Vocabulary

ምሕጻብ

ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።

mih‘ts‘ab

sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.

wash up

I don’t like washing the dishes.

የድሊ

ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!

yedilī

ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!

need

I’m thirsty, I need water!

ኣብዮም

እቲ ቆልዓ መግቡ ይኣቢ።

abǝyom

ǝti qol‘a mǝgbu yǝ‘a‘bi.

refuse

The child refuses its food.

ተርጉም

ኣብ መንጎ ሽዱሽተ ቋንቋታት ክትርጉም ይኽእል እዩ።

tergum

ab mengo shidushte qwanqwatat ktergum yikhal eyu.

translate

He can translate between six languages.

ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት

ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።

migt‘aew miwsawas akalat

b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.

exercise restraint

I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

መልሲ

ንሳ ድማ ብሕቶ መለሰትሉ።

mel‘si

nesa d‘ma b‘h‘to meleseṭelu.

respond

She responded with a question.

ምቕራብ

ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።

mǝqrab

nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.

offer

She offered to water the flowers.

ርአ

ብመነጽር ዝሓሸ ክትሪኢ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

rǝʾä

bmǝnäsr zǝhäšǝ kǝtrīʾǝ tǝkǝʿäl ʾǝkha.

see

You can see better with glasses.

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ተስፋ ን

ኣብ’ቲ ጸወታ ዕድል ክረክብ ተስፋ እገብር ኣለኹ።

t‘sfa n

ab‘ti s‘w‘tā ‘ūdl k‘rk‘b t‘sfa ēgbr alēku.

hope for

I’m hoping for luck in the game.