Vocabulary

ኣጉልሕ

ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

agul‘h

b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.

emphasize

You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.

ምምርዓው

እዞም መጻምድቲ ገና ተመርዕዮም ኣለዉ።

məmrə‘aw

əzom məsamədit gəna təmər‘əyom aləw.

marry

The couple has just gotten married.

ሓሶት

ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።

hasot

bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.

lie

He often lies when he wants to sell something.

ዝሓዘ

ዓሳ፡ በርበረን ጸባን ብዙሕ ፕሮቲን ዝሓዘ እዩ።

zi-ha-ze

a-sa: ber-ber-en tsa-ban bi-zuh pro-tein zi-ha-ze e-yu.

contain

Fish, cheese, and milk contain a lot of protein.

ሽፋን

እቲ ቆልዓ እዝኑ ይሽፍን።

shifan

iti qol‘a ezeno yishifn.

cover

The child covers its ears.

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?

ሽፋን

ገጻ ትሽፍን።

shifan

gesa tishifn.

cover

She covers her face.

ንምርኣይ

ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።

nəmrʾay

gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.

show off

He likes to show off his money.

ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ንኺድ

ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ክትከይድ ኣይትኽእልን ኢኻ።

kabzí n’la’lí n’khíd

ab’zí ewwan’zí kabzí n’la’lí k’khéd ayt’khéln íkha.

go further

You can’t go any further at this point.

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.

ንሓድሕድኩም ተጠማመቱ

ንነዊሕ እዋን ንሓድሕዶም ተጠማመቱ።

nhadhdəkum tətaməmatu

nnəwih ewan nhadhdədom tətaməmatu.

look at each other

They looked at each other for a long time.

ዘሊልካ ውጻእ

ዓሳ ካብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ይወጽእ።

zelilka wusya

‘asa kab may zelilu yewuṣa.

jump out

The fish jumps out of the water.