Vocabulary

ምሕላፍ

ዓሳ ነባሪ ብክብደት ንዅሎም እንስሳታት ይበልጹ።

m‘ḥ‘lāf

ʿāsā n‘barī b‘k‘b‘det n‘ēlom ʾensīs‘tāt y‘bl‘ṣu.

surpass

Whales surpass all animals in weight.

ኣእትዉ

ናብ ክፍሊ ሆቴል ይኣቱ።

aʾətu

nab kəfli hoṭel yəʾatu.

enter

He enters the hotel room.

ተሰማሚዕኩም ክትሰማምዑ

ባእስኹም ኣቋሪጽኩም ኣብ መወዳእታ ተሰማምዑ!

təsəma‘mɪkum kɪtəsəmam‘ju

ba‘əsukum a‘kari‘skum ab mew‘da‘əta təsəma‘mju!

get along

End your fight and finally get along!

ይቕጽል

ካራቫን ጉዕዞኡ ይቕጽል።

yi-qtil

ka-ra-van gu-e-zo-u yi-qtil.

continue

The caravan continues its journey.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ

ኣብታ ገረብ ይዘውሩ።

ab zuryákha m’kád

abtá géréb y’zéwíru.

go around

They go around the tree.

ደርብዮ

እቲ ብዕራይ ነቲ ሰብኣይ ደርብይዎ ኣሎ።

dərbyo

əti bə’əray nəti sbay dərbyo aləwo.

throw off

The bull has thrown off the man.

ይኽእል እዩ

እቲ ንእሽቶ ድሮ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ከስትዮ ይኽእል እዩ።

ykhəl eyu

əti nəsh’to dro nəti ’əmbabat may kəstyo ykhəl eyu.

can

The little one can already water the flowers.

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!

ትጽቢት

ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።

tsibit

haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.

expect

My sister is expecting a child.

መርምሩ

ኣብዚ ቤተ ፈተነ ናሙና ደም ይምርመር።

mermiru

abzi bete fetene namuna dem yimrermir.

examine

Blood samples are examined in this lab.

ምህራም

ወለዲ ንደቆም ክሃርሙ የብሎምን።

mihiram

weldi ndeqom kharmu yebelomn.

beat

Parents shouldn’t beat their children.

ደው ምባል ኣብ

እቶም ሓካይም መዓልታዊ ኣብ ጥቓ እቲ ሕሙም ደው ይብሉ።

daw məbal ab

ətom ḥakāyīm mə‘alṭawī ab ṭ‘qa əti ḥumum daw yəblu.

stop by

The doctors stop by the patient every day.