Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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.

ምግምጋም
ኣፈፃፅማ እቲ ትካል ይግምግም።
miggigam
afets‘ats‘ma iti tik‘al yigiggim.
evaluate
He evaluates the performance of the company.

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.

ምድላው
ጥዑም ቁርሲ ተዳልዩ ኣሎ!
məd-lāw
ṭūm qūrsī tə-dāl-yū ālo!
prepare
A delicious breakfast is prepared!

ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት
ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።
migt‘aew miwsawas akalat
b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.
exercise restraint
I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.

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

ጽሓፉ
ንሳ ናይ ንግዲ ሓሳባ ክትጽሕፍ ትደሊ።
tshafu
nsa nay ngdi hsaba k‘tshf tdli.
write down
She wants to write down her business idea.

ደው ንበል
እቶም ክልተ ኣዕሩኽ ኩሉ ግዜ ንሓድሕዶም ደው ክብሉ ይደልዩ።
dēw nbēl
ētom klte ā’rūkh kulu g’zē nḥad’hd’hom dēw kbīlu ydel’yu.
stand up for
The two friends always want to stand up for each other.

ቆሪጽካ
ንሰላጣ ድማ ነቲ ኩኩሜር ክትቆርጾ ኣለካ።
qorīsəka
nsəlaṭa dema nəti kʊkʊmēr kətəqorəso aləka.
cut up
For the salad, you have to cut up the cucumber.

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።
zelilka nla‘li
iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.
jump up
The child jumps up.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ
ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።
ab zuryákha m’kád
néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.
go around
You have to go around this tree.
