Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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.

ውሕስነት
መድሕን ሓደጋታት ኣብ ዘጋጥመሉ እዋን ሓለዋ ውሕስነት ይህብ።
w‘hs‘net
m‘dh‘n had‘gatat ab z‘gat‘melu ewan halew w‘hs‘net y‘hab.
guarantee
Insurance guarantees protection in case of accidents.

ሽፋን
ዕምባባታት ማይ ነቲ ማይ ይሽፍኖ።
shifan
‘mbabatat may neti may yishifno.
cover
The water lilies cover the water.

ንታሕቲ ጠምቱ
ንታሕቲ ናብቲ ጎልጎል ትጥምት።
ntahtə tmətu
ntahtə nabti gogol tətəmət.
look down
She looks down into the valley.

ምልክት
በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!
mǝlkǝt
bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!
sign
Please sign here!

ንድሕሪት ምምላስ
ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዳግማይ ሰዓት ንድሕሪት ክንመልሳ ክንግደድ ኢና።
ndǝḥǝrǝt mǝmlǝs
ǝb qǝrǝba ǝwān dǝgmāy sǝ‘āt ndǝḥǝrǝt knmlǝsǝ kǝngǝd ǝnna.
set back
Soon we’ll have to set the clock back again.

ንቕድሚት ንጥምት
ቆልዑ ኩሉ ግዜ በረድ ብሃንቀውታ ይጽበዩ።
nəḳdəmit nəṭimət
qol‘u kulu gʒə bərəd bəħanḳəwtə yiṣəbəyu.
look forward
Children always look forward to snow.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ
ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?
səḥab awṣ‘ä
kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?
pull out
How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ምልማድ
ህጻናት ኣስናኖም ምሕጻብ ክለምዱ ኣለዎም።
mɪl‘mad
hɪs‘anat as‘nænom mɪh‘t͡sab kələm‘du a‘lewom.
get used to
Children need to get used to brushing their teeth.

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

ደፋር
ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።
dəfar
kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.
dare
They dared to jump out of the airplane.
