Vocabulary

ቃላት ስኢንካ ግደፍ

እቲ ስግንጢር ቃላት ስኢኑ ይገድፋ።

qela‘aT se‘enka gedef

eti segnTeer qela‘aT se‘enu yiGedefa.

leave speechless

The surprise leaves her speechless.

ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ

ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።

b‘mekina nab geza‘ka

dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.

drive home

After shopping, the two drive home.

ግብሪ

ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።

gibri

tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.

tax

Companies are taxed in various ways.

ሓዊ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።

hawi

eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.

fire

The boss has fired him.

መጓዓዝያ

ነተን ብሽክለታታት ኣብ ናሕሲ መኪና ኢና ነጓዕዘን።

megu‘aaziya

neten bishikletatat ab nahsi mekina ina nega‘zen.

transport

We transport the bikes on the car roof.

ለውጢ

ብሰንኪ ለውጢ ክሊማ ብዙሕ ተቐይሩ እዩ።

läwʿäṭi

bäsənki läwʿäṭi kələma bəzuḥ täqäyiru ʾəyu.

change

A lot has changed due to climate change.

መጽናዕቲ

እተን ኣዋልድ ብሓባር ክመሃራ ይፈትዋ እየን።

m‘snā‘ēti

ēten āwāld b‘ḥābār k‘m‘hārā y‘f‘tēwa yēn.

study

The girls like to study together.

ትእዛዝ

ንባዕላ ቁርሲ ትእዝዝ።

tǝ’ǝzǝz

nǝba’la qursi tǝ’ǝzz.

order

She orders breakfast for herself.

ምስ

ሓደ ሰብ ክዛረቦ ይግባእ፤ ኣዝዩ ጽምዋ’ዩ።

mes

hade seb kezarebo yigeba; atsiyu semwa‘oyu.

talk to

Someone should talk to him; he’s so lonely.

ቀለም

እታ መኪና ሰማያዊ ቀለም ይቕባእ ኣሎ።

q‘elem

eta mekina semayawi q‘elem yiq‘be‘a alo.

paint

The car is being painted blue.

ርግጽ

ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።

rg‘ṣ

ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.

kick

In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.

ተታይዶ

ዓሳ ኩሉ ኣብ ውሕጢ ተታይዶ።

tɛtɑjdo

ʕɑsɑ kuːlu ʔɑb wɪħtɪ tɛtɑjdo.

appear

A huge fish suddenly appeared in the water.