Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
የድሊ
ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!
yedilī
ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!
need
I’m thirsty, I need water!
ደርብዮ
ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።
dərbyo
ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.
throw away
He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.
ብ
እቲ ፒዛ ዘብጽሕ ወዲ ነታ ፒዛ ሒዙ ይመጽእ ።
b
iti piza zbäts‘ḥ wädi näta piza ḥizu yäm‘sä.
bring by
The pizza delivery guy brings the pizza by.
ምህዳም
ወድና ካብ ገዛ ክሃድም ደለየ።
məḫdäm
wädänä kab gäza kḥädm däläye.
run away
Our son wanted to run away from home.
ሕሰብ
ኣብ ቸስ ብዙሕ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።
həsəb
ab ches bəzuḥ kəthəsb aləka.
think
You have to think a lot in chess.
ንዑ ብቐሊሉ
ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።
nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu
sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.
come easy
Surfing comes easily to him.
ጸብጻብ ናብ
ኩሎም ኣብታ መርከብ ዝነበሩ ናብ ካፕቴን ጸብጻብ ይህቡ።
ṣebṣeb nab
kulom abṭa merkeb zinebru nab kapṭen ṣebṣeb yihbu.
report to
Everyone on board reports to the captain.
ጽሩይ
እቲ ሰራሕተኛ ነቲ መስኮት የጽርዮ ኣሎ።
ṣǝrūy
ʾǝti sǝrāḥtǝgnā näti mǝskǝt yǝṣǝryo ʾalo.
clean
The worker is cleaning the window.
ርግጽ
ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።
rg‘ṣ
ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.
kick
In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.
ዕጸዎ
ነቲ ፋውስ ኣጽኒዕካ ክትዓጽዎ ኣለካ!
‘ǝtsǝwo
nǝti faws ʾǝsnǝ‘ka ktǝ‘ǝtsǝwo ʾalǝka!
close
You must close the faucet tightly!
ይኽእል እዩ
እቲ ንእሽቶ ድሮ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ከስትዮ ይኽእል እዩ።
ykhəl eyu
əti nəsh’to dro nəti ’əmbabat may kəstyo ykhəl eyu.
can
The little one can already water the flowers.