Vocabulary

ምጅማር

ፍትሖም ከበግስዎ እዮም።

mijmaar

fit‘hom kebgswo eyom.

initiate

They will initiate their divorce.

ኣብ ዙርያኻ ምኻድ

ነዛ ገረብ ክትዘውራ ኣለካ።

ab zuryákha m’kád

néza géréb k’tzéwra aléka.

go around

You have to go around this tree.

ደርብዮ

ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።

dərbyo

ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.

throw away

He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.

ሓሶት ን

ንኹሉ ሰብ ሓሰወ።

hasot n

ne-kulu seb ha-sewe.

lie to

He lied to everyone.

ጽልዋ

ንነብስኻ ብኻልኦት ክትጽሎ ኣይትፍቀደላ!

tsilwa

nnebska bkelot kttslo aytifqkedla!

influence

Don’t let yourself be influenced by others!

ጣዕሚ

እዚ ናይ ብሓቂ ጽቡቕ ጣዕሚ ኣለዎ!

ta’əmi

əzi nay bəhaqi tsubuk ta’əmi aləwo!

taste

This tastes really good!

ተሰኪምካ ምኻድ

ደቆም ኣብ ሕቖኦም ተሰኪሞም ይኸዱ።

täsäkimkä məḫad

däqom ʾab ḥəqʾom täsäkimom yəḫədu.

carry

They carry their children on their backs.

መምርሒ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ንመገዲ ይመርሓና።

mǝmrəḥi

əzi mǝsarəḥi əzi nmǝgadi yǝmǝrḥana.

guide

This device guides us the way.

ብ

እቲ ፒዛ ዘብጽሕ ወዲ ነታ ፒዛ ሒዙ ይመጽእ ።

b

iti piza zbäts‘ḥ wädi näta piza ḥizu yäm‘sä.

bring by

The pizza delivery guy brings the pizza by.

ምውሳን

ኣየናይ ጫማ ከም እትኽደን ክትውስን ኣይትኽእልን’ያ።

mǝwsān

aye’nāy čāma kǝm ǝtkǝden kǝtǝwsǝn aytǝkǝ’ǝln’ya.

decide

She can’t decide which shoes to wear.

ተመሊከ

ናይ በላዕ ተመሊከ።

tɛmɛlɪkɛ

nɑj bɛlɑʕ tɛmɛlɪkɛ.

arrive

The plane has arrived on time.

ቆሪጽካ

ቁራጽ ስጋ ቆሪጸ።

qorīsəka

quraṣ səga qorəsə.

cut off

I cut off a slice of meat.