Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ጠይባ
መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።
t‘ai̯ba
məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.
ask
He asked for directions.

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.

ጽሩይ
ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።
ṣǝrūy
kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.
clean
She cleans the kitchen.

ምጅማር
ፍትሖም ከበግስዎ እዮም።
mijmaar
fit‘hom kebgswo eyom.
initiate
They will initiate their divorce.

ምድጋፍ
ንሓሳብኩም ብሓጎስ ንደግፎ።
mədgaf
nḥasəbəkum bḥagos ndəgfo.
endorse
We gladly endorse your idea.

ምሉእ ብምሉእ
መዓልታዊ ናይ ምጉያይ መስመሩ ይዛዝም።
mlu‘ bmlu‘
me‘al‘tawi nay miguyay mesmeru yezazem.
complete
He completes his jogging route every day.

ውሕስነት
መድሕን ሓደጋታት ኣብ ዘጋጥመሉ እዋን ሓለዋ ውሕስነት ይህብ።
w‘hs‘net
m‘dh‘n had‘gatat ab z‘gat‘melu ewan halew w‘hs‘net y‘hab.
guarantee
Insurance guarantees protection in case of accidents.

ንገደፍ ናብ
እቶም ወነንቲ ኣኽላባቶም ንዓይ ንእግሪ ይገድፉለይ።
ne gedef naB
etom weneNTi aKlabaTom ne‘aY negeri yigedefulay.
leave to
The owners leave their dogs to me for a walk.

ናብ
ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይምለሱ።
nab
nab nenhdhdom yimelsu.
turn to
They turn to each other.

ምድግጋም
ፓፓጋሎይ ስመይ ክደግም ይኽእል እዩ።
midig‘gam
papagaloy semey k‘deg‘m yik‘el eyu.
repeat
My parrot can repeat my name.

ደፋር
ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።
dəfar
kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.
dare
They dared to jump out of the airplane.
