Vocabulary

ቀለም

ኣእዳዋ ቀቢኣ ኣላ።

q‘elem

a‘edawa qebia ala.

paint

She has painted her hands.

ምድጋፍ

ንሓሳብኩም ብሓጎስ ንደግፎ።

mədgaf

nḥasəbəkum bḥagos ndəgfo.

endorse

We gladly endorse your idea.

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.

ሸለል ምባል

እቲ ቆልዓ ንቃላት ኣዲኡ ሸለል ይብሎ።

shell mibal

iti qol‘aa nqalat adiu shell yiblo.

ignore

The child ignores his mother’s words.

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!

ኣብ ዙርያ ምጉዓዝ

ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ብዙሕ ተጓዒዘ’የ።

ab zuria mig‘az

ab mela‘alim bezuh teg‘ayze‘ye.

travel around

I’ve traveled a lot around the world.

ኣብ ሓደ ምምጻእ

እቲ ናይ ቋንቋ ኮርስ ካብ መላእ ዓለም ዝመጹ ተማሃሮ ኣብ ሓደ ዘራኽብ እዩ።

ab hadä mm‘sä

iti näy quäñqa kors kab malä ‘äläm zäm‘tsu tämaḥäro ab hadä zäräk‘b eyu.

bring together

The language course brings students from all over the world together.

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.

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.

በረድ

ሎሚ ብዙሕ በረድ ወሪዱ።

bäräd

lomi bzuh bäred wäridu.

snow

It snowed a lot today.

ክኸውን ኣለዎ

ሓደ ሰብ ብዙሕ ማይ ክሰቲ ይግባእ።

kəxəwn alwo

ħadə səb bəzuḥ may ksəti ygəbaʾ.

should

One should drink a lot of water.

ቃጸሎ

እቲ ሓዊ ብዙሕ ክፋል እቲ ጫካ ከቃጽል እዩ።

qats’lo

əti hawi bəzuh kəfal əti chaka kəqats’l eyu.

burn down

The fire will burn down a lot of the forest.