Vocabulary

ምቕራብ

ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።

mǝqrab

nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.

offer

She offered to water the flowers.

ቀለም

እታ መኪና ሰማያዊ ቀለም ይቕባእ ኣሎ።

q‘elem

eta mekina semayawi q‘elem yiq‘be‘a alo.

paint

The car is being painted blue.

ደው ምባል

ነቲ ደርፊ ክትጻወሮ ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

dēw mbal

nēti derfī kts’aw’ro āyk’ēln’ya.

stand

She can’t stand the singing.

ጀምር

እቶም ተጓዓዝቲ ንግሆ ኣንጊሆም እዮም ጀሚሮም።

jmēr

ētom tgū’āzītī ng’ho āng’īhom eyom jemīrom.

start

The hikers started early in the morning.

ብሓባር ንቕመጡ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ብሓባር ክቕመጡ መደብ ኣለዎም።

b‘hābar nqemṭū

kiltī‘om ab qērēba ēwān b‘hābar k‘qemṭū medēb ālewo‘m.

move in together

The two are planning to move in together soon.

ምጥፋእ

ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።

mtf‘

alarm se‘at atf‘ato.

turn off

She turns off the alarm clock.

ደው ንበል

እቶም ክልተ ኣዕሩኽ ኩሉ ግዜ ንሓድሕዶም ደው ክብሉ ይደልዩ።

dēw nbēl

ētom klte ā’rūkh kulu g’zē nḥad’hd’hom dēw kbīlu ydel’yu.

stand up for

The two friends always want to stand up for each other.

ሓሶት ን

ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።

hasot n

ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.

lie to

He lied to everyone.

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

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

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.

ንዙርያኻ ርአ

ንድሕሪት ተመሊሳ ናባይ ጠሚታ ፍሽኽ በለት።

nzurəyəka rəʔa

ndəhərit təmələsa nabay təmi.ta fəshəkə bələt.

look around

She looked back at me and smiled.

ኣልዕል

ኩሉ ኣፕል ክንልዓል ኣለና።

ʾalʿəl

kulu ʾapəl kənlʿal ʾalena.

pick up

We have to pick up all the apples.