Vocabulary

ንምርኣይ

ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።

nəmrʾay

gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.

show off

He likes to show off his money.

ተሳተፉ

ኣብቲ ውድድር ይሳተፍ ኣሎ።

tese‘tefu

abti wududur yeset‘ef alo.

take part

He is taking part in the race.

ምምሃር

ንውላዳ ምሕንባስ ትምህሮ።

məmhər

nəwlada məhənbas təmhiro.

teach

She teaches her child to swim.

ክፍሊት

ብኢንተርነት ብክረዲት ካርድ እያ ትኸፍል።

kīflīt

b‘īnternēt bīkrēdīt kārd iyā tikēfl.

pay

She pays online with a credit card.

ሰሰናዩ በል

እታ ሰበይቲ ተፋንያ።

säsnäyu bäl

ʾita säbäyti täfäñä.

say goodbye

The woman says goodbye.

ተመሊከ

ብድሕረምሽሽ ብዋን ምግዳፋር ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

bɪdɪħrɛmɪʃʃɪ bwan mɪgdɑfɑr tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

Many people arrive by camper van on vacation.

ናብ ውሽጢ ምግዓዝ

ሓደስቲ ጎረባብቲ ናብ ላዕሊ ይግዕዙ ኣለዉ።

nab wushetī miggāz

hādesitī gōrebābtī nab la‘ēlī yig‘egzu alēw.

move in

New neighbors are moving in upstairs.

ክትወጽእ ትደሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።

kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli

eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.

want to go out

The child wants to go outside.

ተስማምቲ

ጎደኞታት በጃ ባይነት ምስ ስምምድ ኣይተስማምትን።

tesmamti

godenotat beja baynet mis smid aytesmamten.

agree

The neighbors couldn’t agree on the color.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

የድሊ

ጽምኢ’ዩ፡ ማይ የድልየኒ’ዩ!

yedilī

ts‘me‘yu; māy yedilyen‘yu!

need

I’m thirsty, I need water!

ብሓባር ንቕመጡ

ክልቲኦም ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ብሓባር ክቕመጡ መደብ ኣለዎም።

b‘hābar nqemṭū

kiltī‘om ab qērēba ēwān b‘hābar k‘qemṭū medēb ālewo‘m.

move in together

The two are planning to move in together soon.