Vocabulary

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.

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.

ግብሪ

ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።

gibri

tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.

tax

Companies are taxed in various ways.

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.

ምድላው

ጥዑም መግቢ የዳልዉ።

məd-lāw

ṭūm məgēbī yə-dā-lū.

prepare

They prepare a delicious meal.

ትኪ

ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።

tǝkī

šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.

smoke

He smokes a pipe.

ደርብዮ

እቲ ብዕራይ ነቲ ሰብኣይ ደርብይዎ ኣሎ።

dərbyo

əti bə’əray nəti sbay dərbyo aləwo.

throw off

The bull has thrown off the man.

ተንጠልጢሉ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ጨንፈር ተሰቒሎም ኣለዉ።

tǝnṭǝlti‘lu

kǝlti‘om ab ćǝnfǝr tsǝkoloṃ alu.

hang

Both are hanging on a branch.

ንደገ ምግዓዝ

ጎረቤት ንደገ ይግዕዝ ኣሎ።

ndegē miggāz

gōrebēt ndegē yig‘egz alō.

move out

The neighbor is moving out.

ምምርዓው

እዞም መጻምድቲ ገና ተመርዕዮም ኣለዉ።

məmrə‘aw

əzom məsamədit gəna təmər‘əyom aləw.

marry

The couple has just gotten married.

ምህራም

ወለዲ ንደቆም ክሃርሙ የብሎምን።

mihiram

weldi ndeqom kharmu yebelomn.

beat

Parents shouldn’t beat their children.

ምርኢት

ኣብዚ ዘመናዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ንምርኢት ይቐርብ።

miret

abzi zemenawi sne-t‘ebeb n‘miret yik‘erb.

exhibit

Modern art is exhibited here.