Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ቆሪጽካ
ንሰላጣ ድማ ነቲ ኩኩሜር ክትቆርጾ ኣለካ።
qorīsəka
nsəlaṭa dema nəti kʊkʊmēr kətəqorəso aləka.
cut up
For the salad, you have to cut up the cucumber.
ደፋር
ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።
dəfar
nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.
dare
I don’t dare to jump into the water.
ምልክት
በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!
mǝlkǝt
bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!
sign
Please sign here!
ናይ ምዃን
ሰበይተይ ናተይ እያ።
nay mi‘ʿan
sebeytey natəy eya.
belong
My wife belongs to me.
ኣብ ኢድካ ኣለዎም
ህጻናት ኣብ ኢዶም ናይ ጁባ ገንዘብ ጥራይ እዩ።
ab ǝdka alwoṃ
ḥǝṣanat ab ǝdom nay juba gǝnzǝb ṭǝray yǝyǔ.
have at disposal
Children only have pocket money at their disposal.
ማስታወሻታት ውሰድ
እቶም ተማሃሮ ኣብ ኩሉ እቲ መምህር ዝበሎ ማስታወሻ ይገብሩ።
mastaweshatat wesed
etom tema‘hero ab kulu eti memehir ze‘belo mastawesha yigebru.
take notes
The students take notes on everything the teacher says.
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.
ምሉእ ብምሉእ
ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።
mlu‘ bmlu‘
neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.
complete
They have completed the difficult task.
ምድላው
ጥዑም ቁርሲ ተዳልዩ ኣሎ!
məd-lāw
ṭūm qūrsī tə-dāl-yū ālo!
prepare
A delicious breakfast is prepared!
በረድ
ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።
bäräd
lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.
snow
It snowed a lot today.
መጓዓዝያ
እታ ናይ ጽዕነት መኪና ነቲ ኣቕሓ እያ እተጓዕዞ።
megu‘aaziya
ita nay tsi‘net mekina neti akha eya iteg‘ezo.
transport
The truck transports the goods.