Vocabulary

ተሰኪምካ ምኻድ

ደቆም ኣብ ሕቖኦም ተሰኪሞም ይኸዱ።

täsäkimkä məḫad

däqom ʾab ḥəqʾom täsäkimom yəḫədu.

carry

They carry their children on their backs.

ክኸውን ኣለዎ

ሓደ ሰብ ብዙሕ ማይ ክሰቲ ይግባእ።

kəxəwn alwo

ħadə səb bəzuḥ may ksəti ygəbaʾ.

should

One should drink a lot of water.

ቀለም

እታ መኪና ሰማያዊ ቀለም ይቕባእ ኣሎ።

q‘elem

eta mekina semayawi q‘elem yiq‘be‘a alo.

paint

The car is being painted blue.

ኣብ ኢድካ ኣለዎም

ህጻናት ኣብ ኢዶም ናይ ጁባ ገንዘብ ጥራይ እዩ።

ab ǝdka alwoṃ

ḥǝṣanat ab ǝdom nay juba gǝnzǝb ṭǝray yǝyǔ.

have at disposal

Children only have pocket money at their disposal.

ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ

ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።

b‘mekina nab geza‘ka

dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.

drive home

After shopping, the two drive home.

ምጥፋእ

ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።

mtf‘

alarm se‘at atf‘ato.

turn off

She turns off the alarm clock.

ኣብ መወዳእታ

ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?

ab məwədaʿṭa

kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?

end up

How did we end up in this situation?

ዘሊልካ ምዝላል

እቲ ቆልዓ ብሓጎስ ይዘልል ኣሎ።

zēlīlkā m‘zlāl

‘eti qōl‘ā b‘hāgōs y‘zlēl ālo.

jump around

The child is happily jumping around.

ዕጸዎ

ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!

‘ǝtsǝwo

nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!

close

You must close the faucet tightly!

ምሉእ ብምሉእ

ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።

mlu‘ bmlu‘

neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.

complete

They have completed the difficult task.

ምጉያይ ጀምር

እቲ ኣትሌት ጉያ ክጅምር ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።

mguyāy jmēr

itī āt’lēt guyā kj’mēr qērībū ālo.

start running

The athlete is about to start running.

ምልማድ

ህጻናት ኣስናኖም ምሕጻብ ክለምዱ ኣለዎም።

mɪl‘mad

hɪs‘anat as‘nænom mɪh‘t͡sab kələm‘du a‘lewom.

get used to

Children need to get used to brushing their teeth.