Vocabulary

Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ድሕሪት ምድቃስ
ግዜ ንእስነታ ኣዝዩ ድሕሪት እዩ ዘሎ።
deh-rit mid-kas
gzey nes-net-a a-zi-yu deh-rit eyu ze-lo.
lie behind
The time of her youth lies far behind.
ናብ
ኩዕሶ ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይድርብዩ።
nab
ku’so nab nənəhədhədom yədrəbyu.
throw to
They throw the ball to each other.
ሓዊ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ኣባሪርዎ ኣሎ።
hawi
eti halafi kab sirah abarirwo alo.
fire
The boss has fired him.
ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ሕሰብ
ዕዉት ንምዃን ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ካብ ሳንዱቕ ወጻኢ ክትሓስብ ኣለካ።
kab sanduq wəsə’i həsəb
ewt nəməzan hade hade gəzə kab sanduq wəsə’i kəthəsb aləka.
think outside the box
To be successful, you have to think outside the box sometimes.
ምሕጻብ
ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።
mih‘ts‘ab
sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.
wash up
I don’t like washing the dishes.
ዕላል
ተምሃሮ ኣብ እዋን ክፍሊ ክዕልሉ የብሎምን።
ʿəläl
täməharo ʾab ʾäwan käfli kəʿəllu yəblomən.
chat
Students should not chat during class.
ንዑ ብቐሊሉ
ሰርፊንግ ብቐሊሉ ይመጾ።
nǝ‘u bǝqǝlilu
sǝrfǝng bǝqǝlilu yǝmočo.
come easy
Surfing comes easily to him.
ዘሊልካ ንላዕሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ዘሊሉ ይለዓል።
zelilka nla‘li
iti qol‘a zelilu yile‘al.
jump up
The child jumps up.
ትኽክለኛ ክትመርጽ ከቢድ እዩ።
choose
It is hard to choose the right one.
ምቁራጽ
ካብ ሕጂ ጀሚረ ሽጋራ ምትካኽ ከቋርጽ ደልየ ኣለኹ!
məqʿuras
kab həji gəmirə šəgarə mtəkaħ kəqʿaras dəley ʾaləku!
quit
I want to quit smoking starting now!
ኣዕሩኽ ኩኑ
ክልቲኦም ኣዕሩኽ ኮይኖም ኣለዉ።
a‘əruḥ kunu
kəlti‘om a‘əruḥ koy‘nom alew.
become friends
The two have become friends.
ምሕላፍ ብ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።
mihlaf bi
kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.
pass by
The two pass by each other.