English–Tigrinya Dictionary

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Word	Part of speech	Translation	Example
I	pronoun	ኣነ	I am ready now. ኣነ ሕጂ ድሉው እየ።
you	pronoun	ንስኻ	You are my friend. ንስኻ ዓርከይ ኢኻ።
he	pronoun	ንሱ	He is at home. ንሱ ኣብ ገዛ ኣሎ።
she	pronoun	ንሳ	She is very happy. ንሳ ብጣዕሚ ሕጉስቲ እያ።
we	pronoun	ንሕና	We work every day. ንሕና ኩሉ መዓልቲ ንሰርሕ።
they	pronoun	ንሳቶም	They come every morning. ንሳቶም ኩሉ ንግሆ ይመጹ።
what	pronoun	እንታይ	What do you want now? ሕጂ እንታይ ትደሊ፧
where	adverb	ኣበይ	Where is your house? ገዛኻ ኣበይ ኣሎ፧
when	adverb	መዓስ	When will you come? መዓስ ክትመጽእ ኢኻ፧
who	pronoun	መን	Who is that man? እቲ ሰብኣይ መን እዩ፧
why	adverb	ስለምንታይ	Why are you sad? ስለምንታይ ሓዚንካ፧
how	adverb	ከመይ	How do you know? ከመይ ጌርካ ትፈልጥ፧
to be	verb	ኮነ	The water is cold. እቲ ማይ ዝሑል እዩ።
to have	verb	ኣለዎ
to do	verb	ገበረ	I do my work well. ኣነ ስርሐይ ጽቡቕ እገብር።
to go	verb	ከደ	We go to school daily. ንሕና መዓልታዊ ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ንኸይድ።
to come	verb	መጸ	They come in the evening. ንሳቶም ምሸት ይመጹ።
to see	verb	ረአየ	I see a big tree. ኣነ ዓብዪ ኦም እርኢ።
to know	verb	ፈለጠ	She knows the answer. ንሳ ነቲ መልሲ ትፈልጦ።
to think	verb	ሓሰበ	I think about my family. ኣነ ብዛዕባ ስድራይ እሓስብ።
to want	verb	ደለየ	They want more water. ንሳቶም ተወሳኺ ማይ ይደልዩ።
to need	verb	ደለየ
to make	verb	ገበረ
to take	verb	ወሰደ	Please take this book home. በጃኻ እዛ መጽሓፍ ናብ ገዛ ውሰዳ።
to give	verb	ሃበ	I give you the money. ኣነ ነቲ ገንዘብ እህበካ።
to say	verb	በለ	She says the truth. ንሳ ሓቂ ትብል።
to tell	verb	ነገረ	Tell me the story. ነታ ዛንታ ንገረኒ።
to ask	verb	ሓተተ	I ask a simple question. ኣነ ቀሊል ሕቶ እሓትት።
to find	verb	ረኸበ	We found the lost key. ንሕና ነቲ ዝጠፍአ መፍትሕ ረኺብናዮ።
to look	verb	ጠመተ	Look at the sky. ናብ ሰማይ ጠምት።
to use	verb	ተጠቐመ	We use water every day. ንሕና ኩሉ መዓልቲ ማይ ንጥቀም።
to work	verb	ሰርሐ	They work in the city. ንሳቶም ኣብ ከተማ ይሰርሑ።
to eat	verb	በልዐ	The child eats bread. እቲ ቆልዓ ባኒ ይበልዕ።
to drink	verb	ሰተየ	I drink tea every morning. ኣነ ኩሉ ንግሆ ሻሂ እሰቲ።
to sleep	verb	ደቀሰ	The baby sleeps now. እቲ ሕጻን ሕጂ ደቂሱ ኣሎ።
to walk	verb	ተመላለሰ
to run	verb	ጎየየ	The boy runs fast. እቲ ወዲ ቀልጢፉ ይጎዪ።
to read	verb	ኣንበበ	She reads a new book. ንሳ ሓዳስ መጽሓፍ ተንብብ።
to write	verb	ጸሓፈ	I write my name here. ኣነ ኣብዚ ሽመይ እጽሕፍ።
to speak	verb	ተዛረበ	They speak Tigrinya well. ንሳቶም ትግርኛ ጽቡቕ ይዛረቡ።
to listen	verb	ሰምዐ
to hear	verb	ሰምዐ	I hear the music clearly. ኣነ ነቲ ሙዚቃ ብግልጺ እሰምዖ።
to buy	verb	ዓደገ	We buy fresh fruit today. ንሕና ሎሚ ሓድሽ ፍረ ንዕድግ።
to sell	verb	ሸጠ	They sell coffee here. ንሳቶም ኣብዚ ቡን ይሸጡ።
to pay	verb	ከፈለ	I pay for the bread. ኣነ ንባኒ እኸፍል።
to help	verb	ሓገዘ	Please help the child. በጃኻ ነቲ ቆልዓ ሓግዞ።
to love	verb	ፈተወ	I love my family deeply. ኣነ ንስድራይ ኣዝየ እፈትዋ።
to live	verb	ነበረ	We live in this city. ንሕና ኣብዛ ከተማ ንነብር።
to die	verb	ሞተ	The old man died yesterday. እቲ ኣረጊት ሰብኣይ ትማሊ ሞይቱ።
to learn	verb	ተማህረ	Children learn at school. ቆልዑ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ይመሃሩ።
to teach	verb	መሃረ	They teach the new language. ንሳቶም ነቲ ሓድሽ ቋንቋ የምህሩ።
to open	verb	ከፈተ	Open the door slowly. ነታ ማዕጾ ቀስ ኢልካ ክፈታ።
to close	verb	ዓጸወ	Close the window now.
