Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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.

ኣጠቓሊልካ ምዝራብ
ካብዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ቐንዲ ነጥብታት ከተጠቓልል ኣለካ።
aṭ‘q‘alilka m‘zrāb
k‘abzi ṣḥuf ʾezi q‘endī net‘bt‘at k‘t‘q‘allel ālekā.
summarize
You need to summarize the key points from this text.

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

ምግታእ ምውስዋስ ኣካላት
ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከውጽእ ኣይክእልን’የ፤ ልጓም ክገብር ኣለኒ።
migt‘aew miwsawas akalat
b‘zuh genzeb kowts‘ey ayke‘eln‘ye; lgom kegber aleni.
exercise restraint
I can’t spend too much money; I have to exercise restraint.

ኣገልግሉ
እቲ ሼፍ ሎሚ ባዕሉ የገልግለና ኣሎ።
ǝgǝlgǝlu
ǝti shǝf lǝmǝ bǝ‘ālu yǝgǝlgǝlǝna ǝlo.
serve
The chef is serving us himself today.

ኣልዕል
ኩሉ ኣፕል ክንልዓል ኣለና።
ʾalʿəl
kulu ʾapəl kənlʿal ʾalena.
pick up
We have to pick up all the apples.

ግብሪ
ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።
gibri
tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.
tax
Companies are taxed in various ways.

ይምርኮስ
ዕዉር ስለዝኾነ ኣብ ናይ ደገ ሓገዝ እዩ ዝምርኮስ።
yəmrəkos
ʿəwr sələzəkonə ʾab nay dəgə ḥagəz ʾeyu zəmrəkos.
depend
He is blind and depends on outside help.

ምቕላል
ንህጻናት ዝተሓላለኹ ነገራት ከተቃልሎም ኣለካ።
mǝkʼǝlal
nǝḥśānāt zǝtǝḥlālǝkǝ nǝgǝrāt kǝtǝqāllǝlǝm ǝllǝka.
simplify
You have to simplify complicated things for children.

ቁርሲ ምብላዕ
ኣብ ዓራትና ቁርሲ ክንበልዕ ንመርጽ።
ḳǝrsi mbla‘
ab aṛatna ḳǝrsi kǝnblǝ‘ nmǝrṣ.
have breakfast
We prefer to have breakfast in bed.

ዝሓዘ
ዓሳ፡ በርበረን ጸባን ብዙሕ ፕሮቲን ዝሓዘ እዩ።
zi-ha-ze
a-sa: ber-ber-en tsa-ban bi-zuh pro-tein zi-ha-ze e-yu.
contain
Fish, cheese, and milk contain a lot of protein.
