Vocabulary

ምህናጽ

ብሓባር ብዙሕ ሃኒጾም ኣለዉ።

miḥnäts

bḥäbär bzuh ḥänts‘om älū.

build up

They have built up a lot together.

ክብደት ሰብነት ምጉዳል

ብዙሕ ክብደቱ ኣጉዲሉ እዩ።

kəbdət səbnət məgudal

bəzuħ kəbdətu agudilu əyu.

lose weight

He has lost a lot of weight.

ናብ

ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።

nab

ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.

throw to

They throw the ball to each other.

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.

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.

serve

The chef is serving us himself today.

ንዑ ብቐሊሉ

ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።

nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu

sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.

come easy

Surfing comes easily to him.

ብንጹር ርአ

በቲ ሓድሽ መነጽረይ ኩሉ ብንጹር ይርእዮ ኣለኹ።

bǝnts‘ur rǝ‘ā

bǝti ḥǝdǝsh mǝnǝts‘ǝray kulu bǝnts‘ur yǝrǝ‘ǝyo alǝku.

see clearly

I can see everything clearly through my new glasses.

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?

ግደፍ

ብዙሓት እንግሊዛውያን ካብ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ክወጹ ደልዮም።

gedef

bezuHat englizawyan kab Heberet Ewropa kewoTsu delyom.

leave

Many English people wanted to leave the EU.

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.

ትሪግር

እቲ ትኪ ድማ ነቲ ኣላርም ኣበገሶ።

trigr

iti tiki dima neti alarm abgeso.

trigger

The smoke triggered the alarm.

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.