Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ጀምር
እቶም ተጓዓዝቲ ንግሆ ኣንጊሆም እዮም ጀሚሮም።
jmēr
ētom tgū’āzītī ng’ho āng’īhom eyom jemīrom.
start
The hikers started early in the morning.

ንድሕሪት ምምላስ
ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዳግማይ ሰዓት ንድሕሪት ክንመልሳ ክንግደድ ኢና።
ndǝḥǝrǝt mǝmlǝs
ǝb qǝrǝba ǝwān dǝgmāy sǝ‘āt ndǝḥǝrǝt knmlǝsǝ kǝngǝd ǝnna.
set back
Soon we’ll have to set the clock back again.

ስዒቡ
እቲ ሓላዊ ላም ነቶም ኣፍራስ ይስዕብዎም።
səʿibu
ʾəti ħalawi lam nətom ʾafras yəsʿəbwom.
pursue
The cowboy pursues the horses.

ምሕታም
መወዓውዒ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ኣብ ጋዜጣታት ይሕተም እዩ።
məḥtam
məwo‘aw‘i məbazəḥtə‘u gzey ab gäzətat yəhətam eyu.
publish
Advertising is often published in newspapers.

ትኪ
ሻምብቆ የትክኽ።
tǝkī
šāmbǝqo yǝtkǝḳ.
smoke
He smokes a pipe.

ኣንብብ
ብዘይ መነጽር ከንብብ ኣይክእልን’የ።
ʾənbəb
bəzey mənəsər kənbəb ʾaykəʿəln‘yə.
read
I can’t read without glasses.

ምኽንያት
ኣልኮላዊ መስተ ሕማም ርእሲ ከስዕብ ይኽእል።
məḳənyaṭ
ʾalkolawi mästä ḥəmam rʾäsi kəsʿäb yəḥʾäl.
cause
Alcohol can cause headaches.

ሓገዝ
እቶም መጥፋእቲ ሓዊ ቀልጢፎም ሓገዙ።
ḥagēz
‘etom m‘t‘fā‘eti ḥawi k‘elt‘fom ḥagzu.
help
The firefighters quickly helped.

ምርኢት
ኣብዚ ዘመናዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ንምርኢት ይቐርብ።
miret
abzi zemenawi sne-t‘ebeb n‘miret yik‘erb.
exhibit
Modern art is exhibited here.

ፍቀድ
ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።
feqed
aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.
allow
The father didn’t allow him to use his computer.

ተርጉም
ኣብ መንጎ ሽዱሽተ ቋንቋታት ክትርጉም ይኽእል እዩ።
tergum
ab mengo shidushte qwanqwatat ktergum yikhal eyu.
translate
He can translate between six languages.
