Vocabulary

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

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

ዕላል

ተምሃሮ ኣብ እዋን ክፍሊ ክዕልሉ የብሎምን።

ʿəläl

täməharo ʾab ʾäwan käfli kəʿəllu yəblomən.

chat

Students should not chat during class.

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.

ሽፋን

እቲ ቆልዓ ንርእሱ ይሽፍን።

shifan

iti qol‘a ner‘eso yishifn.

cover

The child covers itself.

ደፋር

ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።

dəfar

nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.

dare

I don’t dare to jump into the water.

መጓዓዝያ

እታ ናይ ጽዕነት መኪና ነቲ ኣቕሓ እያ እተጓዕዞ።

megu‘aaziya

ita nay tsi‘net mekina neti akha eya iteg‘ezo.

transport

The truck transports the goods.

ጽሩይ

እቲ ሰራሕተኛ ነቲ መስኮት የጽርዮ ኣሎ።

ṣǝrūy

ʾǝti sǝrāḥtǝgnā näti mǝskǝt yǝṣǝryo ʾalo.

clean

The worker is cleaning the window.

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.

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.

ምጅማር

ፍትሖም ከበግስዎ እዮም።

mijmaar

fit‘hom kebgswo eyom.

initiate

They will initiate their divorce.

ምእማን

ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።

m‘ēmān

bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.

persuade

She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.