Vocabulary

ሓዊ

ሓላፊየይ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪሩኒ።

hawi

halafiyei kab sirah abariruni.

fire

My boss has fired me.

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!

ምሉእ ብምሉእ

መዓልታዊ ናይ ምጉያይ መስመሩ ይዛዝም።

mlu‘ bmlu‘

me‘al‘tawi nay miguyay mesmeru yezazem.

complete

He completes his jogging route every day.

ሞት

ብዙሓት ሰባት ኣብ ፊልምታት ይሞቱ።

mot

b‘zuh‘at sebat ab film‘tat y‘motu.

die

Many people die in movies.

ንቕድሚት ንጥምት

ቆልዑ ኩሉ ግዜ በረድ ብሃንቀውታ ይጽበዩ።

nəḳdəmit nəṭimət

qol‘u kulu gʒə bərəd bəħanḳəwtə yiṣəbəyu.

look forward

Children always look forward to snow.

ንምርካብ

ፖሊስ ነቲ ገበነኛ ንምድላይ ይጽዕሩ ኣለዉ።

nǝmräkb

polīs näti gäbǝnägä nämdläy yǝṣǝʿäru ʾäläw.

search for

The police are searching for the perpetrator.

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.

ጠይባ

መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።

t‘ai̯ba

məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.

ask

He asked for directions.

ብኽያት

እቲ ቆልዓ ኣብ ባኞ ይበኪ ኣሎ።

bəħəyat

ʔəti qolʕa ʔab baño yəbəki alə.

cry

The child is crying in the bathtub.

መሪሕነት

ነታ ጓል ብኢዳ ይመርሓ።

meriHeneT

neta ga‘al be‘eda yiMerha.

lead

He leads the girl by the hand.

ይመርጹ

ጓልና መጽሓፍ ኣይትንብብን’ያ፤ ንሳ ድማ ቴለፎና እያ ትመርጽ።

yə-mər-ṣū

gāl-nā məṣḥāf āy-tənəbbəbən’ya; nə-sa dəma tēlēfōnā ēya tə-mər-ṣ.

prefer

Our daughter doesn’t read books; she prefers her phone.

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.

serve

The chef is serving us himself today.