Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

መልስ
ተማሃርያ ጥዕናውን ተመልሳ።
mɛls
tɑmɑħɑrjɑ tʃʔɛnɑwən tɛmɛlsɑ.
answer
The student answers the question.

ነቐፍ
እቲ ሓላፊ ነቲ ሰራሕተኛ ይነቕፎ።
neḳef
iti ḥalafi neti seraḥtegna yeneḳfo.
criticize
The boss criticizes the employee.

ደርብዮ
ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።
dərbyo
ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.
throw away
He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.

ምልላይ
ሓዳስ ኣፍቃሪቱ ምስ ወለዱ የላልይ ኣሎ።
m‘llāy
ḥadās āf‘qārītu mis wēlūdū y‘lalay ālo.
introduce
He is introducing his new girlfriend to his parents.

ረሲዕካ
ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።
rese‘eka
heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.
forget
She’s forgotten his name now.

ጥርጡር
ኣፍቃሪቱ ምዃና’ዩ ዝጥርጥር።
t‘rgūr
āfq‘ārītu m‘zānā‘yū z‘t‘rgūr.
suspect
He suspects that it’s his girlfriend.

ጽሩይ
እቲ ሰራሕተኛ ነቲ መስኮት የጽርዮ ኣሎ።
ṣǝrūy
ʾǝti sǝrāḥtǝgnā näti mǝskǝt yǝṣǝryo ʾalo.
clean
The worker is cleaning the window.

ኣጉልሕ
ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።
agul‘h
b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.
emphasize
You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.

ንገድፎ
ነቲ መትሓዚ ክትገድፎ የብልካን!
ne-ged-fo
na-ti met-ha-zi ket-ged-fo ye-bil-kan!
let go
You must not let go of the grip!

ጽሓፉ
ንሳ ናይ ንግዲ ሓሳባ ክትጽሕፍ ትደሊ።
tshafu
nsa nay ngdi hsaba k‘tshf tdli.
write down
She wants to write down her business idea.

ምልማድ
ህጻናት ኣስናኖም ምሕጻብ ክለምዱ ኣለዎም።
mɪl‘mad
hɪs‘anat as‘nænom mɪh‘t͡sab kələm‘du a‘lewom.
get used to
Children need to get used to brushing their teeth.
