Vocabulary

ኣእትዉ

ባቡር ትሕቲ መሬት ገና ናብቲ ጣብያ ኣትዩ ኣሎ።

aʾətu

babur təḥti məraṭ gəna nabti ṭabya ʾatiyu ʾalo.

enter

The subway has just entered the station.

ምልማድ

ህጻናት ኣስናኖም ምሕጻብ ክለምዱ ኣለዎም።

mɪl‘mad

hɪs‘anat as‘nænom mɪh‘t͡sab kələm‘du a‘lewom.

get used to

Children need to get used to brushing their teeth.

ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ

ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።

b‘mekina nab geza‘ka

dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.

drive home

After shopping, the two drive home.

የድሊ

ጎማ ንምቕያር ጃክ የድልየካ።

yedilī

gōmā nmqiyār jak yedilyekā.

need

You need a jack to change a tire.

ተሰኪምካ ምኻድ

ኣድጊ ከቢድ ጽዕነት ተሰኪማ ትኸይድ።

täsäkimkä məḫad

ʾädgi kəbəd ṣəʿnät täsäkima täḫəyd.

carry

The donkey carries a heavy load.

ኮፍ በል

ጸሓይ ክትዓርብ ከላ ኣብ ጥቓ ባሕሪ ኮፍ ትብል።

kof bel

ṣǝḥāy kǝtǝʕǝrb kǝlla ǝb ṭǝqa baḥrī kof tǝbl.

sit down

She sits by the sea at sunset.

ትእዛዝ

ንባዕላ ቁርሲ ትእዝዝ።

tǝ’ǝzǝz

nǝba’la qursi tǝ’ǝzz.

order

She orders breakfast for herself.

ቁርሲ ምብላዕ

ኣብ ዓራትና ቁርሲ ክንበልዕ ንመርጽ።

ḳǝrsi mbla‘

ab aṛatna ḳǝrsi kǝnblǝ‘ nmǝrṣ.

have breakfast

We prefer to have breakfast in bed.

ክፉት ግደፍ

መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!

kefuT gedef

meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!

leave open

Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!

ጸብጻብ ናብ

ኩሎም ኣብታ መርከብ ዝነበሩ ናብ ካፕቴን ጸብጻብ ይህቡ።

ṣebṣeb nab

kulom abṭa merkeb zinebru nab kapṭen ṣebṣeb yihbu.

report to

Everyone on board reports to the captain.

ገንዘብ ኣውጽኡ

ኣብ ጽገና ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ከነውጽእ ኣለና።

gənzəb āwṣ’u

ab ṣəgəna bəzuḥ gənzəb kənəwṣ’i ālēna.

spend money

We have to spend a lot of money on repairs.

ዓመት ምድጋም

እቲ ተምሃራይ ዓመት ደጊሙ ኣሎ።

‘amet midig‘gam

iti temharay ‘amet degimu alo.

repeat a year

The student has repeated a year.