Vocabulary

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ምሕታም

መወዓውዒ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኣብ ጋዜጣታት ይሕተም እዩ።

məḥtam

məwo‘aw‘i məbazəḥtə‘u gzey ab gäzətat yəhətam eyu.

publish

Advertising is often published in newspapers.

ለውጢ

ብሰንኪ ለውጢ ክሊማ ብዙሕ ተቐይሩ እዩ።

läwʿäṭi

bäsənki läwʿäṭi kələma bəzuḥ täqäyiru ʾəyu.

change

A lot has changed due to climate change.

ድሕሪ

እታ ኣደ ደድሕሪ ወዳ ትጎዪ።

dəḥri

əta ädä dädəḥri wädä tgoyi.

run after

The mother runs after her son.

ብእግሪ ምኻድ

ኣብ ጫካ ምጉዓዝ ይፈቱ።

bi‘igri mekh‘ad

ab chaka megu‘az yefetu.

walk

He likes to walk in the forest.

ምውስዋስ ኣካላት

ዘይተለምደ ሞያ ትሰርሕ።

miwsawas akalat

zeytelmede moya tiserh.

exercise

She exercises an unusual profession.

ጽሓፉ

ንሳ ናይ ንግዲ ሓሳባ ክትጽሕፍ ትደሊ።

tshafu

nsa nay ngdi hsaba k‘tshf tdli.

write down

She wants to write down her business idea.

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.

ጽገና

ነቲ ገመድ ክጽግኖ ደለየ።

ṣig‘na

neti gemed kṣigno deleye.

repair

He wanted to repair the cable.

ጸብጻብ ናብ

ኩሎም ኣብታ መርከብ ዝነበሩ ናብ ካፕቴን ጸብጻብ ይህቡ።

ṣebṣeb nab

kulom abṭa merkeb zinebru nab kapṭen ṣebṣeb yihbu.

report to

Everyone on board reports to the captain.

ንድሕሪት ምምላስ

ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዳግማይ ሰዓት ንድሕሪት ክንመልሳ ክንግደድ ኢና።

ndǝḥǝrǝt mǝmlǝs

ǝb qǝrǝba ǝwān dǝgmāy sǝ‘āt ndǝḥǝrǝt knmlǝsǝ kǝngǝd ǝnna.

set back

Soon we’ll have to set the clock back again.

ድሕሪት ምድቃስ

ግዜ ንእስነታ ኣዝዩ ድሕሪት እዩ ዘሎ።

deh-rit mid-kas

gzey nes-net-a a-zi-yu deh-rit eyu ze-lo.

lie behind

The time of her youth lies far behind.