Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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.

ዓመት ምድጋም
እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።
‘amet midig‘gam
iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.
repeat a year
The student has repeated a year.

ማስታወሻታት ውሰድ
እቶም ተማሃሮ ኣብ ኩሉ እቲ መምህር ዝበሎ ማስታወሻ ይገብሩ።
mastaweshatat wesed
etom tema‘hero ab kulu eti memehir ze‘belo mastawesha yigebru.
take notes
The students take notes on everything the teacher says.

መደረ ሃብ
እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ኣብ ቅድሚ ብዙሓት ተምሃሮ መደረ ይህብ ኣሎ።
mə‘dere hab
ɪtɪ polɪ‘tɪkægnæ ab kɪd‘mi bəzuhat təmə‘haro mə‘dere yə‘hab a‘lo.
give a speech
The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.

ክትከይድ ኣለካ
ብህጹጽ ዕረፍቲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ፤ ክኸይድ ኣለኒ!
ktikēyd āleka
bhīṣūṣ ‘ereftī yedilyenī alō; kkēyd ālenī!
need to go
I urgently need a vacation; I have to go!

ኣጠቓሊልካ ምዝራብ
ካብዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ቐንዲ ነጥብታት ከተጠቓልል ኣለካ።
aṭ‘q‘alilka m‘zrāb
k‘abzi ṣḥuf ʾezi q‘endī net‘bt‘at k‘t‘q‘allel ālekā.
summarize
You need to summarize the key points from this text.

ተሳተፉ
ኣብቲ ውድድር ይሳተፍ ኣሎ።
tese‘tefu
abti wududur yeset‘ef alo.
take part
He is taking part in the race.

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

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.

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

ሽፋን
ዕምባባታት ማይ ነቲ ማይ ይሽፍኖ።
shifan
‘mbabatat may neti may yishifno.
cover
The water lilies cover the water.
