Vocabulary

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ፍቕሪ

ድሙኣ ኣዝያ እያ እተፍቅሮ።

fəḳri

dəmu‘a azya eya ətfəḳro.

love

She loves her cat very much.

ምሕላፍ ብ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።

mihlaf bi

kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.

pass by

The two pass by each other.

ምውሳን

ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

mǝwsān

aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.

decide

She can’t decide which shoes to wear.

ክትወጽእ ትደሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።

kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli

eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.

want to go out

The child wants to go outside.

ንላዕሊ ስሓብ

እታ ሄሊኮፕተር ነቶም ክልተ ሰባት ንላዕሊ ትስሕቦም።

nəllaʿəli səħab

ʾəta həlikoptər nətom kəltə səbat nəllaʿəli təsəħbom.

pull up

The helicopter pulls the two men up.

ፍቀድ

ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።

feqed

aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.

allow

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

ተኸተት

ውሻቲ ይኸተት።

təxətet

wushati yəxətet.

accompany

The dog accompanies them.

ብሓባር ንቕመጡ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ብሓባር ክቕመጡ መደብ ኣለዎም።

b‘hābar nqemṭū

kiltī‘om ab qērēba ēwān b‘hābar k‘qemṭū medēb ālewo‘m.

move in together

The two are planning to move in together soon.

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.

ሰኺርካ ምኻድ

ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።

sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad

dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.

get drunk

He gets drunk almost every evening.

ምኽንያት

ኣልኮላዊ መስተ ሕማም ርእሲ ከስዕብ ይኽእል።

məḳənyaṭ

ʾalkolawi mästä ḥəmam rʾäsi kəsʿäb yəḥʾäl.

cause

Alcohol can cause headaches.