Vocabulary

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ንሓድሕድኩም ተጠማመቱ

ንነዊሕ እዋን ንሓድሕዶም ተጠማመቱ።

nhadhdəkum tətaməmatu

nnəwih ewan nhadhdədom tətaməmatu.

look at each other

They looked at each other for a long time.

ምዝዋር

ቆልዑ ብሽክለታ ወይ ስኩተር ምዝዋር ይፈትዉ።

məzwär

qolu bəshäkläta wey səkutär məzwär yəftu.

ride

Kids like to ride bikes or scooters.

ንደገ ምግዓዝ

ጎረቤት ንደገ ይግዕዝ ኣሎ።

ndegē miggāz

gōrebēt ndegē yig‘egz alō.

move out

The neighbor is moving out.

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

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

ኣገልግሉ

ኣኽላባት ንዋናታቶም ምግልጋል ይፈትዉ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝ‘ǝlǝbat nwanǝtatǝm mǝgǝlgǝl yǝftǝwu.

serve

Dogs like to serve their owners.

ሽፋን

ገጻ ትሽፍን።

shifan

gesa tishifn.

cover

She covers her face.

ትእዛዝ

ንባዕላ ቁርሲ ትእዝዝ።

tǝ’ǝzǝz

nǝba’la qursi tǝ’ǝzz.

order

She orders breakfast for herself.

ናይ ምዃን

ሰበይተይ ናተይ እያ።

nay mi‘ʿan

sebeytey natəy eya.

belong

My wife belongs to me.

ክትከይድ ኣለካ

ብህጹጽ ዕረፍቲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ፤ ክኸይድ ኣለኒ!

ktikēyd āleka

bhīṣūṣ ‘ereftī yedilyenī alō; kkēyd ālenī!

need to go

I urgently need a vacation; I have to go!

ባንክሮት ምኻድ

እቲ ቢዝነስ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ክኽሰት ይኽእል እዩ።

bánk’rot m’kád

etí bíznes ab qeréba ewwan k’késet y’k’él eyú.

go bankrupt

The business will probably go bankrupt soon.

ጉዕዞ

ምጉዓዝ ዝፈቱ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ርእዩ እዩ።

gu‘uzo

mig‘az zifetu bezuh‘at hagerat reiyu eyu.

travel

He likes to travel and has seen many countries.