Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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

ዕጸዎ
ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!
‘ǝtsǝwo
nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!
close
You must close the faucet tightly!

ኣጋጣሚ ኮይኑ
ኣብቲ ናይ ስራሕ ሓደጋ ገለ ነገር ኣጋጢምዎ ድዩ?
ağaṭami koynu
abti nay srǝḥ ḥadǝga gǝlǝ nǝgǝr ağaṭimwo diyǔ?
happen to
Did something happen to him in the work accident?

ንምርኣይ
ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።
nəmrʾay
gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.
show off
He likes to show off his money.

ዘሊሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ
እቲ ኣትሌት ነቲ ዕንቅፋት ክዘልል ኣለዎ።
zelilu ab le‘li
iti ‘atlet neti ‘enqefat kezell alewo.
jump over
The athlete must jump over the obstacle.

ዘሊልካ ውጻእ
ዓሳ ካብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ይወጽእ።
zelilka wusya
‘asa kab may zelilu yewuṣa.
jump out
The fish jumps out of the water.

ክብደት ሰብነት ምጉዳል
ብዙሕ ክብደቱ ኣጉዲሉ እዩ።
kəbdət səbnət məgudal
bəzuħ kəbdətu agudilu əyu.
lose weight
He has lost a lot of weight.

ዕድመ
ኣብ ዋዜማ ሓድሽ ዓመት ድግስና ንዕድመኩም።
‘ēdmē
ab wāzēmā ḥād‘sh ‘āmēt d‘gs‘nā n‘ēdmēkum.
invite
We invite you to our New Year’s Eve party.

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.

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.

የቐንየልና
ብጣዕሚ እየ ዘመስግነካ!
yəqənyəlna
bəta’əmi yəye zəməsgənəka!
thank
I thank you very much for it!
