Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ዘሊልካ ናብ
እታ ላም ኣብ ካልእ ዘሊላ ኣላ።
zēlīlkā nab
‘ētā lām ab kālē zēlīlā ālā.
jump onto
The cow has jumped onto another.

ምሕታም
መወዓውዒ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኣብ ጋዜጣታት ይሕተም እዩ።
məḥtam
məwo‘aw‘i məbazəḥtə‘u gzey ab gäzətat yəhətam eyu.
publish
Advertising is often published in newspapers.

ዕላል
ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይዕልሉ።
ʿilāl
ab nënḥidḥdom yʿǝllu.
chat
They chat with each other.

ጨፍሊቕካ ኣውጽእ
ነቲ ለሚን ጨፍሊቓ ኣውጽኣቶ።
cheflīqka awṣ’i
nēti limin cheflīqā awṣ’āto.
squeeze out
She squeezes out the lemon.

ሓሶት ን
ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።
hasot n
ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.
lie to
He lied to everyone.

ስራሕ
ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።
srah
kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.
work
She works better than a man.

ደው ምባል
ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።
daw məbal
abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.
stop
You must stop at the red light.

ምድግጋም
በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?
midig‘gam
bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?
repeat
Can you please repeat that?

ርእይቶ ርእይቶ
መዓልታዊ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ርእይቶ ይህብ።
ra‘eyto ra‘eyto
me‘al‘tawi ab politika ra‘eyto yihab.
comment
He comments on politics every day.

ፍለጥ
ብዙሕ መጻሕፍቲ ዳርጋ ብኣእምሮኣ እያ ትፈልጦ።
feleTi
bezuH meSaHefeti daraga be‘aemro‘a eya tefleTo.
know
She knows many books almost by heart.

ምዝዋር
ቆልዑ ብሽክለታ ወይ ስኩተር ምዝዋር ይፈትዉ።
məzwär
qolu bəshäkläta wey səkutär məzwär yəftu.
ride
Kids like to ride bikes or scooters.
