Vocabulary

በረድ

ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።

bäräd

lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.

snow

It snowed a lot today.

ብእግሪ ምኻድ

እዚ መንገዲ እዚ ክጉዓዝ የብሉን።

bi‘igri mekh‘ad

ezi mengedi ezi k‘gu‘az yebilun.

walk

This path must not be walked.

መሪሕነት

ነታ ጓል ብኢዳ ይመርሓ።

meriHeneT

neta ga‘al be‘eda yiMerha.

lead

He leads the girl by the hand.

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.

ጽሓፍ

ደብዳቤ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ።

tshaf

debdabe yts’haf alo.

write

He is writing a letter.

ተረድኡ

ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።

teredu

ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.

understand

One cannot understand everything about computers.

ቀስ ኢልካ ምጉያይ

ሰዓት ቁሩብ ደቓይቕ ቀስ ኢላ ትጎዪ ኣላ።

qäss ʾilkä məguyäy

sä‘ät qurub däqäyq qäss ʾïlä tgoyi äla.

run slow

The clock is running a few minutes slow.

ይመርጹ

ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።

yə-mər-ṣū

bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.

prefer

Many children prefer candy to healthy things.

ኮፍ በል

ብዙሓት ሰባት ኣብቲ ክፍሊ ኮፍ ኢሎም ኣለዉ።

kof bel

bǝzuḥāt sǝbāt ǝbtī kǝflī kof ǝllǝm ǝllǝw.

sit

Many people are sitting in the room.

ተታይዶ

ዓሳ ኩሉ ኣብ ውሕጢ ተታይዶ።

tɛtɑjdo

ʕɑsɑ kuːlu ʔɑb wɪħtɪ tɛtɑjdo.

appear

A huge fish suddenly appeared in the water.

ደፋር

ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።

dəfar

nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.

dare

I don’t dare to jump into the water.

ተመሊከ

ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.