Vocabulary

ዕድመ

ኣብ ዋዜማ ሓድሽ ዓመት ድግስና ንዕድመኩም።

‘ēdmē

ab wāzēmā ḥād‘sh ‘āmēt d‘gs‘nā n‘ēdmēkum.

invite

We invite you to our New Year’s Eve party.

ርግጽ

ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።

rg‘ṣ

ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.

kick

In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.

ንዑ ብቐሊሉ

ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።

nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu

sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.

come easy

Surfing comes easily to him.

ዕጸዎ

ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!

‘ǝtsǝwo

nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!

close

You must close the faucet tightly!

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.

ተመሊከ

ናይ በላዕ ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

nɑj bɛlɑʕ tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

The plane has arrived on time.

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.

ምብጻሕ

ናይ ቀደም ዓርካ ይበጽሓ።

mbsaḥ

nay qedem ‘arka yibsaḥa.

visit

An old friend visits her.

ናብ

ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይምለሱ።

nab

nab nenhdhdom yimelsu.

turn to

They turn to each other.

ደው ምባል

እቲ ደያቢ እምባ ኣብ ጫፍ ደው ኢሉ ኣሎ።

dēw mbal

itī dayābī īmba ab chaf dēw īlu ālo.

stand

The mountain climber is standing on the peak.

ስራሕ

ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።

srah

kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.

work

She works better than a man.

በረድ

ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።

bäräd

lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.

snow

It snowed a lot today.