person	noun	ሰብ	Every person needs water. ኩሉ ሰብ ማይ የድልዮ።
man	noun	ሰብኣይ	That man is my father. እቲ ሰብኣይ ኣቦይ እዩ።
woman	noun	ሰበይቲ	The woman is very kind. እታ ሰበይቲ ብጣዕሚ ሕያወይቲ እያ።
child	noun	ቆልዓ	The child is sleeping. እቲ ቆልዓ ደቂሱ ኣሎ።
boy	noun	ወዲ	The boy reads quietly. እቲ ወዲ ብህድኣት የንብብ።
girl	noun	ጓል	The girl sings well.
family	noun	ስድራ	My family lives here. ስድራይ ኣብዚ ይነብር።
mother	noun	ኣደ	My mother is at home. ኣደይ ኣብ ገዛ ኣላ።
father	noun	ኣቦ	My father drinks coffee. ኣቦይ ቡን ይሰቲ።
friend	noun	ዓርኪ	She is my best friend. ንሳ ዝበለጸት ዓርከይ እያ።
house	noun	ገዛ	Their house is big. ገዛኦም ዓብዪ እዩ።
home	noun	ቤት
school	noun	ቤት ትምህርቲ	The school is nearby. እቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ቀረባ እዩ።
city	noun	ከተማ	This city is very busy. እዛ ከተማ ብጣዕሚ ጽቕጥቕጥ እያ።
country	noun	ሃገር	Our country is beautiful. ሃገርና ጽብቕቲ እያ።
world	noun	ዓለም	The world is changing fast. ዓለም ቀልጢፋ ትቕየር ኣላ።
street	noun	ጎደና	The street is very long. እቲ ጎደና ብጣዕሚ ነዊሕ እዩ።
room	noun	ክፍሊ	The room is clean. እቲ ክፍሊ ጽሩይ እዩ።
time	noun	ግዜ	Time goes very quickly. ግዜ ብጣዕሚ ቀልጢፉ ይሓልፍ።
day	noun	መዓልቲ	Today is a good day. ሎሚ ጽብቕቲ መዓልቲ እያ።
night	noun	ለይቲ	The night is cold. እታ ለይቲ ዝሑልቲ እያ።
morning	noun	ንግሆ	The morning is fresh. እቲ ንግሆ ሓድሽ እዩ።
evening	noun	ምሸት	We walk every evening. ንሕና ኩሉ ምሸት ንመላለስ።
week	noun	ሰሙን	I work every week. ኣነ ኩሉ ሰሙን እሰርሕ።
month	noun	ወርሒ	Next month will be busy. ዝመጽእ ወርሒ ጽቕጥቕጥ ክኸውን እዩ።
year	noun	ዓመት	This year is important. እዛ ዓመት ኣገዳሲት እያ።
today	adverb	ሎሚ	I am busy today. ኣነ ሎሚ ጽቕጥቕጥ ኣለኒ።
tomorrow	adverb	ጽባሕ	We will go tomorrow. ንሕና ጽባሕ ክንከይድ ኢና።
yesterday	adverb	ትማሊ	She came yesterday evening. ንሳ ትማሊ ምሸት መጺኣ።
now	adverb	ሕጂ	Come here now. ሕጂ ናብዚ ንዓ።
sun	noun	ጸሓይ	The sun is very hot. ጸሓይ ብጣዕሚ ሙቕ እያ።
moon	noun	ወርሒ	The moon is bright tonight. ሎሚ ለይቲ ወርሒ ብሩህ እዩ።
star	noun	ኮኾብ	A star shines above. ኮኾብ ኣብ ላዕሊ ይበርህ።
sky	noun	ሰማይ	The sky is blue. ሰማይ ሰማያዊ እዩ።
