Vocabulary

ፍታሕ

ንሓደ ጸገም ንምፍታሕ ከንቱ ይጽዕር።

fəṭaḥ

nəḥädä ṣägəm nəmfəṭaḥ kəntu yəṣəʕr.

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solve

He tries in vain to solve a problem.

ቆሪጽካ

ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።

qorīsəka

quraṣ səga qorəsə.

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cut off

I cut off a slice of meat.

ስዒቡ

እቲ ሓላዊ ላም ነቶም ኣፍራስ ይስዕብዎም።

səʿibu

ʾəti ħalawi lam nətom ʾafras yəsʿəbwom.

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pursue

The cowboy pursues the horses.

ግደፍ

በጻሕቲ ዓዲ ቀትሪ ካብቲ ገማግም ባሕሪ ይወጹ።

gedef

beTsaHeti ‘aedi Qetiri kabti gemagem bahri yewoTsu.

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leave

Tourists leave the beach at noon.

ምቁራጽ

ካብ ሕጂ ጀሚረ ሽጋራ ምትካኽ ከቋርጽ ደልየ ኣለኹ!

məqʿuras

kab həji gəmirə šəgarə mtəkaħ kəqʿaras dəley ʾaləku!

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quit

I want to quit smoking starting now!

የድሊ

ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!

yedilī

ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!

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need

I’m thirsty, I need water!

ኣብዮም

እቲ ቆልዓ መግቡ ይኣቢ።

abǝyom

ǝti qol‘a mǝgbu yǝ‘a‘bi.

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refuse

The child refuses its food.

ይቕረ በሉ

ዕዳኡ ይቕረ እብለሉ።

yiqere belu

eda‘u yiqere ebelu.

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forgive

I forgive him his debts.

ንዑ ብቐሊሉ

ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።

nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu

sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.

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come easy

Surfing comes easily to him.

ክገድፉ ይደልዩ

ካብ ሆቴላ ክትወጽእ ትደሊ።

k‘gedfu yideluyu

kab hotel‘a kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli.

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want to leave

She wants to leave her hotel.

ድቃስ ኣብ

ኣብ መወዳእታ ንሓንቲ ለይቲ ክድቅሱ ይደልዩ።

dǝqās ǝb

ǝb mǝwǝdaʕǝta nǝḥāntī lǝytī kǝdǝqsu yǝdǝlyǝ.

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sleep in

They want to finally sleep in for one night.

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።

zelilka nla‘li

iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.

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jump up

The child jumps up.