Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ሽፋን
ገጻ ትሽፍን።
shifan
gesa tishifn.
cover
She covers her face.

ተመሊከ
ናይ በላዕ ተመሊከ።
tɛmɛlɪkɛ
nɑj bɛlɑʕ tɛmɛlɪkɛ.
arrive
The plane has arrived on time.

ዕላል
ተምሃሮ ኣብ እዋን ክፍሊ ክዕልሉ የብሎምን።
ʿəläl
täməharo ʾab ʾäwan käfli kəʿəllu yəblomən.
chat
Students should not chat during class.

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.

ተረድኡ
ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።
teredu
ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.
understand
One cannot understand everything about computers.

ትኽክለኛ ክትመርጽ ከቢድ እዩ።
choose
It is hard to choose the right one.

ምትካል
ጓለይ ኣፓርታማኣ ከተቕውም ትደሊ ኣላ።
mǝtkal
gu‘ālǝy ǝpǝrtǝmǝ‘ā ktǝ‘ǝwm tǝdelǝ ala.
set up
My daughter wants to set up her apartment.

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.

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.

ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?

ተመሊከ
ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።
tɛmɛlɪkɛ
bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.
arrive
Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.
