Vocabulary

ረሲዕካ

ሕጂ ስሙ ረሲዓቶ’ያ።

rese‘eka

heji semu rese‘ato‘ya.

forget

She’s forgotten his name now.

መምርሒ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ንመገዲ ይመርሓና።

mǝmrəḥi

əzi mǝsarəḥi əzi nmǝgadi yǝmǝrḥana.

guide

This device guides us the way.

ግብሪ

ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።

gibri

tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.

tax

Companies are taxed in various ways.

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!

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.

ስዒቡ

እቲ ሓላዊ ላም ነቶም ኣፍራስ ይስዕብዎም።

səʿibu

ʾəti ħalawi lam nətom ʾafras yəsʿəbwom.

pursue

The cowboy pursues the horses.

ምቕላል

ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።

mǝkʼǝlal

nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.

simplify

You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ቃጸሎ

እቲ ሓዊ ብዙሕ ክፋል እቲ ጫካ ከቃጽል እዩ።

qats’lo

əti hawi bəzuh kəfal əti chaka kəqats’l eyu.

burn down

The fire will burn down a lot of the forest.

መጽናዕቲ

ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲተይ ብዙሓት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እየን ዝመሃራ።

m‘snā‘ēti

āb yūnīvērsītēy bzuhāt dēkī ānstīyō yēn z‘m‘hārā.

study

There are many women studying at my university.

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.

ሕትመት

መጻሕፍትን ጋዜጣታትን ይሕተሙ ኣለዉ።

hitəmət

məsahəftən gäzətatən yəhətəmu aləw.

print

Books and newspapers are being printed.

ቆሪጽካ

ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።

qorīsəka

quraṣ səga qorəsə.

cut off

I cut off a slice of meat.