Vocabulary

ድምጽ

አንዱ ለእጩ ድምጽ ይሰጣል ወይም ይቃወማል።

dimits’i

ānidu le’ich’u dimits’i yiset’ali weyimi yik’awemali.

vote

One votes for or against a candidate.

መቀነስ

በእርግጠኝነት የማሞቂያ ወጪዬን መቀነስ አለብኝ.

mek’enesi

be’irigit’enyineti yemamok’īya wech’īyēni mek’enesi ālebinyi.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ናፍቆት

ጥፍሩ ናፍቆት ራሱን አቁስሏል።

nafik’oti

t’ifiru nafik’oti rasuni āk’usilwali.

miss

He missed the nail and injured himself.

ንግግር አደረጉ

ፖለቲከኛው በብዙ ተማሪዎች ፊት ንግግር እያደረገ ነው።

nigigiri āderegu

poletīkenyawi bebizu temarīwochi fīti nigigiri iyaderege newi.

give a speech

The politician is giving a speech in front of many students.

ክፍያ

በመስመር ላይ በክሬዲት ካርድ ትከፍላለች።

kifiya

bemesimeri layi bekirēdīti karidi tikefilalechi.

pay

She pays online with a credit card.

ሽሽት

ልጃችን ከቤት መሸሽ ፈለገ።

shishiti

lijachini kebēti mesheshi felege.

run away

Our son wanted to run away from home.

ተመልከት

ከላይ ጀምሮ, ዓለም ሙሉ በሙሉ የተለየ ይመስላል.

temeliketi

kelayi jemiro, ‘alemi mulu bemulu yeteleye yimesilali.

look

From above, the world looks entirely different.

ገንዘብ ማውጣት

ለጥገና ብዙ ገንዘብ ማውጣት አለብን።

genizebi mawit’ati

let’igena bizu genizebi mawit’ati ālebini.

spend money

We have to spend a lot of money on repairs.

ማሻሻል

የእሷን ገጽታ ማሻሻል ትፈልጋለች.

mashashali

ye’iswani gets’ita mashashali tifeligalechi.

improve

She wants to improve her figure.

ውይይት

እርስ በእርሳቸው ይነጋገሩ.

wiyiyiti

irisi be’irisachewi yinegageru.

chat

They chat with each other.

መሳም

ህፃኑን ይስመዋል.

mesami

hit͟s’anuni yisimewali.

kiss

He kisses the baby.

ናፍቆት

በጣም ናፍቄሻለሁ!

nafik’oti

bet’ami nafik’ēshalehu!

miss

I will miss you so much!