Vocabulary

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.

ድምጺ

ድምጻ ፍሉይ ይመስል።

dəmṣi

dəmṣa fuluy yəməsil.

sound

Her voice sounds fantastic.

ስራሕ

ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።

srah

kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.

work

She works better than a man.

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.

ኣጉልሕ

ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

agul‘h

b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.

emphasize

You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.

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.

ምሉእ ብምሉእ

ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።

mlu‘ bmlu‘

neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.

complete

They have completed the difficult task.

ትጽቢት

ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።

tsibit

haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.

expect

My sister is expecting a child.

ንዙርያኻ ርአ

ንድሕሪት ተመሊሳ ናባይ ጠሚታ ፍሽኽ በለት።

nzurəyəka rəʔa

ndəhərit təmələsa nabay təmi.ta fəshəkə bələt.

look around

She looked back at me and smiled.

ርእይቶ ርእይቶ

መዓልታዊ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ርእይቶ ይህብ።

ra‘eyto ra‘eyto

me‘al‘tawi ab politika ra‘eyto yihab.

comment

He comments on politics every day.

ግምት

መን ምዃነይ ክትግምት ኣለካ!

gimət

män mǝzi‘anəy kǝtgimət aləka!

guess

You have to guess who I am!

ምክፍፋል

ዕዮ ገዛ ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይመቓቕሉ።

məkfəfal

ʿeyo gəza ʾab nənəhdəḥdom yəməqaqlu.

divide

They divide the housework among themselves.