Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ኣልዕል
ካብ መሬት ገለ ነገር ኣልዒላ።
ʾalʿəl
kab mərət gəle negar ʾalʿila.
pick up
She picks something up from the ground.

ምሕላፍ
እቶም ተምሃሮ ነቲ ፈተና ሓሊፎሞ።
mihlaf
ētom temhāro nēti fetēna ḥālīfom.
pass
The students passed the exam.

ኣብ
ሓድሽ ቅዲ ጸጉሪ ርእሲ ክትሰርሕ ወሲና ኣላ።
ab
ḥādīš kǝdi tǝgurī rǝ’ēsi kǝtsǝrǝḥ wǝsīna āla.
decide on
She has decided on a new hairstyle.

ምጥፋእ
ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።
mtf‘
alarm se‘at atf‘ato.
turn off
She turns off the alarm clock.

ምቕላል
ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።
mǝkʼǝlal
nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.
simplify
You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ደፋር
ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።
dəfar
kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.
dare
They dared to jump out of the airplane.

ደፋር
ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።
dəfar
nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.
dare
I don’t dare to jump into the water.

ምቅላስ
እቶም ስፖርተኛታት ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቃለሱ።
m‘qlas
etom sportegnat‘at ab n‘ḥ‘dḥ‘dom y‘q‘lasu.
fight
The athletes fight against each other.

ስዒቡ
እቲ ሓላዊ ላም ነቶም ኣፍራስ ይስዕብዎም።
səʿibu
ʾəti ħalawi lam nətom ʾafras yəsʿəbwom.
pursue
The cowboy pursues the horses.

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.

ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ሕሰብ
ዕዉት ንምዃን ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።
kab sanduq wəsə’i həsəb
ewt nəməzan hade hade gəzə kab sanduq wəsə’i kəthəsb aləka.
think outside the box
To be successful, you have to think outside the box sometimes.
