Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ድምጺ
ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።
d‘mzi
ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.
vote
One votes for or against a candidate.

ለይቲ ምሕዳር
ኣብ መኪና ኢና ንሓድር ዘለና።
ləyti məḥdār
ab məkīna ēna nəḥādr zəlēna.
spend the night
We are spending the night in the car.

ምጥፋእ
እቲ ዕስለ ኣንበጣ ንብዙሓት ገዛውቲ የዕንዎም።
məṭfəʿ
ʾiti ʿəslə ʾambəṭa nəbəzuxat gəzawti yəʿənwonəm.
destroy
The tornado destroys many houses.

ብሓባር ንቕመጡ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ብሓባር ክቕመጡ መደብ ኣለዎም።
b‘hābar nqemṭū
kiltī‘om ab qērēba ēwān b‘hābar k‘qemṭū medēb ālewo‘m.
move in together
The two are planning to move in together soon.

ውሕስነት
መድሕን ሓደጋታት ኣብ ዘጋጥመሉ እዋን ሓለዋ ውሕስነት ይህብ።
w‘hs‘net
m‘dh‘n had‘gatat ab z‘gat‘melu ewan halew w‘hs‘net y‘hab.
guarantee
Insurance guarantees protection in case of accidents.

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.

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?

መልሲ
ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።
mel‘si
kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.
reply
She always replies first.

ዘሊሉ
ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።
zēlīlu
nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.
jump
He jumped into the water.

ድሕሪት ምድቃስ
ግዜ ንእስነታ ኣዝዩ ድሕሪት እዩ ዘሎ።
deh-rit mid-kas
gzey nes-net-a a-zi-yu deh-rit eyu ze-lo.
lie behind
The time of her youth lies far behind.

ንድሕሪት ምምላስ
ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዳግማይ ሰዓት ንድሕሪት ክንመልሳ ክንግደድ ኢና።
ndǝḥǝrǝt mǝmlǝs
ǝb qǝrǝba ǝwān dǝgmāy sǝ‘āt ndǝḥǝrǝt knmlǝsǝ kǝngǝd ǝnna.
set back
Soon we’ll have to set the clock back again.
