Vocabulary

ሽፋን

ጸጉራ ትሽፍን።

shifan

tsugura tishifn.

cover

She covers her hair.

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.

ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ንኺድ

ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ክትከይድ ኣይትኽእልን ኢኻ።

kabzí n’la’lí n’khíd

ab’zí ewwan’zí kabzí n’la’lí k’khéd ayt’khéln íkha.

go further

You can’t go any further at this point.

ምጥቃስ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።

məṭḳas

ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.

mention

The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

ንዑ ብቐሊሉ

ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።

nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu

sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.

come easy

Surfing comes easily to him.

ክፉት ግደፍ

መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!

kefuT gedef

meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!

leave open

Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!

መጓዓዝያ

እታ ናይ ጽዕነት መኪና ነቲ ኣቕሓ እያ እተጓዕዞ።

megu‘aaziya

ita nay tsi‘net mekina neti akha eya iteg‘ezo.

transport

The truck transports the goods.

ለይቲ ምሕዳር

ኣብ መኪና ኢና ንሓድር ዘለና።

ləyti məḥdār

ab məkīna ēna nəḥādr zəlēna.

spend the night

We are spending the night in the car.

ምድጋፍ

ንሓሳብኩም ብሓጎስ ንደግፎ።

mədgaf

nḥasəbəkum bḥagos ndəgfo.

endorse

We gladly endorse your idea.

ሓሶት ን

ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።

hasot n

ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.

lie to

He lied to everyone.

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.

ምብጻሕ

ናይ ቀደም ዓርካ ይበጽሓ።

mbsaḥ

nay qedem ‘arka yibsaḥa.

visit

An old friend visits her.