Vocabulary

ዘሊልካ ምዝላል

እቲ ቆልዓ ብሓጎስ ይዘልል ኣሎ።

zēlīlkā m‘zlāl

‘eti qōl‘ā b‘hāgōs y‘zlēl ālo.

jump around

The child is happily jumping around.

ጨፍሊቕካ ኣውጽእ

ነቲ ለሚን ጨፍሊቓ ኣውጽኣቶ።

cheflīqka awṣ’i

nēti limin cheflīqā awṣ’āto.

squeeze out

She squeezes out the lemon.

ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ንኺድ

ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ክትከይድ ኣይትኽእልን ኢኻ።

kabzí n’la’lí n’khíd

ab’zí ewwan’zí kabzí n’la’lí k’khéd ayt’khéln íkha.

go further

You can’t go any further at this point.

ርግጽ

ርግጽ ይፈትዉ እዮም፡ ግን ኣብ ናይ ጠረጴዛ ኩዕሶ ጥራይ።

rg‘ṣ

rg‘ṣ yf‘tew eyom, gn ab nay tr‘peza ku‘so tray.

kick

They like to kick, but only in table soccer.

ክትወጽእ ትደሊ

እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።

kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli

eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.

want to go out

The child wants to go outside.

ነቐፍ

እቲ ሓላፊ ነቲ ሰራሕተኛ ይነቕፎ።

neḳef

iti ḥalafi neti seraḥtegna yeneḳfo.

criticize

The boss criticizes the employee.

ሕሰብ

ኣብ ቸስ ብዙሕ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።

həsəb

ab ches bəzuḥ kəthəsb aləka.

think

You have to think a lot in chess.

ብኽነት

ጸዓት ክባኽን የብሉን።

bikh‘net

tse‘at k‘bah‘kn yebilun.

waste

Energy should not be wasted.

ግብሪ

ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።

gibri

tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.

tax

Companies are taxed in various ways.

ክፉት ግደፍ

መስኮት ክፉት ገዲፉ ንሰረቕቲ ይዕድም!

kefuT gedef

meskoT kefuT gedefu ne sereQti yey‘dem!

leave open

Whoever leaves the windows open invites burglars!

ምምላስ

እቲ መምህር ነቶም ድርሰታት ናብቶም ተማሃሮ ይመልሶም።

məmläs

eti məmhər natom dərsətat nabtom tamähäro yəmläsom.

return

The teacher returns the essays to the students.

ናብ ውሽጢ ምግዓዝ

ሓደስቲ ጎረባብቲ ናብ ላዕሊ ይግዕዙ ኣለዉ።

nab wushetī miggāz

hādesitī gōrebābtī nab la‘ēlī yig‘egzu alēw.

move in

New neighbors are moving in upstairs.