Vocabulary

ድምጺ

እቶም መራጽቲ ሎሚ ኣብ መጻኢኦም ድምጾም ይህቡ ኣለዉ።

d‘mzi

etom marasti lomi ab msa‘iom d‘mzom yihbu alewu.

vote

The voters are voting on their future today.

ኣንብብ

ብዘይ መነጽር ከንብብ ኣይክእልን’የ።

ʾənbəb

bəzey mənəsər kənbəb ʾaykəʿəln‘yə.

read

I can’t read without glasses.

ቀለም

ኣእዳዋ ቀቢኣ ኣላ።

q‘elem

a‘edawa qebia ala.

paint

She has painted her hands.

ተስማምቲ

ተስማምተካ ናይ ወዳጅ ምስጋድ ክኣቱ።

tesmamti

tesmamteka nay wedaj msegad ka‘atu.

agree

They agreed to make the deal.

ጽገና

ነቲ ገመድ ክጽግኖ ደለየ።

ṣig‘na

neti gemed kṣigno deleye.

repair

He wanted to repair the cable.

ሰሰናዩ በል

እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።

säsnäyu bäl

ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.

say goodbye

The woman says goodbye.

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.

ንቕድሚት ይኹን

ኣብቲ ናይ ሱፐርማርኬት መውጽኢ ገንዘብ ንቕድሚት ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ሰብ የለን።

nek-ked-mit yikh-un

ab-ti nay super-market mew-tsi-e gen-zeb nek-ked-mit ke-kid ze-de-li seb ye-len.

let in front

Nobody wants to let him go ahead at the supermarket checkout.

ጽሓፍ

ደብዳቤ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ።

tshaf

debdabe yts’haf alo.

write

He is writing a letter.

ስርዝ ድልዝ

ነቲ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ ኣስሚሩሉ።

sirz dilz

neti zehabo megleṣi asmirululu.

underline

He underlined his statement.

ምሕጻብ

ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።

mih‘ts‘ab

sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.

wash up

I don’t like washing the dishes.

ዘሊልካ ውጻእ

ዓሳ ካብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ይወጽእ።

zelilka wusya

‘asa kab may zelilu yewuṣa.

jump out

The fish jumps out of the water.