earth	noun	ምድሪ	The earth is our home. ምድሪ ቤትና እያ።
fire	noun	ሓዊ	The fire is very hot. እቲ ሓዊ ብጣዕሚ ሙቕ እዩ።
water	noun	ማይ	The water is clean. እቲ ማይ ጽሩይ እዩ።
rain	noun	ዝናብ	The rain falls softly. እቲ ዝናብ ቀስ ኢሉ ይወርድ።
wind	noun	ንፋስ	The wind is strong today. ሎሚ እቲ ንፋስ ሓያል እዩ።
tree	noun	ኦም	That tree is very tall. እቲ ኦም ብጣዕሚ ነዊሕ እዩ።
flower	noun	ዕምባባ	The flower is beautiful. እቲ ዕምባባ ጽቡቕ እዩ።
mountain	noun	ከረን	The mountain is very high. እቲ ከረን ብጣዕሚ ልዑል እዩ።
river	noun	ርባ	The river is wide.
sea	noun	ባሕሪ	The sea is calm today. ሎሚ እቲ ባሕሪ ህድእ እዩ።
food	noun	ምግቢ	The food is ready. እቲ ምግቢ ድሉው እዩ።
bread	noun	ባኒ	I eat bread daily. ኣነ መዓልታዊ ባኒ እበልዕ።
rice	noun	ሩዝ	We cook rice tonight. ንሕና ሎሚ ለይቲ ሩዝ ንኽሽን።
meat	noun	ስጋ	The meat is fresh. እቲ ስጋ ሓድሽ እዩ።
fish	noun	ዓሳ	The fish is delicious.
egg	noun	እንቋቑሖ	The child eats an egg. እቲ ቆልዓ እንቋቑሖ ይበልዕ።
milk	noun	ጸባ	The baby drinks milk. እቲ ሕጻን ጸባ ይሰቲ።
fruit	noun	ፍረ	This fruit is sweet. እዚ ፍረ ጥዑም እዩ።
tea	noun	ሻሂ	Tea is hot now. ሕጂ ሻሂ ሙቕ እዩ።
coffee	noun	ቡን	We drink coffee together. ንሕና ቡን ሓቢርና ንሰቲ።
head	noun	ርእሲ	My head hurts today.
eye	noun	ዓይኒ	Her eye is red. ዓይና ቀይሕ እዩ።
ear	noun	እዝኒ	My ear hears well.
mouth	noun	ኣፍ	Open your mouth wide. ኣፍካ ሰፊሕ ክፈቶ።
nose	noun	ኣፍንጫ	His nose is small. ኣፍንጭኡ ንእሽቶ እዩ።
hand	noun	ኢድ	My hand is cold. ኢደይ ዝሑል እዩ።
foot	noun	እግሪ	My foot hurts now.
heart	noun	ልቢ	Her heart is strong.
name	noun	ሽም	My name is Daniel. ሽመይ ዳንኤል እዩ።
book	noun	መጽሓፍ	This book is new. እዛ መጽሓፍ ሓዳስ እያ።
word	noun	ቃል	That word is important. እቲ ቃል ኣገዳሲ እዩ።
language	noun	ቋንቋ	Tigrinya is a beautiful language. ትግርኛ ጽቡቕ ቋንቋ እዩ።
money	noun	ገንዘብ	I need more money. ኣነ ተወሳኺ ገንዘብ የድልየኒ።
work	noun	ስራሕ	My work is difficult. ስራሐይ ከቢድ እዩ።
love	noun	ፍቕሪ	Love is very important. ፍቕሪ ብጣዕሚ ኣገዳሲ እዩ።
music	noun	ሙዚቃ	The music is beautiful. እቲ ሙዚቃ ጽቡቕ እዩ።
story	noun	ዛንታ	The story is very interesting.
