Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

መልሲ
ንሳ ድማ ብሕቶ መለሰትሉ።
mel‘si
nesa d‘ma b‘h‘to meleseṭelu.
respond
She responded with a question.

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.

ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.

ግደፍ
ብዙሓት እንግሊዛውያን ካብ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ክወጹ ደልዮም።
gedef
bezuHat englizawyan kab Heberet Ewropa kewoTsu delyom.
leave
Many English people wanted to leave the EU.

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.

ምብጻሕ
ናይ ቀደም ዓርካ ይበጽሓ።
mbsaḥ
nay qedem ‘arka yibsaḥa.
visit
An old friend visits her.

ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ
ቀያሕ ስፖርታዊት መኪና ኣለኒ።
nay geza‘e re‘esu
qeyah sportawit mekina aleni.
own
I own a red sports car.

ተረድኡ
ሓደ ሰብ ብዛዕባ ኮምፒዩተራት ኩሉ ክርድኦ ኣይክእልን እዩ።
teredu
ḥade seb bza‘ba computerat kulu kirdo ayk‘elnen eyu.
understand
One cannot understand everything about computers.

ምቕራብ
ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።
mǝqrab
nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.
offer
She offered to water the flowers.

ዘሊልካ ውጻእ
ዓሳ ካብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ይወጽእ።
zelilka wusya
‘asa kab may zelilu yewuṣa.
jump out
The fish jumps out of the water.

ቀሪብኩም ምጹ
እቶም ቀንዴል ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይቀራረቡ ኣለዉ።
qǝribkum mǝsu
ǝtom qǝndǝl ʾab nǝnǝḫǝdḫǝdom yǝqǝrarǝbu ʾǝlow.
come closer
The snails are coming closer to each other.
