Vocabulary

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.

ለይቲ ምሕዳር

ኣብ መኪና ኢና ንሓድር ዘለና።

ləyti məḥdār

ab məkīna ēna nəḥādr zəlēna.

spend the night

We are spending the night in the car.

ብንጹር ርአ

በቲ ሓድሽ መነጽረይ ኩሉ ብንጹር ይርእዮ ኣለኹ።

bǝnts‘ur rǝ‘ā

bǝti ḥǝdǝsh mǝnǝts‘ǝray kulu bǝnts‘ur yǝrǝ‘ǝyo alǝku.

see clearly

I can see everything clearly through my new glasses.

የቐንየልና

ብጣዕሚ እየ ዘመስግነካ!

yəqənyəlna

bəta’əmi yəye zəməsgənəka!

thank

I thank you very much for it!

ምህዳም

ወድና ካብ ገዛ ክሃድም ደለየ።

məḫdäm

wädänä kab gäza kḥädm däläye.

run away

Our son wanted to run away from home.

ሓሶት

ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ሓደ ሰብ ኣብ ህጹጽ ኩነታት ክሕሱ ኣለዎ።

hasot

hade hade gez hade seb ab hits-ts kun-tat ke-hsu a-lewo.

lie

Sometimes one has to lie in an emergency situation.

ተመሊከ

ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.

ኣብ ኢድካ ኣለዎም

ህጻናት ኣብ ኢዶም ናይ ጁባ ገንዘብ ጥራይ እዩ።

ab ǝdka alwoṃ

ḥǝṣanat ab ǝdom nay juba gǝnzǝb ṭǝray yǝyǔ.

have at disposal

Children only have pocket money at their disposal.

ርአ

ካብ ላዕሊ ርኢና ዓለም ፍጹም ዝተፈልየት እያ ትመስል።

rəʔa

kab la.əli rəʔəna ʔaləm fəsəm zətəfəlyət eya təməsil.

look

From above, the world looks entirely different.

ምጥፋእ

ኣላርም ሰዓት ኣጥፍኣቶ።

mtf‘

alarm se‘at atf‘ato.

turn off

She turns off the alarm clock.

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?

ኣብዮም

እቲ ቆልዓ መግቡ ይኣቢ።

abǝyom

ǝti qol‘a mǝgbu yǝ‘a‘bi.

refuse

The child refuses its food.