Vocabulary

ይመርጹ

ጓልና መጽሓፍ ኣይትንብብን’ያ፤ ንሳ ድማ ቴለፎና እያ ትመርጽ።

yə-mər-ṣū

gāl-nā məṣḥāf āy-tənəbbəbən’ya; nə-sa dəma tēlēfōnā ēya tə-mər-ṣ.

prefer

Our daughter doesn’t read books; she prefers her phone.

ምጥፋእ

እቲ ዕስለ ኣንበጣ ንብዙሓት ገዛውቲ የዕንዎም።

məṭfəʿ

ʾiti ʿəslə ʾambəṭa nəbəzuxat gəzawti yəʿənwonəm.

destroy

The tornado destroys many houses.

ምሉእ ብምሉእ

መዓልታዊ ናይ ምጉያይ መስመሩ ይዛዝም።

mlu‘ bmlu‘

me‘al‘tawi nay miguyay mesmeru yezazem.

complete

He completes his jogging route every day.

ኣጉልሕ

ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

agul‘h

b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.

emphasize

You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.

ንጎኒ ገዲፍካ ምቕማጥ

ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ወርሒ ንደሓር ዝኸውን ገንዘብ ክምድብ እደሊ።

ngǝgǝnǝ gǝdǝfka mǝkmāt

ǝb nǝfsǝ wǝkf wǝrḥǝ ndǝḥǝr zkǝwn gǝnzǝb kmǝdb ǝdelǝ.

set aside

I want to set aside some money for later every month.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

ክፉት ግደፍ

መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!

kefuT gedef

meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!

leave open

Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!

ድሕሪ

እታ ኣደ ደድሕሪ ወዳ ትጎዪ።

dəḥri

əta ädä dädəḥri wädä tgoyi.

run after

The mother runs after her son.

ምህራም

ወለዲ ንደቆም ክሃርሙ የብሎምን።

mihiram

weldi ndeqom kharmu yebelomn.

beat

Parents shouldn’t beat their children.

ተሰኪምካ ምኻድ

ደቆም ኣብ ሕቖኦም ተሰኪሞም ይኸዱ።

täsäkimkä məḫad

däqom ʾab ḥəqʾom täsäkimom yəḫədu.

carry

They carry their children on their backs.

ዕላል

ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይዕልሉ።

ʿilāl

ab nënḥidḥdom yʿǝllu.

chat

They chat with each other.

ጽሩይ

ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።

ṣǝrūy

kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.

clean

She cleans the kitchen.