Vocabulary

ይመርጹ

ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።

yə-mər-ṣū

bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.

prefer

Many children prefer candy to healthy things.

ንገድፎ

ነቲ መትሓዚ ክትገድፎ የብልካን!

ne-ged-fo

na-ti met-ha-zi ket-ged-fo ye-bil-kan!

let go

You must not let go of the grip!

ጽሩይ

ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።

ṣǝrūy

kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.

clean

She cleans the kitchen.

ዘሊሉ

ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።

zēlīlu

nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.

jump

He jumped into the water.

ምምሃር

ንውላዳ ምሕንባስ ትምህሮ።

məmhər

nəwlada məhənbas təmhiro.

teach

She teaches her child to swim.

ድቃስ

እቲ ህጻን ይድቅስ።

dǝqās

ǝti ḥśān yǝdǝqǝs.

sleep

The baby sleeps.

ረሲዕካ

ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።

rese‘eka

heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.

forget

She’s forgotten his name now.

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.

መጽናዕቲ

እተን ኣዋልድ ብሓባር ክመሃራ ይፈትዋ እየን።

m‘snā‘ēti

ēten āwāld b‘ḥābār k‘m‘hārā y‘f‘tēwa yēn.

study

The girls like to study together.

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.

ተረድኡ

ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።

teredu

ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.

understand

One cannot understand everything about computers.

ስልጣን ምውሳድ

ኣንበጣ ስልጣን ሒዙ ኣሎ።

silt‘an miwsad

anbeta silt‘an hizu alo.

take over

The locusts have taken over.