Vocabulary

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.

ቆሪጽካ

ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።

qorīsəka

quraṣ səga qorəsə.

cut off

I cut off a slice of meat.

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ምሕላፍ

ዓሳ ነባሪ ብክብደት ንዅሎም እንስሳታት ይበልጹ።

m‘ḥ‘lāf

ʿāsā n‘barī b‘k‘b‘det n‘ēlom ʾensīs‘tāt y‘bl‘ṣu.

surpass

Whales surpass all animals in weight.

ምህራም

ኣብ ቴኒስ ንመጋጥምቱ ስዒሩ።

mihiram

ab tennis nmégatimtu séiru.

beat

He beat his opponent in tennis.

ስሕበት

ንሱ ድማ ነቲ ስልዝ ይስሕቦ።

səhəbət

näsu dima näti silz yəshəbo.

pull

He pulls the sled.

መልሲ

ንሳ ድማ ብሕቶ መለሰትሉ።

mel‘si

nesa d‘ma b‘h‘to meleseṭelu.

respond

She responded with a question.

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.

ክትወጽእ ትደሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።

kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli

eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.

want to go out

The child wants to go outside.

ድምጺ

ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።

d‘mzi

ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.

vote

One votes for or against a candidate.

በረድ

ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።

bäräd

lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.

snow

It snowed a lot today.

ሽፋን

ገጻ ትሽፍን።

shifan

gesa tishifn.

cover

She covers her face.