Vocabulary

ኣብ ኩሉ ጽሓፍ

እቶም ስነጥበባውያን ኣብ ምሉእ መንደቕ ጽሒፎም ኣለዉ።

ab kulu tshaf

etotom s’net’bbawyan ab mlu mndq tshfom alewu.

write all over

The artists have written all over the entire wall.

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.

ተቓውሞ ተቓውሞ

ሰባት ኣንጻር በደል ተቓውሞኦም የስምዑ።

təqawəmo təqawəmo

säbat anṣar bədəl təqawəmo‘om yəsm‘iu.

protest

People protest against injustice.

ሸጥ

እቶም ነጋዶ ብዙሕ ኣቑሑት ይሸጡ ኣለዉ።

shǝt

ǝtom nǝgādo bǝzuḥ ǝ‘ākhuhat yǝshǝtu alǝwu.

sell

The traders are selling many goods.

ክትከይድ ኣለካ

ብህጹጽ ዕረፍቲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ፤ ክኸይድ ኣለኒ!

ktikēyd āleka

bhīṣūṣ ‘ereftī yedilyenī alō; kkēyd ālenī!

need to go

I urgently need a vacation; I have to go!

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

The father didn’t allow him to use his computer.

ቀሪብኩም ምጹ

እቶም ቀንዴል ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቀራረቡ ኣለዉ።

qǝribkum mǝsu

ǝtom qǝndǝl ʾab nǝnǝḫǝdḫǝdom yǝqǝrarǝbu ʾǝlow.

come closer

The snails are coming closer to each other.

ፍቕሪ

ድሙኣ ኣዝያ እያ እተፍቅሮ።

fəḳri

dəmu‘a azya eya ətfəḳro.

love

She loves her cat very much.

ምምዕባል

ሓዱሽ ስትራቴጂ ይምዕብሉ ኣለው።

m‘m‘e‘bal

hadush s‘trat‘eji yim‘e‘bilu alow.

develop

They are developing a new strategy.

ሽፋን

ዕምባባታት ማይ ነቲ ማይ ይሽፍኖ።

shifan

‘mbabatat may neti may yishifno.

cover

The water lilies cover the water.

ንደገ ምግዓዝ

ጎረቤት ንደገ ይግዕዝ ኣሎ።

ndegē miggāz

gōrebēt ndegē yig‘egz alō.

move out

The neighbor is moving out.

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.