Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ብእግሪ ምኻድ
ኣብ ጫካ ምጉዓዝ ይፈቱ።
bi‘igri mekh‘ad
ab chaka megu‘az yefetu.
walk
He likes to walk in the forest.

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.

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.

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።
zelilka nla‘li
iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.
jump up
The child jumps up.

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.

ቀስ ኢልካ ምጉያይ
ሰዓት ቁሩብ ደቓይቕ ቀስ ኢላ ትጎዪ ኣላ።
qäss ʾilkä məguyäy
sä‘ät qurub däqäyq qäss ʾïlä tgoyi äla.
run slow
The clock is running a few minutes slow.

ብእግሪ ምኻድ
እዚ መንገዲ እዚ ክጉዓዝ የብሉን።
bi‘igri mekh‘ad
ezi mengedi ezi k‘gu‘az yebilun.
walk
This path must not be walked.

ምጥፋእ
ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።
mtf‘
alarm se‘at atf‘ato.
turn off
She turns off the alarm clock.

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.

ተስፋ ን
ኣብ’ቲ ጸወታ ዕድል ክረክብ ተስፋ እገብር ኣለኹ።
t‘sfa n
ab‘ti s‘w‘tā ‘ūdl k‘rk‘b t‘sfa ēgbr alēku.
hope for
I’m hoping for luck in the game.

ጽሩይ
ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።
ṣǝrūy
kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.
clean
She cleans the kitchen.
