Vocabulary

ደው ምባል

ኣብቲ ቀይሕ መብራህቲ ደው ክትብል ኣለካ።

daw məbal

abti qēyḥ məbraḥtī daw kətbl aləka.

stop

You must stop at the red light.

ጥርጡር

ኣፍቃሪቱ ምዃና’ዩ ዝጥርጥር።

t‘rgūr

āfq‘ārītu m‘zānā‘yū z‘t‘rgūr.

suspect

He suspects that it’s his girlfriend.

ናብ

ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።

nab

ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.

throw to

They throw the ball to each other.

ሸለል ምባል

እቲ ቆልዓ ንቃላት ኣዲኡ ሸለል ይብሎ።

shell mibal

iti qol‘aa nqalat adiu shell yiblo.

ignore

The child ignores his mother’s words.

ብንጹር ርአ

በቲ ሓድሽ መነጽረይ ኩሉ ብንጹር ይርእዮ ኣለኹ።

bǝnts‘ur rǝ‘ā

bǝti ḥǝdǝsh mǝnǝts‘ǝray kulu bǝnts‘ur yǝrǝ‘ǝyo alǝku.

see clearly

I can see everything clearly through my new glasses.

ንደገ ምግዓዝ

ጎረቤት ንደገ ይግዕዝ ኣሎ።

ndegē miggāz

gōrebēt ndegē yig‘egz alō.

move out

The neighbor is moving out.

ንቕድሚት ይኹን

ኣብቲ ናይ ሱፐርማርኬት መውጽኢ ገንዘብ ንቕድሚት ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ሰብ የለን።

nek-ked-mit yikh-un

ab-ti nay super-market mew-tsi-e gen-zeb nek-ked-mit ke-kid ze-de-li seb ye-len.

let in front

Nobody wants to let him go ahead at the supermarket checkout.

ተረድኡ

ኣብ መወዳእታ እቲ ዕማም ተረዲኡኒ!

teredu

ab meweda‘ita eti imam teredu‘ini!

understand

I finally understood the task!

ምብላዕ

እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ክንደይ ከም እንሃልኽ ይዕቅን።

mib-la

ezi me-sar-he ezi ken-dey kem en-hal-ekh yi-eq-en.

consume

This device measures how much we consume.

ደርብዮ

ኣብ ዝተደርበየ ቆርበት ባናና ይረግጽ።

dərbyo

ab zətədrəbəye qorəbt bənana yərgəts.

throw away

He steps on a thrown-away banana peel.

ምሃብ

እቲ ቆልዓ መስሓቕ ትምህርቲ ይህበና ኣሎ።

mɪ‘hab

ɪtɪ kwa‘la məshæk tɪm‘hirɪt yəhəbə‘na alo.

give

The child is giving us a funny lesson.

ድሕሪ

እታ ኣደ ደድሕሪ ወዳ ትጎዪ።

dəḥri

əta ädä dädəḥri wädä tgoyi.

run after

The mother runs after her son.