Vocabulary

ንዑ ብቐሊሉ

ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።

nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu

sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.

come easy

Surfing comes easily to him.

ደርብዮ

ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።

dərbyo

ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.

throw away

He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.

ኣንብብ

ብዘይ መነጽር ከንብብ ኣይክእልን’የ።

ʾənbəb

bəzey mənəsər kənbəb ʾaykəʿəln‘yə.

read

I can’t read without glasses.

ዕላል

ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይዕልሉ።

ʿilāl

ab nënḥidḥdom yʿǝllu.

chat

They chat with each other.

ድሕሪ

እታ ኣደ ደድሕሪ ወዳ ትጎዪ።

dəḥri

əta ädä dädəḥri wädä tgoyi.

run after

The mother runs after her son.

ኣብ ኢድካ ኣለዎም

ህጻናት ኣብ ኢዶም ናይ ጁባ ገንዘብ ጥራይ እዩ።

ab ǝdka alwoṃ

ḥǝṣanat ab ǝdom nay juba gǝnzǝb ṭǝray yǝyǔ.

have at disposal

Children only have pocket money at their disposal.

ጥርጡር

ኣፍቃሪቱ ምዃና’ዩ ዝጥርጥር።

t‘rgūr

āfq‘ārītu m‘zānā‘yū z‘t‘rgūr.

suspect

He suspects that it’s his girlfriend.

ይቕጽል

ካራቫን ጉዕዞኡ ይቕጽል።

yi-qtil

ka-ra-van gu-e-zo-u yi-qtil.

continue

The caravan continues its journey.

ምስ

ሓደ ሰብ ክዛረቦ ይግባእ፤ ኣዝዩ ጽምዋ’ዩ።

mes

hade seb kezarebo yigeba; atsiyu semwa‘oyu.

talk to

Someone should talk to him; he’s so lonely.

ግደፍ

በጻሕቲ ዓዲ ቀትሪ ካብቲ ገማግም ባሕሪ ይወጹ።

gedef

beTsaHeti ‘aedi Qetiri kabti gemagem bahri yewoTsu.

leave

Tourists leave the beach at noon.

ሸለል ምባል

እቲ ቆልዓ ንቃላት ኣዲኡ ሸለል ይብሎ።

shell mibal

iti qol‘aa nqalat adiu shell yiblo.

ignore

The child ignores his mother’s words.

መሪሕነት

እቲ ዝያዳ ምኩር ተጓዓዛይ ኩሉ ግዜ ይመርሕ።

meriHeneT

eti ze‘yada muKuR tegu‘a‘aza‘yi kulu gizye yiMerH.

lead

The most experienced hiker always leads.