Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ተስፋ
ብዙሓት ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝሓሸ መጻኢ ክህሉ ተስፋ ኣለዎም።
t‘sfa
b‘zuhāt ab ewrōpā z‘hāshē m‘sā‘ī k‘hīlu t‘sfa alēwom.
hope
Many hope for a better future in Europe.

ዓመት ምድጋም
እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።
‘amet midig‘gam
iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.
repeat a year
The student has repeated a year.

ተረድኡ
ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።
teredu
ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.
understand
One cannot understand everything about computers.

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.

ጽሓፉ
እቲ ፓስዎርድ ክትጽሕፎ ኣለካ!
tshafu
eti password k‘tshfo aleka!
write down
You have to write down the password!

ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?

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.

ምጉያይ ጀምር
እቲ ኣትሌት ጉያ ክጅምር ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።
mguyāy jmēr
itī āt’lēt guyā kj’mēr qērībū ālo.
start running
The athlete is about to start running.

ምጥፋእ
እቶም ፋይላት ምሉእ ብምሉእ ክጠፍኡ እዮም።
məṭfəʿ
ʾətom faylat məluʾ bəməluʾ kəṭəfʾu ʾeyom.
destroy
The files will be completely destroyed.

ግምት
መን ምዃነይ ክትግምት ኣለካ!
gimət
män mǝzi‘anəy kǝtgimət aləka!
guess
You have to guess who I am!

ዕጸዎ
ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!
‘ǝtsǝwo
nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!
close
You must close the faucet tightly!
