Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ኣንብብ
ብዘይ መነጽር ከንብብ ኣይክእልን’የ።
ʾənbəb
bəzey mənəsər kənbəb ʾaykəʿəln‘yə.
read
I can’t read without glasses.

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

ምሉእ ብምሉእ
ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።
mlu‘ bmlu‘
neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.
complete
They have completed the difficult task.

ሰኺርካ ምኻድ
ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።
sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad
dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.
get drunk
He gets drunk almost every evening.

ብሓባር ምስራሕ
ከም ጋንታ ብሓባር ንሰርሕ።
bhbar msrah
kem ganta b’habar n‘srh.
work together
We work together as a team.

ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?

ሓዊ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።
hawi
eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.
fire
The boss has fired him.

ምህራም
ወለዲ ንደቆም ክሃርሙ የብሎምን።
mihiram
weldi ndeqom kharmu yebelomn.
beat
Parents shouldn’t beat their children.

መደረ ሃብ
እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ኣብ ቅድሚ ብዙሓት ተምሃሮ መደረ ይህብ ኣሎ።
mə‘dere hab
ɪtɪ polɪ‘tɪkægnæ ab kɪd‘mi bəzuhat təmə‘haro mə‘dere yə‘hab a‘lo.
give a speech
The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.

ዘሊልካ ምዝላል
እቲ ቆልዓ ብሓጎስ ይዘልል ኣሎ።
zēlīlkā m‘zlāl
‘eti qōl‘ā b‘hāgōs y‘zlēl ālo.
jump around
The child is happily jumping around.

ይቕረ በሉ
በዚ ፈጺማ ይቕረ ክትብሎ ኣይትኽእልን እያ!
yiqere belu
bezi fitsima yiqere ketiblo ayteke‘eln eya!
forgive
She can never forgive him for that!
