Vocabulary

ደርብዮ

እቲ ብዕራይ ነቲ ሰብኣይ ደርብይዎ ኣሎ።

dərbyo

əti bə’əray nəti sbay dərbyo aləwo.

throw off

The bull has thrown off the man.

ድምጺ

ሓደ ንሓደ ሕጹይ ይድግፍ ወይ ይቃወም።

d‘mzi

ḥade naḥade ḥtsuy yidgf wey yqawem.

vote

One votes for or against a candidate.

መልሲ

ኩሉ ግዜ መጀመርታ እያ ትምልስ።

mel‘si

kulu gez‘e mejemerta eya timlis.

reply

She always replies first.

ምሕላፍ ብ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።

mihlaf bi

kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.

pass by

The two pass by each other.

ደው ምባል

ነቲ ደርፊ ክትጻወሮ ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

dēw mbal

nēti derfī kts’aw’ro āyk’ēln’ya.

stand

She can’t stand the singing.

ዘሊሉ

ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።

zēlīlu

nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.

jump

He jumped into the water.

ምፍጣር

ንምድሪ መን ፈጢርዋ?

mifṭar

men mdri men feṭirwa?

create

Who created the Earth?

ስዒቡ

እቲ ሓላዊ ላም ነቶም ኣፍራስ ይስዕብዎም።

səʿibu

ʾəti ħalawi lam nətom ʾafras yəsʿəbwom.

pursue

The cowboy pursues the horses.

ተስፋ

ብዙሓት ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝሓሸ መጻኢ ክህሉ ተስፋ ኣለዎም።

t‘sfa

b‘zuhāt ab ewrōpā z‘hāshē m‘sā‘ī k‘hīlu t‘sfa alēwom.

hope

Many hope for a better future in Europe.

ምድርባይ

ኮምፒዩተሩ ብሕርቃን ናብ መሬት ይድርብያ።

mədrəbay

kompiyotəru bhərqan nab mərət yədrəbya.

throw

He throws his computer angrily onto the floor.

ኣብ መወዳእታ

ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?

ab məwədaʿṭa

kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?

end up

How did we end up in this situation?

ምጉያይ ጀምር

እቲ ኣትሌት ጉያ ክጅምር ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።

mguyāy jmēr

itī āt’lēt guyā kj’mēr qērībū ālo.

start running

The athlete is about to start running.