Vocabulary

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

ምውስዋስ ኣካላት

ዘይተለምደ ሞያ ትሰርሕ።

miwsawas akalat

zeytelmede moya tiserh.

exercise

She exercises an unusual profession.

ምልክት

በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!

mǝlkǝt

bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!

sign

Please sign here!

ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት

ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።

migt‘aew miwsawas akalat

b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.

exercise restraint

I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.

ጽሩይ

እቲ ሰራሕተኛ ነቲ መስኮት የጽርዮ ኣሎ።

ṣǝrūy

ʾǝti sǝrāḥtǝgnā näti mǝskǝt yǝṣǝryo ʾalo.

clean

The worker is cleaning the window.

ምሕያል

ጂምናስቲክ ንጭዋዳታት የሐይሎ።

məhyal

jīmnāstīk nčwādatāt yəhāylō.

strengthen

Gymnastics strengthens the muscles.

ንላዕሊ ርአ

ዘይትፈልጦ፡ ንላዕሊ ክትጥምት ኣለካ።

nəla‘əli rə‘a

zəyətifəlto: nəla‘əli kətiṭmət aləka.

look up

What you don’t know, you have to look up.

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.

ምጥቃም

መዓልታዊ ፍርያት መመላኽዒ ትጥቀም።

mt‘qaam

me‘alitawi fryat memelah‘ee tit‘qem.

use

She uses cosmetic products daily.

ቀሪብኩም ምጹ

እቶም ቀንዴል ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቀራረቡ ኣለዉ።

qǝribkum mǝsu

ǝtom qǝndǝl ʾab nǝnǝḫǝdḫǝdom yǝqǝrarǝbu ʾǝlow.

come closer

The snails are coming closer to each other.

ሰሰናዩ በል

እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።

säsnäyu bäl

ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.

say goodbye

The woman says goodbye.

ቁርሲ ምብላዕ

ኣብ ዓራትና ቁርሲ ክንበልዕ ንመርጽ።

ḳǝrsi mbla‘

ab aṛatna ḳǝrsi kǝnblǝ‘ nmǝrṣ.

have breakfast

We prefer to have breakfast in bed.