Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።
zelilka nla‘li
iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.
jump up
The child jumps up.

ለውጢ
ብሰንኪ ለውጢ ክሊማ ብዙሕ ተቐይሩ እዩ።
läwʿäṭi
bäsənki läwʿäṭi kələma bəzuḥ täqäyiru ʾəyu.
change
A lot has changed due to climate change.

ትእዛዝ
ንባዕላ ቁርሲ ትእዝዝ።
tǝ’ǝzǝz
nǝba’la qursi tǝ’ǝzz.
order
She orders breakfast for herself.

ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ
ቀያሕ ስፖርታዊት መኪና ኣለኒ።
nay geza‘e re‘esu
qeyah sportawit mekina aleni.
own
I own a red sports car.

ምሉእ ብምሉእ
ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።
mlu‘ bmlu‘
neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.
complete
They have completed the difficult task.

ኣእትዉ
ባቡር ትሕቲ መሬት ገና ናብቲ ጣብያ ኣትዩ ኣሎ።
aʾətu
babur təḥti məraṭ gəna nabti ṭabya ʾatiyu ʾalo.
enter
The subway has just entered the station.

ደው ንበል
እቶም ክልተ ኣዕሩኽ ኩሉ ግዜ ንሓድሕዶም ደው ክብሉ ይደልዩ።
dēw nbēl
ētom klte ā’rūkh kulu g’zē nḥad’hd’hom dēw kbīlu ydel’yu.
stand up for
The two friends always want to stand up for each other.

ሓዊ
ሓላፊየይ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪሩኒ።
hawi
halafiyei kab sirah abariruni.
fire
My boss has fired me.

መንገዲ ምምላስ ሓደ ሰብ ረኸብ
ናይ ምምላስ መንገደይ ክረክብ ኣይክእልን’የ።
m‘ng‘di m‘mlas ḥade seb r‘kh‘b
nay m‘mlas m‘ng‘dey k‘r‘kh‘b a‘k‘ln‘y‘e.
find one’s way back
I can’t find my way back.

ድሕሪ
እታ ኣደ ደድሕሪ ወዳ ትጎዪ።
dəḥri
əta ädä dädəḥri wädä tgoyi.
run after
The mother runs after her son.

መሪሕነት
ነታ ጓል ብኢዳ ይመርሓ።
meriHeneT
neta ga‘al be‘eda yiMerha.
lead
He leads the girl by the hand.
