Vocabulary

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

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.

ሽፋን

ዕምባባታት ማይ ነቲ ማይ ይሽፍኖ።

shifan

‘mbabatat may neti may yishifno.

cover

The water lilies cover the water.

ሓሶት

ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ሓደ ሰብ ኣብ ህጹጽ ኩነታት ክሕሱ ኣለዎ።

hasot

hade hade gez hade seb ab hits-ts kun-tat ke-hsu a-lewo.

lie

Sometimes one has to lie in an emergency situation.

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.

ትእዛዝ

ንባዕላ ቁርሲ ትእዝዝ።

tǝ’ǝzǝz

nǝba’la qursi tǝ’ǝzz.

order

She orders breakfast for herself.

ምድላው

ጥዑም ቁርሲ ተዳልዩ ኣሎ!

məd-lāw

ṭūm qūrsī tə-dāl-yū ālo!

prepare

A delicious breakfast is prepared!

ሕትመት

መጻሕፍትን ጋዜጣታትን ይሕተሙ ኣለዉ።

hitəmət

məsahəftən gäzətatən yəhətəmu aləw.

print

Books and newspapers are being printed.

ኣቓልቦ ግበር

ሓደ ሰብ ነቲ ናይ ጽርግያ ምልክታት ከቕልበሉ ኣለዎ።

āqālbo gēber

ḥāde sēb nēti nāy tsirgyā milk‘tāt keqilbēlu ālēwo.

pay attention

One must pay attention to the road signs.

ብባቡር ምኻድ

ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።

b’bábur m’kád

nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.

go by train

I will go there by train.

ጉዕዞ

ምጉዓዝ ዝፈቱ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ርእዩ እዩ።

gu‘uzo

mig‘az zifetu bezuh‘at hagerat reiyu eyu.

travel

He likes to travel and has seen many countries.

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.