Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ምህናጽ
እቶም ቆልዑ ነዊሕ ግምቢ ይሰርሑ ኣለዉ።
miḥnäts
itom qol‘u nwiḥ gimbi yisärḥu älū.
build
The children are building a tall tower.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ
ኣብታ ገረብ ይዘውሩ።
ab zuryákha m’kád
abtá géréb y’zéwíru.
go around
They go around the tree.

ተንጠልጢሉ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ጨንፈር ተሰቒሎም ኣለዉ።
tǝnṭǝlti‘lu
kǝlti‘om ab ćǝnfǝr tsǝkoloṃ alu.
hang
Both are hanging on a branch.

ትኪ
እቲ ስጋ ንኽዕቀብ ይትከኽ።
tǝkī
ǝti siga nkǝʕǝqb yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
The meat is smoked to preserve it.

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

ቃላት ስኢንካ ግደፍ
እቲ ስግንጢር ቃላት ስኢኑ ይገድፋ።
qela‘aT se‘enka gedef
eti segnTeer qela‘aT se‘enu yiGedefa.
leave speechless
The surprise leaves her speechless.

ድቃስ ኣብ
ኣብ መወዳእታ ንሓንቲ ለይቲ ክድቅሱ ይደልዩ።
dǝqās ǝb
ǝb mǝwǝdaʕǝta nǝḥāntī lǝytī kǝdǝqsu yǝdǝlyǝ.
sleep in
They want to finally sleep in for one night.

ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ሕሰብ
ዕዉት ንምዃን ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።
kab sanduq wəsə’i həsəb
ewt nəməzan hade hade gəzə kab sanduq wəsə’i kəthəsb aləka.
think outside the box
To be successful, you have to think outside the box sometimes.

ፍታሕ
ንሓደ ጸገም ንምፍታሕ ከንቱ ይጽዕር።
fəṭaḥ
nəḥädä ṣägəm nəmfəṭaḥ kəntu yəṣəʕr.
solve
He tries in vain to solve a problem.

ምጥቃም
መዓልታዊ ፍርያት መመላኽዒ ትጥቀም።
mt‘qaam
me‘alitawi fryat memelah‘ee tit‘qem.
use
She uses cosmetic products daily.

ገንዘብ ኣውጽኡ
ኣብ ጽገና ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከነውጽእ ኣለና።
gənzəb āwṣ’u
ab ṣəgəna bəzuḥ gənzəb kənəwṣ’i ālēna.
spend money
We have to spend a lot of money on repairs.
