Vocabulary

ምውሳን

ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

mǝwsān

aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.

decide

She can’t decide which shoes to wear.

ምብላዕ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ክንደይ ከም እንሃልኽ ይዕቅን።

mib-la

ezi me-sar-he ezi ken-dey kem en-hal-ekh yi-eq-en.

consume

This device measures how much we consume.

ማለት

እዚ ኣብ መሬት ዘሎ ምልክት እንታይ ማለት እዩ?

malt

ezi ab mərət zəlo məlkət əntay malt əyu?

mean

What does this coat of arms on the floor mean?

መጽናዕቲ

እተን ኣዋልድ ብሓባር ክመሃራ ይፈትዋ እየን።

m‘snā‘ēti

ēten āwāld b‘ḥābār k‘m‘hārā y‘f‘tēwa yēn.

study

The girls like to study together.

ምትካል

ጓለይ ኣፓርታማኣ ከተቕውም ትደሊ ኣላ።

mǝtkal

gu‘ālǝy ǝpǝrtǝmǝ‘ā ktǝ‘ǝwm tǝdelǝ ala.

set up

My daughter wants to set up her apartment.

ደፋር

ናብ ማይ ክዘልል ኣይደፍርን’የ።

dəfar

nəb may kəzəll ʔaydəfərən‘ye.

dare

I don’t dare to jump into the water.

ትጽቢት

ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።

tsibit

haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.

expect

My sister is expecting a child.

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.

ኣገልግሉ

ኣኽላባት ንዋናታቶም ምግልጋል ይፈትዉ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝ‘ǝlǝbat nwanǝtatǝm mǝgǝlgǝl yǝftǝwu.

serve

Dogs like to serve their owners.

ጽሩይ

ክሽነ ትጽርዮ።

ṣǝrūy

kǝšǝnǝ tṣǝryo.

clean

She cleans the kitchen.

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.