Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ብባቡር ምኻድ
ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።
b’bábur m’kád
nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.
go by train
I will go there by train.

ቆሪጽካ
ንሰላጣ ድማ ነቲ ኩኩሜር ክትቆርጾ ኣለካ።
qorīsəka
nsəlaṭa dema nəti kʊkʊmēr kətəqorəso aləka.
cut up
For the salad, you have to cut up the cucumber.

ግብሪ
ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።
gibri
tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.
tax
Companies are taxed in various ways.

ምልላይ
ሓዳስ ኣፍቃሪቱ ምስ ወለዱ የላልይ ኣሎ።
m‘llāy
ḥadās āf‘qārītu mis wēlūdū y‘lalay ālo.
introduce
He is introducing his new girlfriend to his parents.

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

መሪሕነት
ነታ ጓል ብኢዳ ይመርሓ።
meriHeneT
neta ga‘al be‘eda yiMerha.
lead
He leads the girl by the hand.

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.

ኣነጻጽር
ኣሃዛቶም የነጻጽሩ።
anets‘ats‘ir
ahazatom yenets‘ats‘iru.
compare
They compare their figures.

ግምት
መን ምዃነይ ክትግምት ኣለካ!
gimət
män mǝzi‘anəy kǝtgimət aləka!
guess
You have to guess who I am!

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.

ንቕድሚት ምግልባጥ
ንሱ ድማ ገጹ ክገጥመና ተገልበጠ።
nkudmit miglibat
nsu dima gesu kgetmena tgelbet.
turn around
He turned around to face us.
