Vocabulary

ቆሪጽካ

ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።

qorīsəka

quraṣ səga qorəsə.

cut off

I cut off a slice of meat.

ኣቓልቦ ሃብዎ

ሓደ ሰብ ንናይ ትራፊክ ምልክታት ኣቓልቦ ክህብ ኣለዎ።

āqālbo hābwo

ḥāde sēb n‘nāy trāfīk milk‘tāt āqālbo khēb ālēwo.

pay attention to

One must pay attention to traffic signs.

ጽሩይ

ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።

ṣǝrūy

kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.

clean

She cleans the kitchen.

ርአ

ኣብ ዕረፍቲ፡ ብዙሕ ትርኢታት እርኢ ነይረ።

rəʔa

ab ʔərəfti, bəzu tərə.ətat ərəʔə nayrə.

look at

On vacation, I looked at many sights.

ዓመት ምድጋም

እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።

‘amet midig‘gam

iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.

repeat a year

The student has repeated a year.

ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።

zelilka nla‘li

iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.

jump up

The child jumps up.

ንላዕሊ ስሓብ

እታ ሄሊኮፕተር ነቶም ክልተ ሰባት ንላዕሊ ትስሕቦም።

nəllaʿəli səħab

ʾəta həlikoptər nətom kəltə səbat nəllaʿəli təsəħbom.

pull up

The helicopter pulls the two men up.

ስራሕ

ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።

srah

kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.

work

She works better than a man.

ጽሓፍ

ደብዳቤ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ።

tshaf

debdabe yts’haf alo.

write

He is writing a letter.

ምሕላፍ

እቶም ተምሃሮ ነቲ ፈተና ሓሊፎሞ።

mihlaf

ētom temhāro nēti fetēna ḥālīfom.

pass

The students passed the exam.

ኣጠቓሊልካ ምዝራብ

ካብዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ቐንዲ ነጥብታት ከተጠቓልል ኣለካ።

aṭ‘q‘alilka m‘zrāb

k‘abzi ṣḥuf ʾezi q‘endī net‘bt‘at k‘t‘q‘allel ālekā.

summarize

You need to summarize the key points from this text.

ተስፋ ምቑራጽ

እዚ ይኣክል፡ ተስፋ ንቖርጽ ኣለና!

t’esfa m’quráts

ézí yak’l: t’esfa n’qor’ts aléna!

give up

That’s enough, we’re giving up!