Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ድሕሪ
እታ ኣደ ደድሕሪ ወዳ ትጎዪ።
dəḥri
əta ädä dädəḥri wädä tgoyi.
run after
The mother runs after her son.

ኮፍ በል
ብዙሓት ሰባት ኣብቲ ክፍሊ ኮፍ ኢሎም ኣለዉ።
kof bel
bǝzuḥāt sǝbāt ǝbtī kǝflī kof ǝllǝm ǝllǝw.
sit
Many people are sitting in the room.

ጽልዋ
ንነብስኻ ብኻልኦት ክትጽሎ ኣይትፍቀደላ!
tsilwa
nnebska bkelot kttslo aytifqkedla!
influence
Don’t let yourself be influenced by others!

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.

ደርብዮ
ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።
dərbyo
ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.
throw away
He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.

ምብላዕ
እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ክንደይ ከም እንሃልኽ ይዕቅን።
mib-la
ezi me-sar-he ezi ken-dey kem en-hal-ekh yi-eq-en.
consume
This device measures how much we consume.

መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.

ሰሰናዩ በል
እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።
säsnäyu bäl
ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.
say goodbye
The woman says goodbye.

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

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.

ኣእትዉ
ናብ ክፍሊ ሆቴል ይኣቱ።
aʾətu
nab kəfli hoṭel yəʾatu.
enter
He enters the hotel room.
