Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ክኸውን ኣለዎ
ሓደ ሰብ ብዙሕ ማይ ክሰቲ ይግባእ።
kəxəwn alwo
ħadə səb bəzuḥ may ksəti ygəbaʾ.
should
One should drink a lot of water.

ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.

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.

ምሕላፍ
እቶም ተምሃሮ ነቲ ፈተና ሓሊፎሞ።
mihlaf
ētom temhāro nēti fetēna ḥālīfom.
pass
The students passed the exam.

ምሕያል
ጂምናስቲክ ንጭዋዳታት የሐይሎ።
məhyal
jīmnāstīk nčwādatāt yəhāylō.
strengthen
Gymnastics strengthens the muscles.

ዘሊሉ
ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።
zēlīlu
nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.
jump
He jumped into the water.

ድሕሪት ምድቃስ
ግዜ ንእስነታ ኣዝዩ ድሕሪት እዩ ዘሎ።
deh-rit mid-kas
gzey nes-net-a a-zi-yu deh-rit eyu ze-lo.
lie behind
The time of her youth lies far behind.

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.

ብእግሪ ምኻድ
እዚ መንገዲ እዚ ክጉዓዝ የብሉን።
bi‘igri mekh‘ad
ezi mengedi ezi k‘gu‘az yebilun.
walk
This path must not be walked.

ንላዕሊ ስሓብ
እተን ታክሲታት ኣብቲ መዕረፊ ስሒበን ኣለዋ።
nəllaʿəli səħab
ʾətən tak‘sitat ʾabti məʿrəfi səħəbən ʾaləwa.
pull up
The taxis have pulled up at the stop.

ኣገልግሉ
ኣኽላባት ንዋናታቶም ምግልጋል ይፈትዉ።
ǝgǝlgǝlu
ǝ‘ǝlǝbat nwanǝtatǝm mǝgǝlgǝl yǝftǝwu.
serve
Dogs like to serve their owners.
