Vocabulary

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.

serve

The chef is serving us himself today.

ዘሊልካ ውጻእ

ዓሳ ካብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ይወጽእ።

zelilka wusya

‘asa kab may zelilu yewuṣa.

jump out

The fish jumps out of the water.

ተስማምቲ

ተስማምተካ ናይ ወዳጅ ምስጋድ ክኣቱ።

tesmamti

tesmamteka nay wedaj msegad ka‘atu.

agree

They agreed to make the deal.

ነቐፍ

እቲ ሓላፊ ነቲ ሰራሕተኛ ይነቕፎ።

neḳef

iti ḥalafi neti seraḥtegna yeneḳfo.

criticize

The boss criticizes the employee.

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.

ደው ምባል

ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።

daw məbal

abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.

stop

You must stop at the red light.

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?

ምምላስ

እቲ መምህር ነቶም ድርሰታት ናብቶም ተማሃሮ ይመልሶም።

məmläs

eti məmhər natom dərsətat nabtom tamähäro yəmläsom.

return

The teacher returns the essays to the students.

ኣቓልቦ ግበር

ሓደ ሰብ ነቲ ናይ ጽርግያ ምልክታት ከቕልበሉ ኣለዎ።

āqālbo gēber

ḥāde sēb nēti nāy tsirgyā milk‘tāt keqilbēlu ālēwo.

pay attention

One must pay attention to the road signs.

ተመሊከ

ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.

ርአ

ብመነጽር ዝሓሸ ክትሪኢ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

rǝʾä

bmǝnäsr zǝhäšǝ kǝtrīʾǝ tǝkǝʿäl ʾǝkha.

see

You can see better with glasses.

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.