Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ንድሕሪት ምምላስ
ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዳግማይ ሰዓት ንድሕሪት ክንመልሳ ክንግደድ ኢና።
ndǝḥǝrǝt mǝmlǝs
ǝb qǝrǝba ǝwān dǝgmāy sǝ‘āt ndǝḥǝrǝt knmlǝsǝ kǝngǝd ǝnna.
set back
Soon we’ll have to set the clock back again.

መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.

ሰኺርካ ምኻድ
ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።
sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad
dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.
get drunk
He gets drunk almost every evening.

ድምጺ
ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።
d‘mzi
ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.
vote
One votes for or against a candidate.

ርአ
ብባይኖኩላር እያ ትጥምት።
rəʔa
bəbaynokula eya tətəmət.
look
She looks through binoculars.

ምጥቃስ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።
məṭḳas
ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.
mention
The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

ጨፍሊቕካ ኣውጽእ
ነቲ ለሚን ጨፍሊቓ ኣውጽኣቶ።
cheflīqka awṣ’i
nēti limin cheflīqā awṣ’āto.
squeeze out
She squeezes out the lemon.

ደርብዮ
እቲ ብዕራይ ነቲ ሰብኣይ ደርብይዎ ኣሎ።
dərbyo
əti bə’əray nəti sbay dərbyo aləwo.
throw off
The bull has thrown off the man.

መደረ ሃብ
እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ኣብ ቅድሚ ብዙሓት ተምሃሮ መደረ ይህብ ኣሎ።
mə‘dere hab
ɪtɪ polɪ‘tɪkægnæ ab kɪd‘mi bəzuhat təmə‘haro mə‘dere yə‘hab a‘lo.
give a speech
The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.

ንታሕቲ ጠምቱ
ንታሕቲ ናብቲ ጎልጎል ትጥምት።
ntahtə tmətu
ntahtə nabti gogol tətəmət.
look down
She looks down into the valley.

ኣገልግሉ
እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።
ǝgǝlgǝlu
ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.
serve
The chef is serving us himself today.
