Vocabulary

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ዕጸዎ

ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!

‘ǝtsǝwo

nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!

close

You must close the faucet tightly!

ኣእትዉ

ባቡር ትሕቲ መሬት ገና ናብቲ ጣብያ ኣትዩ ኣሎ።

aʾətu

babur təḥti məraṭ gəna nabti ṭabya ʾatiyu ʾalo.

enter

The subway has just entered the station.

ፍለጥ

ብዙሕ መጻሕፍቲ ዳርጋ ብኣእምሮኣ እያ ትፈልጦ።

feleTi

bezuH meSaHefeti daraga be‘aemro‘a eya tefleTo.

know

She knows many books almost by heart.

ሓዊ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።

hawi

eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.

fire

The boss has fired him.

ምልክት

በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!

mǝlkǝt

bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!

sign

Please sign here!

ምሕጻብ

ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።

mih‘ts‘ab

sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.

wash up

I don’t like washing the dishes.

መምርሒ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ንመገዲ ይመርሓና።

mǝmrəḥi

əzi mǝsarəḥi əzi nmǝgadi yǝmǝrḥana.

guide

This device guides us the way.

ብባቡር ምኻድ

ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።

b’bábur m’kád

nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.

go by train

I will go there by train.

ምብጻሕ

እቲ መብጽሒ ሰብ ነቲ መግቢ የምጽኦ ኣሎ።

mǝbsāḥ

ēti mǝbsǝḥī seb nǝti mǝgbī yǝmǝs’o ālo.

deliver

The delivery person is bringing the food.

ኣብ

ሓድሽ ቅዲ ጸጉሪ ርእሲ ክትሰርሕ ወሲና ኣላ።

ab

ḥādīš kǝdi tǝgurī rǝ’ēsi kǝtsǝrǝḥ wǝsīna āla.

decide on

She has decided on a new hairstyle.

መንገዲ ሓደ ረኸብ

ኣብ ላቢሪን መንገደይ ጽቡቕ ጌረ ክረኽቦ እኽእል እየ።

m‘ng‘di ḥade r‘kh‘b

ab labirin m‘ng‘dey t‘sbuq g‘re k‘r‘kh‘bo ek‘l eye.

find one’s way

I can find my way well in a labyrinth.