Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ምድግጋም
ፓፓጋሎይ ስመይ ክደግም ይኽእል እዩ።
midig‘gam
papagaloy semey k‘deg‘m yik‘el eyu.
repeat
My parrot can repeat my name.
ጽሓፉ
እቲ ፓስዎርድ ክትጽሕፎ ኣለካ!
tshafu
eti password k‘tshfo aleka!
write down
You have to write down the password!
መንገዲ ምምላስ ሓደ ሰብ ረኸብ
ናይ ምምላስ መንገደይ ክረክብ ኣይክእልን’የ።
m‘ng‘di m‘mlas ḥade seb r‘kh‘b
nay m‘mlas m‘ng‘dey k‘r‘kh‘b a‘k‘ln‘y‘e.
find one’s way back
I can’t find my way back.
ትኪ
ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።
tǝkī
šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
He smokes a pipe.
ምምርዓው
ትሕቲ ዕድመ ቆልዑ ክምርዓዉ ኣይፍቀድን እዩ።
məmrə‘aw
təhti ‘ədmə qol‘u kəmrə‘aw ayfəḳədən əyu.
marry
Minors are not allowed to be married.
ድምጺ
እቶም መራጽቲ ሎሚ ኣብ መጻኢኦም ድምጾም ይህቡ ኣለዉ።
d‘mzi
etom marasti lomi ab msa‘iom d‘mzom yihbu alewu.
vote
The voters are voting on their future today.
ምቕራብ
ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።
mǝqrab
nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.
offer
She offered to water the flowers.
ተመሊከ
ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።
tɛmɛlɪkɛ
bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.
arrive
Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.
ምሉእ ብምሉእ
ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።
mlu‘ bmlu‘
neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.
complete
They have completed the difficult task.
ይቕረ በሉ
ዕዳኡ ይቕረ እብለሉ።
yiqere belu
eda‘u yiqere ebelu.
forgive
I forgive him his debts.
ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.