Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

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.

ጽገና
ነቲ ገመድ ክጽግኖ ደለየ።
ṣig‘na
neti gemed kṣigno deleye.
repair
He wanted to repair the cable.

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.

ደርፍ
እቶም ቆልዑ ደርፊ ይደርፉ።
dǝrf
ǝtǝm qolʕǝu dǝrfī yǝdrǝfu.
sing
The children sing a song.

ምቁራጽ
ካብ ሕጂ ጀሚረ ሽጋራ ምትካኽ ከቋርጽ ደልየ ኣለኹ!
məqʿuras
kab həji gəmirə šəgarə mtəkaħ kəqʿaras dəley ʾaləku!
quit
I want to quit smoking starting now!

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.

ሕማቕ ምዝራብ
እቶም መማህርቲ ብዛዕባኣ ሕማቕ ይዛረቡ።
hima‘k mizerab
etom memahereti bezaye‘a hima‘k yezarebu.
talk badly
The classmates talk badly about her.

ኣብ መወዳእታ
ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት በጺሕና?
ab məwədaʿṭa
kəmay gerna ʾəna ab kəmzi kunaṭat bəṣiḥəna?
end up
How did we end up in this situation?

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

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.
