Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ተረድኡ
ኣብ መወዳእታ እቲ ዕማም ተረዲኡኒ!
teredu
ab meweda‘ita eti imam teredu‘ini!
understand
I finally understood the task!

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.

ምክፍፋል
ዕዮ ገዛ ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይመቓቕሉ።
məkfəfal
ʿeyo gəza ʾab nənəhdəḥdom yəməqaqlu.
divide
They divide the housework among themselves.

ኣነጻጽር
ኣሃዛቶም የነጻጽሩ።
anets‘ats‘ir
ahazatom yenets‘ats‘iru.
compare
They compare their figures.

ተስፋ
ብዙሓት ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝሓሸ መጻኢ ክህሉ ተስፋ ኣለዎም።
t‘sfa
b‘zuhāt ab ewrōpā z‘hāshē m‘sā‘ī k‘hīlu t‘sfa alēwom.
hope
Many hope for a better future in Europe.

ኣገልግሉ
እቲ ኣገልጋሊ ነቲ መግቢ የቕርቦ።
ǝgǝlgǝlu
ǝti ǝgǝlgālǝ nǝti mǝgbǝ yǝ‘ǝrbǝwo.
serve
The waiter serves the food.

ምምርዓው
ትሕቲ ዕድመ ቆልዑ ክምርዓዉ ኣይፍቀድን እዩ።
məmrə‘aw
təhti ‘ədmə qol‘u kəmrə‘aw ayfəḳədən əyu.
marry
Minors are not allowed to be married.

ምድፋእ
እታ ነርስ ነቲ ሕሙም ኣብ ዓረብያ ስንኩላን ትደፍኦ።
mədfaʿ
ʾəta nərs nəti ħəmum ʾab ʿarəbya sənkulan tədəfaʿo.
push
The nurse pushes the patient in a wheelchair.

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

ምስ
ሓደ ሰብ ክዛረቦ ይግባእ፤ ኣዝዩ ጽምዋ’ዩ።
mes
hade seb kezarebo yigeba; atsiyu semwa‘oyu.
talk to
Someone should talk to him; he’s so lonely.

ይውክሉ
ጠበቓታት ንዓማዊሎም ኣብ ቤት ፍርዲ ይውክሉ።
yiwekilu
ṭ‘beqaṭat n‘ama‘wilom ab bet fridi yiwekilu.
represent
Lawyers represent their clients in court.
