Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ክትከይድ ኣለካ
ብህጹጽ ዕረፍቲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ፤ ክኸይድ ኣለኒ!
ktikēyd āleka
bhīṣūṣ ‘ereftī yedilyenī alō; kkēyd ālenī!
need to go
I urgently need a vacation; I have to go!

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

መሪሕነት
ነታ ጓል ብኢዳ ይመርሓ።
meriHeneT
neta ga‘al be‘eda yiMerha.
lead
He leads the girl by the hand.

በረድ
ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።
bäräd
lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.
snow
It snowed a lot today.

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

ምብጻሕ
ናይ ቀደም ዓርካ ይበጽሓ።
mbsaḥ
nay qedem ‘arka yibsaḥa.
visit
An old friend visits her.

ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት
ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።
migt‘aew miwsawas akalat
b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.
exercise restraint
I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.

ቀለም
ኣእዳዋ ቀቢኣ ኣላ።
q‘elem
a‘edawa qebia ala.
paint
She has painted her hands.

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

ንዙርያኻ ርአ
ንድሕሪት ተመሊሳ ናባይ ጠሚታ ፍሽኽ በለት።
nzurəyəka rəʔa
ndəhərit təmələsa nabay təmi.ta fəshəkə bələt.
look around
She looked back at me and smiled.

የድሊ
ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!
yedilī
ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!
need
I’m thirsty, I need water!
