Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ይመርጹ
ጓልና መጽሓፍ ኣይትንብብን’ያ፤ ንሳ ድማ ቴለፎና እያ ትመርጽ።
yə-mər-ṣū
gāl-nā məṣḥāf āy-tənəbbəbən’ya; nə-sa dəma tēlēfōnā ēya tə-mər-ṣ.
prefer
Our daughter doesn’t read books; she prefers her phone.
ተሰኪምካ ምኻድ
ኣድጊ ከቢድ ጽዕነት ተሰኪማ ትኸይድ።
täsäkimkä məḫad
ʾädgi kəbəd ṣəʿnät täsäkima täḫəyd.
carry
The donkey carries a heavy load.
ምህናጽ
ብሓባር ብዙሕ ሃኒጾም ኣለዉ።
miḥnäts
bḥäbär bzuh ḥänts‘om älū.
build up
They have built up a lot together.
መጽናዕቲ
እተን ኣዋልድ ብሓባር ክመሃራ ይፈትዋ እየን።
m‘snā‘ēti
ēten āwāld b‘ḥābār k‘m‘hārā y‘f‘tēwa yēn.
study
The girls like to study together.
ሰሰናዩ በል
እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።
säsnäyu bäl
ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.
say goodbye
The woman says goodbye.
ይመርጹ
ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።
yə-mər-ṣū
bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.
prefer
Many children prefer candy to healthy things.
ክፉት
እቲ ሴፍ በቲ ምስጢራዊ ኮድ ክኽፈት ይኽእል።
kǝfǝt
ǝti sǝf bǝti mǝštǝraw kod kǝkfǝt yǝkhǝl.
open
The safe can be opened with the secret code.
ትኪ
ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።
tǝkī
šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
He smokes a pipe.
ደው ምባል
እታ ፖሊስ ነታ መኪና ደው ኣቢላታ።
daw məbal
əta pōlīs nəta mək‘na daw abilata.
stop
The policewoman stops the car.
ምቅላስ
እቶም ስፖርተኛታት ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቃለሱ።
m‘qlas
etom sportegnat‘at ab n‘ḥ‘dḥ‘dom y‘q‘lasu.
fight
The athletes fight against each other.
ይቕጽል
ካራቫን ጉዕዞኡ ይቕጽል።
yi-qtil
ka-ra-van gu-e-zo-u yi-qtil.
continue
The caravan continues its journey.