Vocabulary

ኣልዕል

ኩሉ ኣፕል ክንልዓል ኣለና።

ʾalʿəl

kulu ʾapəl kənlʿal ʾalena.

pick up

We have to pick up all the apples.

ይቕረ በሉ

በዚ ፈጺማ ይቕረ ክትብሎ ኣይትኽእልን እያ!

yiqere belu

bezi fitsima yiqere ketiblo ayteke‘eln eya!

forgive

She can never forgive him for that!

ኣልዕል

ካብ መሬት ገለ ነገር ኣልዒላ።

ʾalʿəl

kab mərət gəle negar ʾalʿila.

pick up

She picks something up from the ground.

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?

ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ

ቀያሕ ስፖርታዊት መኪና ኣለኒ።

nay geza‘e re‘esu

qeyah sportawit mekina aleni.

own

I own a red sports car.

ዘሊሉ

ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።

zēlīlu

nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.

jump

He jumped into the water.

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.

ጠይባ

መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።

t‘ai̯ba

məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.

ask

He asked for directions.

ምፍላጥ

ጓኖት ኣኽላባት ንሓድሕዶም ክፋለጡ ይደልዩ።

mɪf‘læt

gwan‘ot a‘khlæbat nəhæd‘hadom kəfælæ‘tu yə‘delɪju.

get to know

Strange dogs want to get to know each other.

ትኪ

ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።

tǝkī

šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.

smoke

He smokes a pipe.

ተኣኪብኩም ንዑ

ክልተ ሰባት ክእከቡ ከለዉ ጽቡቕ’ዩ።

te‘akibkum nu

kilte sebat ke‘ekbu kelow ts‘ebuk‘yu.

come together

It’s nice when two people come together.

ምውስዋስ ኣካላት

ዘይተለምደ ሞያ ትሰርሕ።

miwsawas akalat

zeytelmede moya tiserh.

exercise

She exercises an unusual profession.