Vocabulary

ደው በል

ድሕሪ ደጊም ባዕላ ደው ክትብል ኣይትኽእልን እያ።

dēw bel

d’hrī dēgīm bā’lā dēw ktībl āyk’ēln’ya.

stand up

She can no longer stand up on her own.

ምስ

ሓደ ሰብ ክዛረቦ ይግባእ፤ ኣዝዩ ጽምዋ’ዩ።

mes

hade seb kezarebo yigeba; atsiyu semwa‘oyu.

talk to

Someone should talk to him; he’s so lonely.

መንገዲ ምምላስ ሓደ ሰብ ረኸብ

ናይ ምምላስ መንገደይ ክረክብ ኣይክእልን’የ።

m‘ng‘di m‘mlas ḥade seb r‘kh‘b

nay m‘mlas m‘ng‘dey k‘r‘kh‘b a‘k‘ln‘y‘e.

find one’s way back

I can’t find my way back.

ምልክት

በጃኹም ኣብዚ ፈርሙ!

mǝlkǝt

bǝjākǝm ǝbzi fǝrmu!

sign

Please sign here!

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ

ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።

ab zuryákha m’kád

néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.

go around

You have to go around this tree.

ክፍሊት

ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።

kīflīt

b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.

pay

She pays online with a credit card.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ርአ

ብመነጽር ዝሓሸ ክትሪኢ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

rǝʾä

bmǝnäsr zǝhäšǝ kǝtrīʾǝ tǝkǝʿäl ʾǝkha.

see

You can see better with glasses.

ምምርዓው

እዞም መጻምድቲ ገና ተመርዕዮም ኣለዉ።

məmrə‘aw

əzom məsamədit gəna təmər‘əyom aləw.

marry

The couple has just gotten married.

መጽናዕቲ

እተን ኣዋልድ ብሓባር ክመሃራ ይፈትዋ እየን።

m‘snā‘ēti

ēten āwāld b‘ḥābār k‘m‘hārā y‘f‘tēwa yēn.

study

The girls like to study together.

ተስማምቲ

ጎደኞታት በጃ ባይነት ምስ ስምምድ ኣይተስማምትን።

tesmamti

godenotat beja baynet mis smid aytesmamten.

agree

The neighbors couldn’t agree on the color.