Vocabulary

ንድሕሪት ምምላስ

ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዳግማይ ሰዓት ንድሕሪት ክንመልሳ ክንግደድ ኢና።

ndǝḥǝrǝt mǝmlǝs

ǝb qǝrǝba ǝwān dǝgmāy sǝ‘āt ndǝḥǝrǝt knmlǝsǝ kǝngǝd ǝnna.

set back

Soon we’ll have to set the clock back again.

ኣጠቓሊልካ ምዝራብ

ካብዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ቐንዲ ነጥብታት ከተጠቓልል ኣለካ።

aṭ‘q‘alilka m‘zrāb

k‘abzi ṣḥuf ʾezi q‘endī net‘bt‘at k‘t‘q‘allel ālekā.

summarize

You need to summarize the key points from this text.

ተሳተፉ

ኣብቲ ውድድር ይሳተፍ ኣሎ።

tese‘tefu

abti wududur yeset‘ef alo.

take part

He is taking part in the race.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

ሽፋን

እቲ ቆልዓ እዝኑ ይሽፍን።

shifan

iti qol‘a ezeno yishifn.

cover

The child covers its ears.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ተርጉም

ኣብ መንጎ ሽዱሽተ ቋንቋታት ክትርጉም ይኽእል እዩ።

tergum

ab mengo shidushte qwanqwatat ktergum yikhal eyu.

translate

He can translate between six languages.

ተስፋ ምቑራጽ

እዚ ይኣክል፡ ተስፋ ንቖርጽ ኣለና!

t’esfa m’quráts

ézí yak’l: t’esfa n’qor’ts aléna!

give up

That’s enough, we’re giving up!

ሕትመት

መጻሕፍትን ጋዜጣታትን ይሕተሙ ኣለዉ።

hitəmət

məsahəftən gäzətatən yəhətəmu aləw.

print

Books and newspapers are being printed.

ኣእትዉ

እቲ ቆጸራ ኣብ ካላንደረይ ኣእትየዮ ኣለኹ።

aʾətu

ʾiti ḳoṣəra ab kalandəray aʾətyeyo ʾələkhu.

enter

I have entered the appointment into my calendar.

ምትካል

ጓለይ ኣፓርታማኣ ከተቕውም ትደሊ ኣላ።

mǝtkal

gu‘ālǝy ǝpǝrtǝmǝ‘ā ktǝ‘ǝwm tǝdelǝ ala.

set up

My daughter wants to set up her apartment.

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.

serve

The chef is serving us himself today.