Vocabulary

ምልላይ

ሓዳስ ኣፍቃሪቱ ምስ ወለዱ የላልይ ኣሎ።

m‘llāy

ḥadās āf‘qārītu mis wēlūdū y‘lalay ālo.

introduce

He is introducing his new girlfriend to his parents.

ንላዕሊ ኣልዕል

እታ ኣደ ንህጻና ኣልዒላቶ።

nla-e-li al‘il

eta ade nih-tsa-na al‘eela-to.

lift up

The mother lifts up her baby.

ንዙርያኻ ርአ

ንድሕሪት ተመሊሳ ናባይ ጠሚታ ፍሽኽ በለት።

nzurəyəka rəʔa

ndəhərit təmələsa nabay təmi.ta fəshəkə bələt.

look around

She looked back at me and smiled.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ጽልዋ

ንነብስኻ ብኻልኦት ክትጽሎ ኣይትፍቀደላ!

tsilwa

nnebska bkelot kttslo aytifqkedla!

influence

Don’t let yourself be influenced by others!

ምሕላፍ

ዓሳ ነባሪ ብክብደት ንዅሎም እንስሳታት ይበልጹ።

m‘ḥ‘lāf

ʿāsā n‘barī b‘k‘b‘det n‘ēlom ʾensīs‘tāt y‘bl‘ṣu.

surpass

Whales surpass all animals in weight.

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ምህናጽ

እቶም ቆልዑ ነዊሕ ግምቢ ይሰርሑ ኣለዉ።

miḥnäts

itom qol‘u nwiḥ gimbi yisärḥu älū.

build

The children are building a tall tower.

ሓዊ

ሓላፊየይ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪሩኒ።

hawi

halafiyei kab sirah abariruni.

fire

My boss has fired me.

ርሒቕካ ምኻድ

ጎረባብትና ይርሕቑ ኣለዉ።

riḥīka mikhād

gōrebābtēna yirḥīqu alēw.

move away

Our neighbors are moving away.

ሕሰብ

ኣብ ቸስ ብዙሕ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።

həsəb

ab ches bəzuḥ kəthəsb aləka.

think

You have to think a lot in chess.

ኮፍ በል

ብዙሓት ሰባት ኣብቲ ክፍሊ ኮፍ ኢሎም ኣለዉ።

kof bel

bǝzuḥāt sǝbāt ǝbtī kǝflī kof ǝllǝm ǝllǝw.

sit

Many people are sitting in the room.