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.

ጨፍሊቕካ ኣውጽእ
ነቲ ለሚን ጨፍሊቓ ኣውጽኣቶ።
cheflīqka awṣ’i
nēti limin cheflīqā awṣ’āto.
squeeze out
She squeezes out the lemon.

ኣጉልሕ
ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።
agul‘h
b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.
emphasize
You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.

መሪሕነት
እቲ ዝያዳ ምኩር ተጓዓዛይ ኩሉ ግዜ ይመርሕ።
meriHeneT
eti ze‘yada muKuR tegu‘a‘aza‘yi kulu gizye yiMerH.
lead
The most experienced hiker always leads.

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

ባንክሮት ምኻድ
እቲ ቢዝነስ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ክኽሰት ይኽእል እዩ።
bánk’rot m’kád
etí bíznes ab qeréba ewwan k’késet y’k’él eyú.
go bankrupt
The business will probably go bankrupt soon.

ቆሪጽካ
ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።
qorīsəka
quraṣ səga qorəsə.
cut off
I cut off a slice of meat.

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

ምጥፋእ
ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።
mtf‘
alarm se‘at atf‘ato.
turn off
She turns off the alarm clock.

ናብ ውሽጢ ምግዓዝ
ሓደስቲ ጎረባብቲ ናብ ላዕሊ ይግዕዙ ኣለዉ።
nab wushetī miggāz
hādesitī gōrebābtī nab la‘ēlī yig‘egzu alēw.
move in
New neighbors are moving in upstairs.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ
ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።
ab zuryákha m’kád
néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.
go around
You have to go around this tree.
