Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ኣቓልቦ ሃብዎ
ሓደ ሰብ ንናይ ትራፊክ ምልክታት ኣቓልቦ ክህብ ኣለዎ።
āqālbo hābwo
ḥāde sēb n‘nāy trāfīk milk‘tāt āqālbo khēb ālēwo.
pay attention to
One must pay attention to traffic signs.

ሕማቕ ምዝራብ
እቶም መማህርቲ ብዛዕባኣ ሕማቕ ይዛረቡ።
hima‘k mizerab
etom memahereti bezaye‘a hima‘k yezarebu.
talk badly
The classmates talk badly about her.

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.

ጠለብ
ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዘጋጠሞ ሰብ ካሕሳ ሓቲቱ።
tǝleb
kabtī ḥādǧā zǧātǝmo seb kāḥsā ḥātǝtu.
demand
He demanded compensation from the person he had an accident with.

ክፉት
በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?
kǝfǝt
bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?
open
Can you please open this can for me?

ምህራም
ኣብ ቴኒስ ንመጋጥምቱ ስዒሩ።
mihiram
ab tennis nmégatimtu séiru.
beat
He beat his opponent in tennis.

ምክፍፋል
ዕዮ ገዛ ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይመቓቕሉ።
məkfəfal
ʿeyo gəza ʾab nənəhdəḥdom yəməqaqlu.
divide
They divide the housework among themselves.

ትኪ
እቲ ስጋ ንኽዕቀብ ይትከኽ።
tǝkī
ǝti siga nkǝʕǝqb yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
The meat is smoked to preserve it.

ምጉሓፍ
እዞም ኣረጊት ናይ ጎማ ጎማታት ብፍሉይ ክጉሓፉ ኣለዎም።
məgəḥaf
ʾəzom ʾargit nay goma gomatat bfuluy kəgəḥafu ʾaləwom.
dispose
These old rubber tires must be separately disposed of.

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

ደርፍ
እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።
dǝrf
ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.
sing
The children sing a song.
