Vocabulary

ትጽቢት

ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።

tsibit

haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.

expect

My sister is expecting a child.

ኮፍ በል

ጸሓይ ክትዓርብ ከላ ኣብ ጥቓ ባሕሪ ኮፍ ትብል።

kof bel

ṣǝḥāy kǝtǝʕǝrb kǝlla ǝb ṭǝqa baḥrī kof tǝbl.

sit down

She sits by the sea at sunset.

ይቕጽል

ካራቫን ጉዕዞኡ ይቕጽል።

yi-qtil

ka-ra-van gu-e-zo-u yi-qtil.

continue

The caravan continues its journey.

መሪሕነት

እቲ ዝያዳ ምኩር ተጓዓዛይ ኩሉ ግዜ ይመርሕ።

meriHeneT

eti ze‘yada muKuR tegu‘a‘aza‘yi kulu gizye yiMerH.

lead

The most experienced hiker always leads.

ምቕራብ

ንሳ ድማ ነቲ ዕምባባታት ማይ ክትህቦ ዕድመ ኣቕረበትሉ።

mǝqrab

nǝsa dǝma nǝti ǝmbǝḅaṭaṭ may kǝthǝbo ǝdǝmǝ aqrǝbtǝlu.

offer

She offered to water the flowers.

ክትከይድ ኣለካ

ብህጹጽ ዕረፍቲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ፤ ክኸይድ ኣለኒ!

ktikēyd āleka

bhīṣūṣ ‘ereftī yedilyenī alō; kkēyd ālenī!

need to go

I urgently need a vacation; I have to go!

ርግጽ

ኣብ ማርሻል ኣርትስ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ክትረግጽ ክትክእል ኣለካ።

rg‘ṣ

ab marshal art‘s tsbuq gerka ktrg‘ṣ kt‘kel aleka.

kick

In martial arts, you must be able to kick well.

ሓሶት

ብዙሕ ግዜ ሓደ ነገር ክሸይጥ ምስ ዝደሊ ይሕሱ።

hasot

bizuh gez hade ne-gar kesh-yit mis ze-de-li yi-hsu.

lie

He often lies when he wants to sell something.

ምግዓዝ

ብዙሕ ምንቅስቓስ ጥዕና ዘለዎ’ዩ።

miggāz

bzuḥ menqesqes t‘ena zelew‘oyu.

move

It’s healthy to move a lot.

ግብሪ

ትካላት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ግብሪ ይኽፈላ።

gibri

tik’alat bəztəfalaləye məngədi gibri yəkhəfəla.

tax

Companies are taxed in various ways.

ደው ኢልካ ምግዳፍ

ሎሚ ብዙሓት መካይኖም ደው ኢሎም ክገድፉ ኣለዎም።

deW eLka megedaf

lomi bezuHat meka‘enom deW eLom kegedefu alewom.

leave standing

Today many have to leave their cars standing.

ምሉእ ብምሉእ

ነቲ ከቢድ ዕማም ፈጺሞምዎ ኣለዉ።

mlu‘ bmlu‘

neti kibid imam fetsimomwo alew.

complete

They have completed the difficult task.