child is giving us a funny lesson.

ምምላስ

እቲ መምህር ነቶም ድርሰታት ናብቶም ተማሃሮ ይመልሶም።

məmläs

eti məmhər natom dərsətat nabtom tamähäro yəmläsom.

return

The teacher returns the essays to the students.

ደርፍ

እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።

dǝrf

ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.

sing

The children sing a song.

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ምሕታም

መወዓውዒ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኣብ ጋዜጣታት ይሕተም እዩ።

məḥtam

məwo‘aw‘i məbazəḥtə‘u gzey ab gäzətat yəhətam eyu.

publish

Advertising is often published in newspapers.

ፍቕሪ

ድሙኣ ኣዝያ እያ እተፍቅሮ።

fəḳri

dəmu‘a azya eya ətfəḳro.

love

She loves her cat very much.

ስዕመት

ነቲ ህጻን ይስዕሞ።

s‘met

neti htsan y‘s‘mo.

kiss

He kisses the baby.

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.

ሸጥ

እቶም ነጋዶ ብዙሕ ኣቑሑት ይሸጡ ኣለዉ።

shǝt

ǝtom nǝgādo bǝzuḥ ǝ‘ākhuhat yǝshǝtu alǝwu.

sell

The traders are selling many goods.