Vocabulary

Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ትጽቢት
ሓፍተይ ቆልዓ ትጽበ ኣላ።
tsibit
haftey kol‘a ts‘be ala.
expect
My sister is expecting a child.
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.
መጓዓዝያ
እታ ናይ ጽዕነት መኪና ነቲ ኣቕሓ እያ እተጓዕዞ።
megu‘aaziya
ita nay tsi‘net mekina neti akha eya iteg‘ezo.
transport
The truck transports the goods.
ልምምድ
መዓልታዊ ብስኬትቦርዱ ይለማመድ።
ləm-məd
məʿāl-tāwī bə-skēt-bōrdū yə-lə-māməd.
practice
He practices every day with his skateboard.
ፍቀድ
ኣቦይ ብኣካልኩም ኮምፒዩተርኩም ኣይፍቀድን።
feqed
aboy bakalkum kompiyoter‘kum ayfeqeden.
allow
The father didn’t allow him to use his computer.
ንገድፎ
ነቲ መትሓዚ ክትገድፎ የብልካን!
ne-ged-fo
na-ti met-ha-zi ket-ged-fo ye-bil-kan!
let go
You must not let go of the grip!
መልሲ
ንሳ ድማ ብሕቶ መለሰትሉ።
mel‘si
nesa d‘ma b‘h‘to meleseṭelu.
respond
She responded with a question.
ድቃስ ኣብ
ኣብ መወዳእታ ንሓንቲ ለይቲ ክድቅሱ ይደልዩ።
dǝqās ǝb
ǝb mǝwǝdaʕǝta nǝḥāntī lǝytī kǝdǝqsu yǝdǝlyǝ.
sleep in
They want to finally sleep in for one night.
ንምርኣይ
ገንዘቡ ከርኢ ይፈቱ።
nəmrʾay
gənəzbu krəʾ yəfətu.
show off
He likes to show off his money.
ለይቲ ምሕዳር
ኣብ መኪና ኢና ንሓድር ዘለና።
ləyti məḥdār
ab məkīna ēna nəḥādr zəlēna.
spend the night
We are spending the night in the car.
ሕትመት
መጻሕፍትን ጋዜጣታትን ይሕተሙ ኣለዉ።
hitəmət
məsahəftən gäzətatən yəhətəmu aləw.
print
Books and newspapers are being printed.
ምድፋእ
እታ ነርስ ነቲ ሕሙም ኣብ ዓረብያ ስንኩላን ትደፍኦ።
mədfaʿ
ʾəta nərs nəti ħəmum ʾab ʿarəbya sənkulan tədəfaʿo.
push
The nurse pushes the patient in a wheelchair.