Vocabulary

ኣእትዉ

ናብ ክፍሊ ሆቴል ይኣቱ።

aʾətu

nab kəfli hoṭel yəʾatu.

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enter

He enters the hotel room.

ጠይባ

መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።

t‘ai̯ba

məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.

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ask

He asked for directions.

ጨፍሊቕካ ኣውጽእ

ነቲ ለሚን ጨፍሊቓ ኣውጽኣቶ።

cheflīqka awṣ’i

nēti limin cheflīqā awṣ’āto.

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squeeze out

She squeezes out the lemon.

ሓሶት ን

ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።

hasot n

ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.

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lie to

He lied to everyone.

ቀስ ኢልካ ምጉያይ

ሰዓት ቁሩብ ደቓይቕ ቀስ ኢላ ትጎዪ ኣላ።

qäss ʾilkä məguyäy

sä‘ät qurub däqäyq qäss ʾïlä tgoyi äla.

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run slow

The clock is running a few minutes slow.

ይቕረ በሉ

ዕዳኡ ይቕረ እብለሉ።

yiqere belu

eda‘u yiqere ebelu.

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forgive

I forgive him his debts.

ምእማን

ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።

m‘ēmān

bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.

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persuade

She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.

ናብ

እታ ጓል ናብ ኣዲኣ ገጻ ትጎዪ።

näb

əta gäl näb ʾädiä gäṣṣa tgoyi.

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run towards

The girl runs towards her mother.

ሰሰናዩ በል

እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።

säsnäyu bäl

ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.

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say goodbye

The woman says goodbye.

ተቓውሞ ተቓውሞ

ሰባት ኣንጻር በደል ተቓውሞኦም የስምዑ።

təqawəmo təqawəmo

säbat anṣar bədəl təqawəmo‘om yəsm‘iu.

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protest

People protest against injustice.

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

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reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ምድላው

ጥዑም መግቢ የዳልዉ።

məd-lāw

ṭūm məgēbī yə-dā-lū.

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prepare

They prepare a delicious meal.