Vocabulary

ተረድኡ

ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።

teredu

ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.

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understand

One cannot understand everything about computers.

ስዕመት

ነቲ ህጻን ይስዕሞ።

s‘met

neti htsan y‘s‘mo.

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kiss

He kisses the baby.

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.

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go bankrupt

The business will probably go bankrupt soon.

ይመርጹ

ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።

yə-mər-ṣū

bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.

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prefer

Many children prefer candy to healthy things.

ርግጽ

ርግጽ ይፈትዉ እዮም፡ ግን ኣብ ናይ ጠረጴዛ ኩዕሶ ጥራይ።

rg‘ṣ

rg‘ṣ yf‘tew eyom, gn ab nay tr‘peza ku‘so tray.

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kick

They like to kick, but only in table soccer.

ደርፍ

እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።

dǝrf

ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.

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sing

The children sing a song.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

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pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ስልጣን ምውሳድ

ኣንበጣ ስልጣን ሒዙ ኣሎ።

silt‘an miwsad

anbeta silt‘an hizu alo.

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take over

The locusts have taken over.

ምብጻሕ

እቲ መብጽሒ ሰብ ነቲ መግቢ የምጽኦ ኣሎ።

mǝbsāḥ

ēti mǝbsǝḥī seb nǝti mǝgbī yǝmǝs’o ālo.

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deliver

The delivery person is bringing the food.

ደው ምባል

እቲ ደያቢ እምባ ኣብ ጫፍ ደው ኢሉ ኣሎ።

dēw mbal

itī dayābī īmba ab chaf dēw īlu ālo.

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stand

The mountain climber is standing on the peak.

ሽፋን

ገጻ ትሽፍን።

shifan

gesa tishifn.

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cover

She covers her face.

ኮፍ በል

ጸሓይ ክትዓርብ ከላ ኣብ ጥቓ ባሕሪ ኮፍ ትብል።

kof bel

ṣǝḥāy kǝtǝʕǝrb kǝlla ǝb ṭǝqa baḥrī kof tǝbl.

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sit down

She sits by the sea at sunset.