Vocabulary

ኣገልግሉ

ኣኽላባት ንዋናታቶም ምግልጋል ይፈትዉ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝ‘ǝlǝbat nwanǝtatǝm mǝgǝlgǝl yǝftǝwu.

serve

Dogs like to serve their owners.

ጽሩይ

ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።

ṣǝrūy

kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.

clean

She cleans the kitchen.

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.

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ተስፋ

ብዙሓት ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝሓሸ መጻኢ ክህሉ ተስፋ ኣለዎም።

t‘sfa

b‘zuhāt ab ewrōpā z‘hāshē m‘sā‘ī k‘hīlu t‘sfa alēwom.

hope

Many hope for a better future in Europe.

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.

ናብ

ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።

nab

ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.

throw to

They throw the ball to each other.

ምፍጣር

ንምድሪ መን ፈጢርዋ?

mifṭar

men mdri men feṭirwa?

create

Who created the Earth?

ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ሕሰብ

ዕዉት ንምዃን ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።

kab sanduq wəsə’i həsəb

ewt nəməzan hade hade gəzə kab sanduq wəsə’i kəthəsb aləka.

think outside the box

To be successful, you have to think outside the box sometimes.

የቐንየልና

ብጣዕሚ እየ ዘመስግነካ!

yəqənyəlna

bəta’əmi yəye zəməsgənəka!

thank

I thank you very much for it!

ክፍሊት

ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።

kīflīt

b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.

pay

She pays online with a credit card.

ምፍላጥ

ጓኖት ኣኽላባት ንሓድሕዶም ክፋለጡ ይደልዩ።

mɪf‘læt

gwan‘ot a‘khlæbat nəhæd‘hadom kəfælæ‘tu yə‘delɪju.

get to know

Strange dogs want to get to know each other.