Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ቀለም
እታ መኪና ሰማያዊ ቀለም ይቕባእ ኣሎ።
q‘elem
eta mekina semayawi q‘elem yiq‘be‘a alo.
paint
The car is being painted blue.

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

ብሓባር ንቕመጡ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ብሓባር ክቕመጡ መደብ ኣለዎም።
b‘hābar nqemṭū
kiltī‘om ab qērēba ēwān b‘hābar k‘qemṭū medēb ālewo‘m.
move in together
The two are planning to move in together soon.

ኣብ ዙርያ ምጉዓዝ
ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ብዙሕ ተጓዒዘ’የ።
ab zuria mig‘az
ab mela‘alim bezuh teg‘ayze‘ye.
travel around
I’ve traveled a lot around the world.

ጀምር
እቶም ተጓዓዝቲ ንግሆ ኣንጊሆም እዮም ጀሚሮም።
jmēr
ētom tgū’āzītī ng’ho āng’īhom eyom jemīrom.
start
The hikers started early in the morning.

ጠይባ
መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።
t‘ai̯ba
məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.
ask
He asked for directions.

ተመኩሮ
ብመጻሕፍቲ ጽውጽዋይ ኣቢልካ ብዙሕ ጀብሃታት ከተስተማቕር ትኽእል ኢኻ።
temekuro
b‘mesahfti ts‘wats‘way abilka bzuh jebhatat ktesemak‘ir tike‘il ikha.
experience
You can experience many adventures through fairy tale books.

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

ቃላት ስኢንካ ግደፍ
እቲ ስግንጢር ቃላት ስኢኑ ይገድፋ።
qela‘aT se‘enka gedef
eti segnTeer qela‘aT se‘enu yiGedefa.
leave speechless
The surprise leaves her speechless.

ጠለብ
ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዘጋጠሞ ሰብ ካሕሳ ሓቲቱ።
tǝleb
kabtī ḥādǧā zǧātǝmo seb kāḥsā ḥātǝtu.
demand
He demanded compensation from the person he had an accident with.

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.
