Vocabulary

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

The father didn’t allow him to use his computer.

ምህዳም

ወድና ካብ ገዛ ክሃድም ደለየ።

məḫdäm

wädänä kab gäza kḥädm däläye.

run away

Our son wanted to run away from home.

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.

ምጉያይ ጀምር

እቲ ኣትሌት ጉያ ክጅምር ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።

mguyāy jmēr

itī āt’lēt guyā kj’mēr qērībū ālo.

start running

The athlete is about to start running.

ብኽነት

ጸዓት ክባኽን የብሉን።

bikh‘net

tse‘at k‘bah‘kn yebilun.

waste

Energy should not be wasted.

መደረ ሃብ

እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ኣብ ቅድሚ ብዙሓት ተምሃሮ መደረ ይህብ ኣሎ።

mə‘dere hab

ɪtɪ polɪ‘tɪkægnæ ab kɪd‘mi bəzuhat təmə‘haro mə‘dere yə‘hab a‘lo.

give a speech

The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.

ርግጽ

ርግጽ ይፈትዉ እዮም፡ ግን ኣብ ናይ ጠረጴዛ ኩዕሶ ጥራይ።

rg‘ṣ

rg‘ṣ yf‘tew eyom, gn ab nay tr‘peza ku‘so tray.

kick

They like to kick, but only in table soccer.

ክገድፉ ይደልዩ

ካብ ሆቴላ ክትወጽእ ትደሊ።

k‘gedfu yideluyu

kab hotel‘a kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli.

want to leave

She wants to leave her hotel.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ

ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።

ab zuryákha m’kád

néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.

go around

You have to go around this tree.

መልስ

ተማሃርያ ጥዕናውን ተመልሳ።

mɛls

tɑmɑħɑrjɑ tʃʔɛnɑwən tɛmɛlsɑ.

answer

The student answers the question.

ምግምጋም

ኣፈፃፅማ እቲ ትካል ይግምግም።

miggigam

afets‘ats‘ma iti tik‘al yigiggim.

evaluate

He evaluates the performance of the company.

ምድጋፍ

ንሓሳብኩም ብሓጎስ ንደግፎ።

mədgaf

nḥasəbəkum bḥagos ndəgfo.

endorse

We gladly endorse your idea.