Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ማለት
እዚ ኣብ መሬት ዘሎ ምልክት እንታይ ማለት እዩ?
malt
ezi ab mərət zəlo məlkət əntay malt əyu?
mean
What does this coat of arms on the floor mean?

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.

ረሲዕካ
ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።
rese‘eka
heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.
forget
She’s forgotten his name now.

ሓሶት ን
ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።
hasot n
ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.
lie to
He lied to everyone.

ጀምር
እቶም ተጓዓዝቲ ንግሆ ኣንጊሆም እዮም ጀሚሮም።
jmēr
ētom tgū’āzītī ng’ho āng’īhom eyom jemīrom.
start
The hikers started early in the morning.

መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.

ተኣኪብኩም ንዑ
ክልተ ሰባት ክእከቡ ከለዉ ጽቡቕ’ዩ።
te‘akibkum nu
kilte sebat ke‘ekbu kelow ts‘ebuk‘yu.
come together
It’s nice when two people come together.

ትጽቢት
ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።
tsibit
haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.
expect
My sister is expecting a child.

ድቃስ
እቲ ህጻን ይድቅስ።
dǝqās
ǝti ḥśān yǝdǝqǝs.
sleep
The baby sleeps.

ተስፋ
ብዙሓት ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝሓሸ መጻኢ ክህሉ ተስፋ ኣለዎም።
t‘sfa
b‘zuhāt ab ewrōpā z‘hāshē m‘sā‘ī k‘hīlu t‘sfa alēwom.
hope
Many hope for a better future in Europe.

ክፉት
በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?
kǝfǝt
bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?
open
Can you please open this can for me?
