Vocabulary

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.

ደው በል

ድሕሪ ደጊም ባዕላ ደው ክትብል ኣይትኽእልን እያ።

dēw bel

d’hrī dēgīm bā’lā dēw ktībl āyk’ēln’ya.

stand up

She can no longer stand up on her own.

ዘሊሉ

ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።

zēlīlu

nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.

jump

He jumped into the water.

ናብ

ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይምለሱ።

nab

nab nenhdhdom yimelsu.

turn to

They turn to each other.

ቆሪጽካ

ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።

qorīsəka

quraṣ səga qorəsə.

cut off

I cut off a slice of meat.

ስዕመት

ነቲ ህጻን ይስዕሞ።

s‘met

neti htsan y‘s‘mo.

kiss

He kisses the baby.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ

ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።

ab zuryákha m’kád

néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.

go around

You have to go around this tree.

ምጥቃስ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።

məṭḳas

ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.

mention

The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

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.

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።

zelilka nla‘li

iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.

jump up

The child jumps up.

ደርፍ

እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።

dǝrf

ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.

sing

The children sing a song.

ተመሊከ

ብጥምቀት ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

bɪtɪmʔkɛt tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

He arrived just in time.