Vocabulary

ምእማን

ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።

m‘ēmān

bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.

persuade

She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.

ዘሊሉ

ናብ ማይ ዘሊሉ ኣተወ።

zēlīlu

nab māy zēlīlu ātēw.

jump

He jumped into the water.

መሪሕነት

ነታ ጓል ብኢዳ ይመርሓ።

meriHeneT

neta ga‘al be‘eda yiMerha.

lead

He leads the girl by the hand.

ምግምጋም

ኣፈፃፅማ እቲ ትካል ይግምግም።

miggigam

afets‘ats‘ma iti tik‘al yigiggim.

evaluate

He evaluates the performance of the company.

ስራሕ

ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ዝሓሸ ስራሕ እያ ትሰርሕ።

srah

kab wedi teba’tay z’hashe srah eya ts‘rah.

work

She works better than a man.

ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ

ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።

b‘mekina nab geza‘ka

dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.

drive home

After shopping, the two drive home.

ምምርዓው

እዞም መጻምድቲ ገና ተመርዕዮም ኣለዉ።

məmrə‘aw

əzom məsamədit gəna təmər‘əyom aləw.

marry

The couple has just gotten married.

ኣገልግሉ

እቲ ኣገልጋሊ ነቲ መግቢ የቕርቦ።

ǝgǝlgǝlu

ǝti ǝgǝlgālǝ nǝti mǝgbǝ yǝ‘ǝrbǝwo.

serve

The waiter serves the food.

ኣጉልሕ

ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

agul‘h

b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.

emphasize

You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.

ንጎኒ ገዲፍካ ምቕማጥ

ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ወርሒ ንደሓር ዝኸውን ገንዘብ ክምድብ እደሊ።

ngǝgǝnǝ gǝdǝfka mǝkmāt

ǝb nǝfsǝ wǝkf wǝrḥǝ ndǝḥǝr zkǝwn gǝnzǝb kmǝdb ǝdelǝ.

set aside

I want to set aside some money for later every month.

ኣንጻሩ ሓሶት

እቲ ሓወልቲ ኣሎ - ልክዕ ኣብ መንጽር እዩ ዘሎ!

an-tsaru hasot

eti hawel-ti a-lo - lek-e ab men-tser eyu ze-lo!

lie opposite

There is the castle - it lies right opposite!

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.