Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ንታሕቲ ጠምቱ
ንታሕቲ ናብቲ ጎልጎል ትጥምት።
ntahtə tmətu
ntahtə nabti gogol tətəmət.
look down
She looks down into the valley.

ሓሶት
ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።
hasot
bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.
lie
He often lies when he wants to sell something.

ኣእትዉ
ባቡር ትሕቲ መሬት ገና ናብቲ ጣብያ ኣትዩ ኣሎ።
aʾətu
babur təḥti məraṭ gəna nabti ṭabya ʾatiyu ʾalo.
enter
The subway has just entered the station.

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.

ምውሳን
ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።
mǝwsān
aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.
decide
She can’t decide which shoes to wear.

ኣዕሩኽ ኩኑ
ክልቲኦም ኣዕሩኽ ኮይኖም ኣለዉ።
a‘əruḥ kunu
kəlti‘om a‘əruḥ koy‘nom alew.
become friends
The two have become friends.

ሓገዝ
እቶም መጥፋእቲ ሓዊ ቀልጢፎም ሓገዙ።
ḥagēz
‘etom m‘t‘fā‘eti ḥawi k‘elt‘fom ḥagzu.
help
The firefighters quickly helped.

መምርሒ
እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ንመገዲ ይመርሓና።
mǝmrəḥi
əzi mǝsarəḥi əzi nmǝgadi yǝmǝrḥana.
guide
This device guides us the way.

የድሊ
ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።
yedilī
gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.
need
You need a jack to change a tire.

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.

ምጥቃም
ኣብቲ ሓዊ ናይ ጋዝ ማስክ ንጥቀም።
mt‘qaam
abti hawi nay gaz mask nit‘qem.
use
We use gas masks in the fire.
