Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ምእማን
ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።
m‘ēmān
bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.
persuade
She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.

ይመርጹ
ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።
yə-mər-ṣū
bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.
prefer
Many children prefer candy to healthy things.

ምውሳን
ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።
mǝwsān
aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.
decide
She can’t decide which shoes to wear.

ምፍጣር
መስሓቕ ስእሊ ክፈጥሩ ደልዮም።
mifṭar
meshak se‘li kefṭiru delyom.
create
They wanted to create a funny photo.

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.

ምኽንያት
ኣልኮላዊ መስተ ሕማም ርእሲ ከስዕብ ይኽእል።
məḳənyaṭ
ʾalkolawi mästä ḥəmam rʾäsi kəsʿäb yəḥʾäl.
cause
Alcohol can cause headaches.

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

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.

ምቕራብ
ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።
mǝqrab
nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.
offer
She offered to water the flowers.

ምቕላል
ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።
mǝkʼǝlal
nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.
simplify
You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ምሕያል
ጂምናስቲክ ንጭዋዳታት የሐይሎ።
məhyal
jīmnāstīk nčwādatāt yəhāylō.
strengthen
Gymnastics strengthens the muscles.
