Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ዘሊሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ
እቲ ኣትሌት ነቲ ዕንቅፋት ክዘልል ኣለዎ።
zelilu ab le‘li
iti ‘atlet neti ‘enqefat kezell alewo.
jump over
The athlete must jump over the obstacle.

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።
zelilka nla‘li
iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.
jump up
The child jumps up.

ብባቡር ምኻድ
ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።
b’bábur m’kád
nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.
go by train
I will go there by train.

ዕላል
ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይዕልሉ።
ʿilāl
ab nënḥidḥdom yʿǝllu.
chat
They chat with each other.

ተንጠልጢሉ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ጨንፈር ተሰቒሎም ኣለዉ።
tǝnṭǝlti‘lu
kǝlti‘om ab ćǝnfǝr tsǝkoloṃ alu.
hang
Both are hanging on a branch.

ደርብዮ
እቲ ብዕራይ ነቲ ሰብኣይ ደርብይዎ ኣሎ።
dərbyo
əti bə’əray nəti sbay dərbyo aləwo.
throw off
The bull has thrown off the man.

ርግጽ
ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።
rg‘ṣ
ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.
kick
In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.

ተቓውሞ ተቓውሞ
ሰባት ኣንጻር በደል ተቓውሞኦም የስምዑ።
təqawəmo təqawəmo
säbat anṣar bədəl təqawəmo‘om yəsm‘iu.
protest
People protest against injustice.

ምጥቃስ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።
məṭḳas
ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.
mention
The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

ሸለል ምባል
እቲ ቆልዓ ንቃላት ኣዲኡ ሸለል ይብሎ።
shell mibal
iti qol‘aa nqalat adiu shell yiblo.
ignore
The child ignores his mother’s words.

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