Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ምሕታም
መወዓውዒ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኣብ ጋዜጣታት ይሕተም እዩ።
məḥtam
məwo‘aw‘i məbazəḥtə‘u gzey ab gäzətat yəhətam eyu.
publish
Advertising is often published in newspapers.

ስራሕ
ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።
srah
kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.
work
She works better than a man.

ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ
ቀያሕ ስፖርታዊት መኪና ኣለኒ።
nay geza‘e re‘esu
qeyah sportawit mekina aleni.
own
I own a red sports car.

ኣጋጣሚ ኮይኑ
ኣብቲ ናይ ስራሕ ሓደጋ ገለ ነገር ኣጋጢምዎ ድዩ?
ağaṭami koynu
abti nay srǝḥ ḥadǝga gǝlǝ nǝgǝr ağaṭimwo diyǔ?
happen to
Did something happen to him in the work accident?

ይውክሉ
ጠበቓታት ንዓማዊሎም ኣብ ቤት ፍርዲ ይውክሉ።
yiwekilu
ṭ‘beqaṭat n‘ama‘wilom ab bet fridi yiwekilu.
represent
Lawyers represent their clients in court.

ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ንኺድ
ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ክትከይድ ኣይትኽእልን ኢኻ።
kabzí n’la’lí n’khíd
ab’zí ewwan’zí kabzí n’la’lí k’khéd ayt’khéln íkha.
go further
You can’t go any further at this point.

ናብ
ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይምለሱ።
nab
nab nenhdhdom yimelsu.
turn to
They turn to each other.

ናብ
እታ ጓል ናብ ኣዲኣ ገጻ ትጎዪ።
näb
əta gäl näb ʾädiä gäṣṣa tgoyi.
run towards
The girl runs towards her mother.

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.

ረሲዕካ
ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።
rese‘eka
heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.
forget
She’s forgotten his name now.

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