Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ተንጠልጢሉ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ጨንፈር ተሰቒሎም ኣለዉ።
tǝnṭǝlti‘lu
kǝlti‘om ab ćǝnfǝr tsǝkoloṃ alu.
hang
Both are hanging on a branch.
ተመሊከ
ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።
tɛmɛlɪkɛ
bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.
arrive
Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.
ሓሶት
ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።
hasot
bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.
lie
He often lies when he wants to sell something.
ጽሩይ
እቲ ሰራሕተኛ ነቲ መስኮት የጽርዮ ኣሎ።
ṣǝrūy
ʾǝti sǝrāḥtǝgnā näti mǝskǝt yǝṣǝryo ʾalo.
clean
The worker is cleaning the window.
ምሃብ
እቲ ቆልዓ መስሓቕ ትምህርቲ ይህበና ኣሎ።
mɪ‘hab
ɪtɪ kwa‘la məshæk tɪm‘hirɪt yəhəbə‘na alo.
give
The child is giving us a funny lesson.
ጥርጡር
ኣፍቃሪቱ ምዃና’ዩ ዝጥርጥር።
t‘rgūr
āfq‘ārītu m‘zānā‘yū z‘t‘rgūr.
suspect
He suspects that it’s his girlfriend.
ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት
ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።
migt‘aew miwsawas akalat
b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.
exercise restraint
I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.
ተርጉም
ኣብ መንጎ ሽዱሽተ ቋንቋታት ክትርጉም ይኽእል እዩ።
tergum
ab mengo shidushte qwanqwatat ktergum yikhal eyu.
translate
He can translate between six languages.
ተረድኡ
ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።
teredu
ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.
understand
One cannot understand everything about computers.
ጀምር
እቶም ተጓዓዝቲ ንግሆ ኣንጊሆም እዮም ጀሚሮም።
jmēr
ētom tgū’āzītī ng’ho āng’īhom eyom jemīrom.
start
The hikers started early in the morning.
ፍታሕ
ንሓደ ጸገም ንምፍታሕ ከንቱ ይጽዕር።
fəṭaḥ
nəḥädä ṣägəm nəmfəṭaḥ kəntu yəṣəʕr.
solve
He tries in vain to solve a problem.