Vocabulary

ቁርሲ ምብላዕ

ኣብ ዓራትና ቁርሲ ክንበልዕ ንመርጽ።

ḳǝrsi mbla‘

ab aṛatna ḳǝrsi kǝnblǝ‘ nmǝrṣ.

have breakfast

We prefer to have breakfast in bed.

ኣልዕል

ካብ መሬት ገለ ነገር ኣልዒላ።

ʾalʿəl

kab mərət gəle negar ʾalʿila.

pick up

She picks something up from the ground.

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!

ርአ

ካብ ላዕሊ ርኢና ዓለም ፍጹም ዝተፈልየት እያ ትመስል።

rəʔa

kab la.əli rəʔəna ʔaləm fəsəm zətəfəlyət eya təməsil.

look

From above, the world looks entirely different.

ኣጋጣሚ ኮይኑ

ኣብቲ ናይ ስራሕ ሓደጋ ገለ ነገር ኣጋጢምዎ ድዩ?

ağaṭami koynu

abti nay srǝḥ ḥadǝga gǝlǝ nǝgǝr ağaṭimwo diyǔ?

happen to

Did something happen to him in the work accident?

ጉዕዞ

ብኤውሮጳ ምጉዓዝ ንፈቱ።

gu‘uzo

beurope mig‘az neftu.

travel

We like to travel through Europe.

ንቕድሚት ይኹን

ኣብቲ ናይ ሱፐርማርኬት መውጽኢ ገንዘብ ንቕድሚት ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ሰብ የለን።

nek-ked-mit yikh-un

ab-ti nay super-market mew-tsi-e gen-zeb nek-ked-mit ke-kid ze-de-li seb ye-len.

let in front

Nobody wants to let him go ahead at the supermarket checkout.

ምልክት

በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!

mǝlkǝt

bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!

sign

Please sign here!

ጭድርታ

ክትስማዕ እንተደሊኻ መልእኽትኻ ዓው ኢልካ ክትጭድር ኣለካ።

ʧədrta

kətsəmaʕ ʾəntədəlika məlʾəḥtka ʿaw ʾilka kətʧədr ʾaləka.

shout

If you want to be heard, you have to shout your message loudly.

ምቕራብ

ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።

mǝqrab

nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.

offer

She offered to water the flowers.

ዕላል

ተምሃሮ ኣብ እዋን ክፍሊ ክዕልሉ የብሎምን።

ʿəläl

täməharo ʾab ʾäwan käfli kəʿəllu yəblomən.

chat

Students should not chat during class.

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?