Vocabulary

ነቐፍ

እቲ ሓላፊ ነቲ ሰራሕተኛ ይነቕፎ።

neḳef

iti ḥalafi neti seraḥtegna yeneḳfo.

criticize

The boss criticizes the employee.

ዝሓዘ

ዓሳ፡ በርበረን ጸባን ብዙሕ ፕሮቲን ዝሓዘ እዩ።

zi-ha-ze

a-sa: ber-ber-en tsa-ban bi-zuh pro-tein zi-ha-ze e-yu.

contain

Fish, cheese, and milk contain a lot of protein.

ርግጽ

ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።

rg‘ṣ

ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.

kick

In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.

ርአ

ብመነጽር ዝሓሸ ክትሪኢ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

rǝʾä

bmǝnäsr zǝhäšǝ kǝtrīʾǝ tǝkǝʿäl ʾǝkha.

see

You can see better with glasses.

ኮፍ በል

ብዙሓት ሰባት ኣብቲ ክፍሊ ኮፍ ኢሎም ኣለዉ።

kof bel

bǝzuḥāt sǝbāt ǝbtī kǝflī kof ǝllǝm ǝllǝw.

sit

Many people are sitting in the room.

ምምርዓው

እዞም መጻምድቲ ገና ተመርዕዮም ኣለዉ።

məmrə‘aw

əzom məsamədit gəna təmər‘əyom aləw.

marry

The couple has just gotten married.

መጽናዕቲ

ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲተይ ብዙሓት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እየን ዝመሃራ።

m‘snā‘ēti

āb yūnīvērsītēy bzuhāt dēkī ānstīyō yēn z‘m‘hārā.

study

There are many women studying at my university.

ጽገና

ነቲ ገመድ ክጽግኖ ደለየ።

ṣig‘na

neti gemed kṣigno deleye.

repair

He wanted to repair the cable.

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?

ምጥቃም

ኣብቲ ሓዊ ናይ ጋዝ ማስክ ንጥቀም።

mt‘qaam

abti hawi nay gaz mask nit‘qem.

use

We use gas masks in the fire.

ጠይባ

መስመር ስለ መንገዲ ጠይባ።

t‘ai̯ba

məsmər silə məngədi t‘ai̯ba.

ask

He asked for directions.

ስዕመት

ነቲ ህጻን ይስዕሞ።

s‘met

neti htsan y‘s‘mo.

kiss

He kisses the baby.