Vocabulary

ለይቲ ምሕዳር

ኣብ መኪና ኢና ንሓድር ዘለና።

ləyti məḥdār

ab məkīna ēna nəḥādr zəlēna.

spend the night

We are spending the night in the car.

ጠለብ

ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዘጋጠሞ ሰብ ካሕሳ ሓቲቱ።

tǝleb

kabtī ḥādǧā zǧātǝmo seb kāḥsā ḥātǝtu.

demand

He demanded compensation from the person he had an accident with.

ዕላል

ብዙሕ ግዜ ምስ ጎረቤቱ ይዕልል።

ʿəläl

bəzuḥ gəzä məs goräbtu yəʿələl.

chat

He often chats with his neighbor.

ይመርጹ

ብዙሓት ህጻናት ካብ ጥዕናዊ ነገራት ካራሜላ ይመርጹ።

yə-mər-ṣū

bə-zūḥāt ḥṣānāt kab təʿnāwī nəgārāt kārāmēlā yə-mər-ṣū.

prefer

Many children prefer candy to healthy things.

ምጉዳል

ብርግጽ ናይ ምውዓይ ወጻኢታተይ ክቕንስ ኣለኒ።

mǝgudál

brǝgsǝ nay mǝwǝy wǝssǝátǝtey kǝqǝns alǝnǝ.

reduce

I definitely need to reduce my heating costs.

ይቕረ በሉ

በዚ ፈጺማ ይቕረ ክትብሎ ኣይትኽእልን እያ!

yiqere belu

bezi fitsima yiqere ketiblo ayteke‘eln eya!

forgive

She can never forgive him for that!

ርእይቶ ርእይቶ

መዓልታዊ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ርእይቶ ይህብ።

ra‘eyto ra‘eyto

me‘al‘tawi ab politika ra‘eyto yihab.

comment

He comments on politics every day.

ደው ምባል

ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።

daw məbal

abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.

stop

You must stop at the red light.

ድቃስ

እቲ ህጻን ይድቅስ።

dǝqās

ǝti ḥśān yǝdǝqǝs.

sleep

The baby sleeps.

ደፋር

ካብታ ነፋሪት ዘሊሎም ክወጹ ደፈሩ።

dəfar

kəbta nəfarət zələlom kwəṣu dəfaru.

dare

They dared to jump out of the airplane.

ስሓብ ኣውጽእ

ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ነታ ዓባይ ዓሳ ክስሕባ?

səḥab awṣ‘ä

kəmey ilu eyu nata ‘abay ‘asa ksəḥba?

pull out

How is he going to pull out that big fish?

ምጥቃም

መዓልታዊ ፍርያት መመላኽዒ ትጥቀም።

mt‘qaam

me‘alitawi fryat memelah‘ee tit‘qem.

use

She uses cosmetic products daily.