Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ምጥቃስ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።
məṭḳas
ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.
mention
The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

ሰሰናዩ በል
እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።
säsnäyu bäl
ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.
say goodbye
The woman says goodbye.

ሽፋን
ጸጉራ ትሽፍን።
shifan
tsugura tishifn.
cover
She covers her hair.

ምጥቃም
ኣብቲ ሓዊ ናይ ጋዝ ማስክ ንጥቀም።
mt‘qaam
abti hawi nay gaz mask nit‘qem.
use
We use gas masks in the fire.

ሕማቕ ምዝራብ
እቶም መማህርቲ ብዛዕባኣ ሕማቕ ይዛረቡ።
hima‘k mizerab
etom memahereti bezaye‘a hima‘k yezarebu.
talk badly
The classmates talk badly about her.

ክፉት ግደፍ
መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!
kefuT gedef
meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!
leave open
Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!

ንደገ ምግዓዝ
ጎረቤት ንደገ ይግዕዝ ኣሎ።
ndegē miggāz
gōrebēt ndegē yig‘egz alō.
move out
The neighbor is moving out.

ደው ኢልካ ምግዳፍ
ሎሚ ብዙሓት መካይኖም ደው ኢሎም ክገድፉ ኣለዎም።
deW eLka megedaf
lomi bezuHat meka‘enom deW eLom kegedefu alewom.
leave standing
Today many have to leave their cars standing.

ጠለብ
ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዘጋጠሞ ሰብ ካሕሳ ሓቲቱ።
tǝleb
kabtī ḥādǧā zǧātǝmo seb kāḥsā ḥātǝtu.
demand
He demanded compensation from the person he had an accident with.

ዘሊልካ ናብ
እታ ላም ኣብ ካልእ ዘሊላ ኣላ።
zēlīlkā nab
‘ētā lām ab kālē zēlīlā ālā.
jump onto
The cow has jumped onto another.

ይኽእል እዩ
እቲ ንእሽቶ ድሮ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ከስትዮ ይኽእል እዩ።
ykhəl eyu
əti nəsh’to dro nəti ’əmbabat may kəstyo ykhəl eyu.
can
The little one can already water the flowers.
