Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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.

ቁርሲ ምብላዕ
ኣብ ዓራትና ቁርሲ ክንበልዕ ንመርጽ።
ḳǝrsi mbla‘
ab aṛatna ḳǝrsi kǝnblǝ‘ nmǝrṣ.
have breakfast
We prefer to have breakfast in bed.

ግብሪ
ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።
gibri
tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.
tax
Companies are taxed in various ways.

ርአ
ብመነጽር ዝሓሸ ክትሪኢ ትኽእል ኢኻ።
rǝʾä
bmǝnäsr zǝhäšǝ kǝtrīʾǝ tǝkǝʿäl ʾǝkha.
see
You can see better with glasses.

ምሕያል
ጂምናስቲክ ንጭዋዳታት የሐይሎ።
məhyal
jīmnāstīk nčwādatāt yəhāylō.
strengthen
Gymnastics strengthens the muscles.

ምጥቃም
ኣብቲ ሓዊ ናይ ጋዝ ማስክ ንጥቀም።
mt‘qaam
abti hawi nay gaz mask nit‘qem.
use
We use gas masks in the fire.

ርአ
ኣብ ዕረፍቲ፡ ብዙሕ ትርኢታት እርኢ ነይረ።
rəʔa
ab ʔərəfti, bəzu tərə.ətat ərəʔə nayrə.
look at
On vacation, I looked at many sights.

ርአ
ብባይኖኩላር እያ ትጥምት።
rəʔa
bəbaynokula eya tətəmət.
look
She looks through binoculars.

ምህራም
ኣብ ቴኒስ ንመጋጥምቱ ስዒሩ።
mihiram
ab tennis nmégatimtu séiru.
beat
He beat his opponent in tennis.

ዘሊልካ ናብ
እታ ላም ኣብ ካልእ ዘሊላ ኣላ።
zēlīlkā nab
‘ētā lām ab kālē zēlīlā ālā.
jump onto
The cow has jumped onto another.

ዘሊልካ ምዝላል
እቲ ቆልዓ ብሓጎስ ይዘልል ኣሎ።
zēlīlkā m‘zlāl
‘eti qōl‘ā b‘hāgōs y‘zlēl ālo.
jump around
The child is happily jumping around.
