Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ተኸተት
ውሻቲ ይኸተት።
təxətet
wushati yəxətet.
accompany
The dog accompanies them.
ምብጋስ
ናይ በዓል ኣጋይሽና ትማሊ ተበጊሶም።
məbgas
nay bəʾal ʾagayṣəna təmali təbgəsom.
depart
Our holiday guests departed yesterday.
ደው ምባል
እታ ሰበይቲ ንሓንቲ መኪና ደው ትብል።
daw məbal
əta səbeytī nḥantī mək‘na daw təbl.
stop
The woman stops a car.
ንቕድሚት ይኹን
ኣብቲ ናይ ሱፐርማርኬት መውጽኢ ገንዘብ ንቕድሚት ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ሰብ የለን።
nek-ked-mit yikh-un
ab-ti nay super-market mew-tsi-e gen-zeb nek-ked-mit ke-kid ze-de-li seb ye-len.
let in front
Nobody wants to let him go ahead at the supermarket checkout.
ረሲዕካ
ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።
rese‘eka
heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.
forget
She’s forgotten his name now.
ዓመት ምድጋም
እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።
‘amet midig‘gam
iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.
repeat a year
The student has repeated a year.
ኣቓልቦ ሃብዎ
ሓደ ሰብ ንናይ ትራፊክ ምልክታት ኣቓልቦ ክህብ ኣለዎ።
āqālbo hābwo
ḥāde sēb n‘nāy trāfīk milk‘tāt āqālbo khēb ālēwo.
pay attention to
One must pay attention to traffic signs.
ምእማን
ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።
m‘ēmān
bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.
persuade
She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.
ብእግሪ ምኻድ
ኣብ ጫካ ምጉዓዝ ይፈቱ።
bi‘igri mekh‘ad
ab chaka megu‘az yefetu.
walk
He likes to walk in the forest.
ጸብጻብ ናብ
ኩሎም ኣብታ መርከብ ዝነበሩ ናብ ካፕቴን ጸብጻብ ይህቡ።
ṣebṣeb nab
kulom abṭa merkeb zinebru nab kapṭen ṣebṣeb yihbu.
report to
Everyone on board reports to the captain.
ምሕላፍ
ዓሳ ነባሪ ብክብደት ንዅሎም እንስሳታት ይበልጹ።
m‘ḥ‘lāf
ʿāsā n‘barī b‘k‘b‘det n‘ēlom ʾensīs‘tāt y‘bl‘ṣu.
surpass
Whales surpass all animals in weight.