Vocabulary

ብባቡር ምኻድ

ናብኡ ብባቡር ክኸይድ እየ።

b’bábur m’kád

nabú b’bábur k’khéd eyye.

go by train

I will go there by train.

ቀሪብኩም ምጹ

እቶም ቀንዴል ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቀራረቡ ኣለዉ።

qǝribkum mǝsu

ǝtom qǝndǝl ʾab nǝnǝḫǝdḫǝdom yǝqǝrarǝbu ʾǝlow.

come closer

The snails are coming closer to each other.

ምሕላፍ

እቶም ተምሃሮ ነቲ ፈተና ሓሊፎሞ።

mihlaf

ētom temhāro nēti fetēna ḥālīfom.

pass

The students passed the exam.

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.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ

ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።

ab zuryákha m’kád

néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.

go around

You have to go around this tree.

ይምርኮስ

ዕዉር ስለዝኾነ ኣብ ናይ ደገ ሓገዝ እዩ ዝምርኮስ።

yəmrəkos

ʿəwr sələzəkonə ʾab nay dəgə ḥagəz ʾeyu zəmrəkos.

depend

He is blind and depends on outside help.

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!

ምርኢት

ኣብዚ ዘመናዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ንምርኢት ይቐርብ።

miret

abzi zemenawi sne-t‘ebeb n‘miret yik‘erb.

exhibit

Modern art is exhibited here.

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.

serve

The chef is serving us himself today.

ንገደፍ ናብ

እቶም ወነንቲ ኣኽላባቶም ንዓይ ንእግሪ ይገድፉለይ።

ne gedef naB

etom weneNTi aKlabaTom ne‘aY negeri yigedefulay.

leave to

The owners leave their dogs to me for a walk.

ኣእትዉ

ባቡር ትሕቲ መሬት ገና ናብቲ ጣብያ ኣትዩ ኣሎ።

aʾətu

babur təḥti məraṭ gəna nabti ṭabya ʾatiyu ʾalo.

enter

The subway has just entered the station.

ክፉት ግደፍ

መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!

kefuT gedef

meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!

leave open

Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!