Vocabulary

ቃጸሎ

እቲ ሓዊ ብዙሕ ክፋል እቲ ጫካ ከቃጽል እዩ።

qats’lo

əti hawi bəzuh kəfal əti chaka kəqats’l eyu.

burn down

The fire will burn down a lot of the forest.

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!

ጀምር

እቶም ተጓዓዝቲ ንግሆ ኣንጊሆም እዮም ጀሚሮም።

jmēr

ētom tgū’āzītī ng’ho āng’īhom eyom jemīrom.

start

The hikers started early in the morning.

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.

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ንምርኣይ

ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።

nəmrʾay

gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.

show off

He likes to show off his money.

ትሪግር

እቲ ትኪ ድማ ነቲ ኣላርም ኣበገሶ።

trigr

iti tiki dima neti alarm abgeso.

trigger

The smoke triggered the alarm.

መንገዲ ምምላስ ሓደ ሰብ ረኸብ

ናይ ምምላስ መንገደይ ክረክብ ኣይክእልን’የ።

m‘ng‘di m‘mlas ḥade seb r‘kh‘b

nay m‘mlas m‘ng‘dey k‘r‘kh‘b a‘k‘ln‘y‘e.

find one’s way back

I can’t find my way back.

በረድ

ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።

bäräd

lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.

snow

It snowed a lot today.

ተታይዶ

ዓሳ ኩሉ ኣብ ውሕጢ ተታይዶ።

tɛtɑjdo

ʕɑsɑ kuːlu ʔɑb wɪħtɪ tɛtɑjdo.

appear

A huge fish suddenly appeared in the water.

ርግጽ

ርግጽ ይፈትዉ እዮም፡ ግን ኣብ ናይ ጠረጴዛ ኩዕሶ ጥራይ።

rg‘ṣ

rg‘ṣ yf‘tew eyom, gn ab nay tr‘peza ku‘so tray.

kick

They like to kick, but only in table soccer.

ትኪ

ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።

tǝkī

šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.

smoke

He smokes a pipe.