Vocabulary

ምድጋፍ

ንሓሳብኩም ብሓጎስ ንደግፎ።

mədgaf

nḥasəbəkum bḥagos ndəgfo.

endorse

We gladly endorse your idea.

ጽልዋ

ንነብስኻ ብኻልኦት ክትጽሎ ኣይትፍቀደላ!

tsilwa

nnebska bkelot kttslo aytifqkedla!

influence

Don’t let yourself be influenced by others!

ሽፋን

ዕምባባታት ማይ ነቲ ማይ ይሽፍኖ።

shifan

‘mbabatat may neti may yishifno.

cover

The water lilies cover the water.

ንምርኣይ

ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።

nəmrʾay

gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.

show off

He likes to show off his money.

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.

ትኪ

ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።

tǝkī

šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.

smoke

He smokes a pipe.

ደው ምባል

እታ ሰበይቲ ንሓንቲ መኪና ደው ትብል።

daw məbal

əta səbeytī nḥantī mək‘na daw təbl.

stop

The woman stops a car.

ርግጽ

ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።

rg‘ṣ

ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.

kick

In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.

መብርሂ

እቲ መሳርሒ ብኸመይ ከም ዝሰርሕ ትገልጸሉ።

mebrhi

iti mesarhi b‘khemey kem zeserh tiglets‘elu.

explain

She explains to him how the device works.

ኣብ ኩሉ ጽሓፍ

እቶም ስነጥበባውያን ኣብ ምሉእ መንደቕ ጽሒፎም ኣለዉ።

ab kulu tshaf

etotom s’net’bbawyan ab mlu mndq tshfom alewu.

write all over

The artists have written all over the entire wall.

ሓሶት

ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።

hasot

bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.

lie

He often lies when he wants to sell something.

ንዑ ብቐሊሉ

ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።

nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu

sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.

come easy

Surfing comes easily to him.