Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ክፍሊት
ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።
kīflīt
b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.
pay
She pays online with a credit card.

ኣቓልቦ ግበር
ሓደ ሰብ ነቲ ናይ ጽርግያ ምልክታት ከቕልበሉ ኣለዎ።
āqālbo gēber
ḥāde sēb nēti nāy tsirgyā milk‘tāt keqilbēlu ālēwo.
pay attention
One must pay attention to the road signs.

ዘሊሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ
እቲ ኣትሌት ነቲ ዕንቅፋት ክዘልል ኣለዎ።
zelilu ab le‘li
iti ‘atlet neti ‘enqefat kezell alewo.
jump over
The athlete must jump over the obstacle.

ደርፍ
እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።
dǝrf
ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.
sing
The children sing a song.

ምፍላጥ
ጓኖት ኣኽላባት ንሓድሕዶም ክፋለጡ ይደልዩ።
mɪf‘læt
gwan‘ot a‘khlæbat nəhæd‘hadom kəfælæ‘tu yə‘delɪju.
get to know
Strange dogs want to get to know each other.

ምሕላፍ ብ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።
mihlaf bi
kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.
pass by
The two pass by each other.

ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?

ንላዕሊ ርአ
ዘይትፈልጦ፡ ንላዕሊ ክትጥምት ኣለካ።
nəla‘əli rə‘a
zəyətifəlto: nəla‘əli kətiṭmət aləka.
look up
What you don’t know, you have to look up.

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!

ጽሓፍ
ደብዳቤ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ።
tshaf
debdabe yts’haf alo.
write
He is writing a letter.

ንሓድሕድኩም ተጠማመቱ
ንነዊሕ እዋን ንሓድሕዶም ተጠማመቱ።
nhadhdəkum tətaməmatu
nnəwih ewan nhadhdədom tətaməmatu.
look at each other
They looked at each other for a long time.
