Vocabulary

ክውገድ

ኣብዚ ትካል ብዙሓት ስራሕቲ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ክውገዱ እዮም።

kwged

abzi tik‘al bzuhat serhati ab kéréba ewan kwgedu eyom.

be eliminated

Many positions will soon be eliminated in this company.

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.

serve

The chef is serving us himself today.

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.

ግደፍ

በጻሕቲ ዓዲ ቀትሪ ካብቲ ገማግም ባሕሪ ይወጹ።

gedef

beTsaHeti ‘aedi Qetiri kabti gemagem bahri yewoTsu.

leave

Tourists leave the beach at noon.

ምውሳን

ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

mǝwsān

aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.

decide

She can’t decide which shoes to wear.

ሽፋን

ጸጉራ ትሽፍን።

shifan

tsugura tishifn.

cover

She covers her hair.

ሰኺርካ ምኻድ

ዳርጋ ምሸት ምሸት ይሰክር።

sə‘xɪrka mə‘xad

dar‘ga mɪ‘ʃet mɪ‘ʃet yɪ‘sekɪr.

get drunk

He gets drunk almost every evening.

ጽሩይ

እቲ ሰራሕተኛ ነቲ መስኮት የጽርዮ ኣሎ።

ṣǝrūy

ʾǝti sǝrāḥtǝgnā näti mǝskǝt yǝṣǝryo ʾalo.

clean

The worker is cleaning the window.

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.

ክብደት ሰብነት ምጉዳል

ብዙሕ ክብደቱ ኣጉዲሉ እዩ።

kəbdət səbnət məgudal

bəzuħ kəbdətu agudilu əyu.

lose weight

He has lost a lot of weight.

ክትከይድ ኣለካ

ብህጹጽ ዕረፍቲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ፤ ክኸይድ ኣለኒ!

ktikēyd āleka

bhīṣūṣ ‘ereftī yedilyenī alō; kkēyd ālenī!

need to go

I urgently need a vacation; I have to go!

መንገዲ ሓደ ረኸብ

ኣብ ላቢሪን መንገደይ ጽቡቕ ጌረ ክረኽቦ እኽእል እየ።

m‘ng‘di ḥade r‘kh‘b

ab labirin m‘ng‘dey t‘sbuq g‘re k‘r‘kh‘bo ek‘l eye.

find one’s way

I can find my way well in a labyrinth.