Vocabulary

ኣጋጣሚ ኮይኑ

ኣብቲ ናይ ስራሕ ሓደጋ ገለ ነገር ኣጋጢምዎ ድዩ?

ağaṭami koynu

abti nay srǝḥ ḥadǝga gǝlǝ nǝgǝr ağaṭimwo diyǔ?

happen to

Did something happen to him in the work accident?

ሓዊ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።

hawi

eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.

fire

The boss has fired him.

ተስማምቲ

ጎደኞታት በጃ ባይነት ምስ ስምምድ ኣይተስማምትን።

tesmamti

godenotat beja baynet mis smid aytesmamten.

agree

The neighbors couldn’t agree on the color.

ናብ ውሽጢ ምግዓዝ

ሓደስቲ ጎረባብቲ ናብ ላዕሊ ይግዕዙ ኣለዉ።

nab wushetī miggāz

hādesitī gōrebābtī nab la‘ēlī yig‘egzu alēw.

move in

New neighbors are moving in upstairs.

ንሓድሕድኩም ተጠማመቱ

ንነዊሕ እዋን ንሓድሕዶም ተጠማመቱ።

nhadhdəkum tətaməmatu

nnəwih ewan nhadhdədom tətaməmatu.

look at each other

They looked at each other for a long time.

ኣቓልቦ ግበር

ሓደ ሰብ ነቲ ናይ ጽርግያ ምልክታት ከቕልበሉ ኣለዎ።

āqālbo gēber

ḥāde sēb nēti nāy tsirgyā milk‘tāt keqilbēlu ālēwo.

pay attention

One must pay attention to the road signs.

ምግምጋም

ኣፈፃፅማ እቲ ትካል ይግምግም።

miggigam

afets‘ats‘ma iti tik‘al yigiggim.

evaluate

He evaluates the performance of the company.

ተመሊከ

ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.

ተቓውሞ ተቓውሞ

ሰባት ኣንጻር በደል ተቓውሞኦም የስምዑ።

təqawəmo təqawəmo

säbat anṣar bədəl təqawəmo‘om yəsm‘iu.

protest

People protest against injustice.

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.

ድምጺ

እቶም መራጽቲ ሎሚ ኣብ መጻኢኦም ድምጾም ይህቡ ኣለዉ።

d‘mzi

etom marasti lomi ab msa‘iom d‘mzom yihbu alewu.

vote

The voters are voting on their future today.

ጽሓፍ

ደብዳቤ ይጽሕፍ ኣሎ።

tshaf

debdabe yts’haf alo.

write

He is writing a letter.