Vocabulary

ኣነጻጽር

ኣሃዛቶም የነጻጽሩ።

anets‘ats‘ir

ahazatom yenets‘ats‘iru.

compare

They compare their figures.

ቀስ ኢልካ ምጉያይ

ሰዓት ቁሩብ ደቓይቕ ቀስ ኢላ ትጎዪ ኣላ።

qäss ʾilkä məguyäy

sä‘ät qurub däqäyq qäss ʾïlä tgoyi äla.

run slow

The clock is running a few minutes slow.

ቁርሲ ምብላዕ

ኣብ ዓራትና ቁርሲ ክንበልዕ ንመርጽ።

ḳǝrsi mbla‘

ab aṛatna ḳǝrsi kǝnblǝ‘ nmǝrṣ.

have breakfast

We prefer to have breakfast in bed.

ረሲዕካ

ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።

rese‘eka

heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.

forget

She’s forgotten his name now.

ተሰኪምካ ምኻድ

ደቆም ኣብ ሕቖኦም ተሰኪሞም ይኸዱ።

täsäkimkä məḫad

däqom ʾab ḥəqʾom täsäkimom yəḫədu.

carry

They carry their children on their backs.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

ርአ

ብመነጽር ዝሓሸ ክትሪኢ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

rǝʾä

bmǝnäsr zǝhäšǝ kǝtrīʾǝ tǝkǝʿäl ʾǝkha.

see

You can see better with glasses.

ማስታወሻታት ውሰድ

እቶም ተማሃሮ ኣብ ኩሉ እቲ መምህር ዝበሎ ማስታወሻ ይገብሩ።

mastaweshatat wesed

etom tema‘hero ab kulu eti memehir ze‘belo mastawesha yigebru.

take notes

The students take notes on everything the teacher says.

ባንክሮት ምኻድ

እቲ ቢዝነስ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ክኽሰት ይኽእል እዩ።

bánk’rot m’kád

etí bíznes ab qeréba ewwan k’késet y’k’él eyú.

go bankrupt

The business will probably go bankrupt soon.

ይመርጹ

ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።

yə-mər-ṣū

bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.

prefer

Many children prefer candy to healthy things.

ደው ምባል

እታ ሰበይቲ ንሓንቲ መኪና ደው ትብል።

daw məbal

əta səbeytī nḥantī mək‘na daw təbl.

stop

The woman stops a car.

መሪሕነት

እቲ ዝያዳ ምኩር ተጓዓዛይ ኩሉ ግዜ ይመርሕ።

meriHeneT

eti ze‘yada muKuR tegu‘a‘aza‘yi kulu gizye yiMerH.

lead

The most experienced hiker always leads.