Vocabulary

መንገዲ ሓደ ረኸብ

ኣብ ላቢሪን መንገደይ ጽቡቕ ጌረ ክረኽቦ እኽእል እየ።

m‘ng‘di ḥade r‘kh‘b

ab labirin m‘ng‘dey t‘sbuq g‘re k‘r‘kh‘bo ek‘l eye.

find one’s way

I can find my way well in a labyrinth.

ምጥቃስ

እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።

məṭḳas

ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.

mention

The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

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

ፓፓጋሎይ ስመይ ክደግም ይኽእል እዩ።

midig‘gam

papagaloy semey k‘deg‘m yik‘el eyu.

repeat

My parrot can repeat my name.

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.

ምሕጻብ

ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።

mih‘ts‘ab

sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.

wash up

I don’t like washing the dishes.

ናብ

ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይምለሱ።

nab

nab nenhdhdom yimelsu.

turn to

They turn to each other.

ፍቀድ

ለትውዒት ኣይክፍልን።

feqed

letew‘et aykfeln.

allow

One should not allow depression.

ምሃብ

ንዕረፍቲ ዝኸውን መንበር ገማግም ባሕሪ ተዳልዩ ኣሎ።

məhab

nə‘ərəfti zəkəwən mənbər gamagəm baḥri tədaləyu alo.

provide

Beach chairs are provided for the vacationers.

ቃጸሎ

እቲ ሓዊ ብዙሕ ክፋል እቲ ጫካ ከቃጽል እዩ።

qats’lo

əti hawi bəzuh kəfal əti chaka kəqats’l eyu.

burn down

The fire will burn down a lot of the forest.

ምድግጋም

በጃኻ ከምኡ ክትደግሞ ትኽእል ዲኻ?

midig‘gam

bejak‘a kem‘u k‘tidgemo tik‘el dik‘a?

repeat

Can you please repeat that?

ደው ምባል

እታ ፖሊስ ነታ መኪና ደው ኣቢላታ።

daw məbal

əta pōlīs nəta mək‘na daw abilata.

stop

The policewoman stops the car.