Vocabulary

ምስ

ሓደ ሰብ ክዛረቦ ይግባእ፤ ኣዝዩ ጽምዋ’ዩ።

mes

hade seb kezarebo yigeba; atsiyu semwa‘oyu.

talk to

Someone should talk to him; he’s so lonely.

ሓሶት

ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።

hasot

bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.

lie

He often lies when he wants to sell something.

ምጥፋእ

ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።

mtf‘

alarm se‘at atf‘ato.

turn off

She turns off the alarm clock.

ኣብ መወዳእታ

ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?

ab məwədaʿṭa

kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?

end up

How did we end up in this situation?

ክፉት

በጃኻ ነዛ ቆርቆሮ ክትከፍተለይ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

kǝfǝt

bǝǰaka nǝza qorqoro kǝtkǝftǝlǝy tǝkhǝl dǝka?

open

Can you please open this can for me?

ንታሕቲ ጠምቱ

ብመስኮት ንገማግም ባሕሪ ንታሕቲ ክጥምት ይኽእል ነይረ።

ntahtə tmətu

bməskot nəgəməgm bahri ntahtə kətəmət yəkəl nayrə.

look down

I could look down on the beach from the window.

ስሕበት

ንሱ ድማ ነቲ ስልዝ ይስሕቦ።

səhəbət

näsu dima näti silz yəshəbo.

pull

He pulls the sled.

ንቕድሚት ንጥምት

ቆልዑ ኩሉ ግዜ በረድ ብሃንቀውታ ይጽበዩ።

nəḳdəmit nəṭimət

qol‘u kulu gʒə bərəd bəħanḳəwtə yiṣəbəyu.

look forward

Children always look forward to snow.

ምሉእ ብምሉእ

ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።

mlu‘ bmlu‘

neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.

complete

They have completed the difficult task.

ደው ንበል

እቶም ክልተ ኣዕሩኽ ኩሉ ግዜ ንሓድሕዶም ደው ክብሉ ይደልዩ።

dēw nbēl

ētom klte ā’rūkh kulu g’zē nḥad’hd’hom dēw kbīlu ydel’yu.

stand up for

The two friends always want to stand up for each other.

ድቃስ ኣብ

ኣብ መወዳእታ ንሓንቲ ለይቲ ክድቅሱ ይደልዩ።

dǝqās ǝb

ǝb mǝwǝdaʕǝta nǝḥāntī lǝytī kǝdǝqsu yǝdǝlyǝ.

sleep in

They want to finally sleep in for one night.

ምህራም

ወለዲ ንደቆም ክሃርሙ የብሎምን።

mihiram

weldi ndeqom kharmu yebelomn.

beat

Parents shouldn’t beat their children.