Vocabulary

ተኣኪብኩም ንዑ

ክልተ ሰባት ክእከቡ ከለዉ ጽቡቕ’ዩ።

te‘akibkum nu

kilte sebat ke‘ekbu kelow ts‘ebuk‘yu.

come together

It’s nice when two people come together.

ናይ ምዃን

ሰበይተይ ናተይ እያ።

nay mi‘ʿan

sebeytey natəy eya.

belong

My wife belongs to me.

ጠይባ

መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።

t‘ai̯ba

məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.

ask

He asked for directions.

ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ሕሰብ

ዕዉት ንምዃን ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።

kab sanduq wəsə’i həsəb

ewt nəməzan hade hade gəzə kab sanduq wəsə’i kəthəsb aləka.

think outside the box

To be successful, you have to think outside the box sometimes.

ክኸውን ኣለዎ

ሓደ ሰብ ብዙሕ ማይ ክሰቲ ይግባእ።

kəxəwn alwo

ħadə səb bəzuḥ may ksəti ygəbaʾ.

should

One should drink a lot of water.

ክፍሊት

ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።

kīflīt

b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.

pay

She pays online with a credit card.

ዝሓዘ

ዓሳ፡ በርበረን ጸባን ብዙሕ ፕሮቲን ዝሓዘ እዩ።

zi-ha-ze

a-sa: ber-ber-en tsa-ban bi-zuh pro-tein zi-ha-ze e-yu.

contain

Fish, cheese, and milk contain a lot of protein.

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ምፍጣር

መስሓቕ ስእሊ ክፈጥሩ ደልዮም።

mifṭar

meshak se‘li kefṭiru delyom.

create

They wanted to create a funny photo.

ደው ምባል

ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።

daw məbal

abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.

stop

You must stop at the red light.

ፍቀድ

ለትውዒት ኣይክፍልን።

feqed

letew‘et aykfeln.

allow

One should not allow depression.

ይውክሉ

ጠበቓታት ንዓማዊሎም ኣብ ቤት ፍርዲ ይውክሉ።

yiwekilu

ṭ‘beqaṭat n‘ama‘wilom ab bet fridi yiwekilu.

represent

Lawyers represent their clients in court.