Vocabulary

ሰኺርካ ምኻድ

ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።

sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad

dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.

get drunk

He gets drunk almost every evening.

መጽናዕቲ

ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲተይ ብዙሓት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እየን ዝመሃራ።

m‘snā‘ēti

āb yūnīvērsītēy bzuhāt dēkī ānstīyō yēn z‘m‘hārā.

study

There are many women studying at my university.

ሓሶት ን

ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።

hasot n

ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.

lie to

He lied to everyone.

ሓዊ

ሓላፊየይ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪሩኒ።

hawi

halafiyei kab sirah abariruni.

fire

My boss has fired me.

ርአ

ብባይኖኩላር እያ ትጥምት።

rəʔa

bəbaynokula eya tətəmət.

look

She looks through binoculars.

መልሲ

ንሳ ድማ ብሕቶ መለሰትሉ።

mel‘si

nesa d‘ma b‘h‘to meleseṭelu.

respond

She responded with a question.

ኣብ ሓደ ምምጻእ

እቲ ናይ ቋንቋ ኮርስ ካብ መላእ ዓለም ዝመጹ ተማሃሮ ኣብ ሓደ ዘራኽብ እዩ።

ab hadä mm‘sä

iti näy quäñqa kors kab malä ‘äläm zäm‘tsu tämaḥäro ab hadä zäräk‘b eyu.

bring together

The language course brings students from all over the world together.

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.

ደው ንበል

እቶም ክልተ ኣዕሩኽ ኩሉ ግዜ ንሓድሕዶም ደው ክብሉ ይደልዩ።

dēw nbēl

ētom klte ā’rūkh kulu g’zē nḥad’hd’hom dēw kbīlu ydel’yu.

stand up for

The two friends always want to stand up for each other.

ምፍጣር

ንምድሪ መን ፈጢርዋ?

mifṭar

men mdri men feṭirwa?

create

Who created the Earth?

ይምርኮስ

ዕዉር ስለዝኾነ ኣብ ናይ ደገ ሓገዝ እዩ ዝምርኮስ።

yəmrəkos

ʿəwr sələzəkonə ʾab nay dəgə ḥagəz ʾeyu zəmrəkos.

depend

He is blind and depends on outside help.

የድሊ

ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!

yedilī

ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!

need

I’m thirsty, I need water!