Vocabulary

ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ

ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።

b‘mekina nab geza‘ka

dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.

drive home

After shopping, the two drive home.

ንቕድሚት ንጥምት

ቆልዑ ኩሉ ግዜ በረድ ብሃንቀውታ ይጽበዩ።

nəḳdəmit nəṭimət

qol‘u kulu gʒə bərəd bəħanḳəwtə yiṣəbəyu.

look forward

Children always look forward to snow.

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.

ገንዘብ ኣውጽኡ

ኣብ ጽገና ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከነውጽእ ኣለና።

gənzəb āwṣ’u

ab ṣəgəna bəzuḥ gənzəb kənəwṣ’i ālēna.

spend money

We have to spend a lot of money on repairs.

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ኣብ መወዳእታ

ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?

ab məwədaʿṭa

kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?

end up

How did we end up in this situation?

ሸጥ

እቶም ነጋዶ ብዙሕ ኣቑሑት ይሸጡ ኣለዉ።

shǝt

ǝtom nǝgādo bǝzuḥ ǝ‘ākhuhat yǝshǝtu alǝwu.

sell

The traders are selling many goods.

ኮፍ በል

ጸሓይ ክትዓርብ ከላ ኣብ ጥቓ ባሕሪ ኮፍ ትብል።

kof bel

ṣǝḥāy kǝtǝʕǝrb kǝlla ǝb ṭǝqa baḥrī kof tǝbl.

sit down

She sits by the sea at sunset.

ምክልኻል

ህጻናት ክሕለዉ ኣለዎም።

məkəl‘khal

ḥəsänat kəhələwom alom.

protect

Children must be protected.

ምጅማር

ፍትሖም ከበግስዎ እዮም።

mijmaar

fit‘hom kebgswo eyom.

initiate

They will initiate their divorce.

ይቕረ በሉ

ዕዳኡ ይቕረ እብለሉ።

yiqere belu

eda‘u yiqere ebelu.

forgive

I forgive him his debts.

ዘሊሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ

እቲ ኣትሌት ነቲ ዕንቅፋት ክዘልል ኣለዎ።

zelilu ab le‘li

iti ‘atlet neti ‘enqefat kezell alewo.

jump over

The athlete must jump over the obstacle.