way	noun	መገዲ	This way is easier. እዚ መገዲ ዝቐለለ እዩ።
thing	noun	ነገር	This thing is useful. እዚ ነገር ጠቓሚ እዩ።
life	noun	ህይወት	Life is not easy. ህይወት ቀሊል ኣይኮነን።
door	noun	ማዕጾ	The door is open. እታ ማዕጾ ተኸፊታ ኣላ።
table	noun	ጣውላ	The book is on the table. እታ መጽሓፍ ኣብ ጣውላ ኣላ።
chair	noun	መንበር	The chair is broken.
car	noun	መኪና	The car is new. እታ መኪና ሓዳስ እያ።
good	adjective	ጽቡቕ	This book is good. እዛ መጽሓፍ ጽቡቕ እያ።
bad	adjective	ሕማቕ	The food is bad. እቲ ምግቢ ሕማቕ እዩ።
big	adjective	ዓብዪ	They have a big house. ንሳቶም ዓብዪ ገዛ ኣለዎም።
small	adjective	ንእሽቶ	The room is small. እቲ ክፍሊ ንእሽቶ እዩ።
new	adjective	ሓድሽ	I bought a new car. ኣነ ሓዳስ መኪና ዓዲገ።
old	adjective	ኣረጊት	That house is old. እቲ ገዛ ኣረጊት እዩ።
long	adjective	ነዊሕ	The street is long. እቲ ጎደና ነዊሕ እዩ።
short	adjective	ሓጺር	This word is short. እዚ ቃል ሓጺር እዩ።
high	adjective	ልዑል	That mountain is high. እቲ ከረን ልዑል እዩ።
low	adjective	ትሑት	The wall is low.
hot	adjective	ሙቕ	The tea is hot. እቲ ሻሂ ሙቕ እዩ።
cold	adjective	ዝሑል	The water is cold. እቲ ማይ ዝሑል እዩ።
happy	adjective	ሕጉስ	The child is happy. እቲ ቆልዓ ሕጉስ እዩ።
sad	adjective	ሓዚን	She feels sad today. ንሳ ሎሚ ሓዚና ኣላ።
beautiful	adjective	ጽቡቕ	The flower is beautiful. እቲ ዕምባባ ጽቡቕ እዩ።
easy	adjective	ቀሊል	This lesson is easy. እዚ ትምህርቲ ቀሊል እዩ።
hard	adjective	ከቢድ	This work is hard. እዚ ስራሕ ከቢድ እዩ።
fast	adjective	ቀልጢፍ	The car is fast. እታ መኪና ቀልጢፋ እያ።
slow	adjective	ደንጓይ	The old man walks slow.
right	adjective	ቅኑዕ	Your answer is right. መልስኻ ቅኑዕ እዩ።
wrong	adjective	ጌጋ	That answer is wrong. እቲ መልሲ ጌጋ እዩ።
important	adjective	ኣገዳሲ	This meeting is important.
true	adjective	ሓቂ	This story is true. እዛ ዛንታ ሓቂ እያ።
full	adjective	ምሉእ	The room is full. እቲ ክፍሊ ምሉእ እዩ።
empty	adjective	ባዶ	The bottle is empty.
young	adjective	ንኡስ	He is still young. ንሱ ገና ንኡስ እዩ።
strong	adjective	ሓያል	That man is strong. እቲ ሰብኣይ ሓያል እዩ።
weak	adjective	ድኹም	The child feels weak. እቲ ቆልዓ ድኹም ይስምዖ።
red	adjective	ቀይሕ	The flower is red. እቲ ዕምባባ ቀይሕ እዩ።
blue	adjective	ሰማያዊ	The sky is blue. ሰማይ ሰማያዊ እዩ።
green	adjective	ቀጠልያ	The tree is green. እቲ ኦም ቀጠልያ እዩ።
yellow	adjective	ቢጫ	The flower is yellow. እቲ ዕምባባ ቢጫ እዩ።
black	adjective	ጸሊም	The car is black. እታ መኪና ጸሊም እያ።
white	adjective	ጻዕዳ	The milk is white. እቲ ጸባ ጻዕዳ እዩ።
yes	interjection	እወ	Yes, I understand. እወ፣ ተረዲአ።
no	interjection	ኣይፋል	No, I do not know. ኣይፋል፣ ኣይፈልጥን እየ።
not	adverb	ኣይ	I am not ready. ኣነ ድሉው ኣይኮንኩን።
and	conjunction	እና
or	conjunction	ወይ	Tea or coffee is fine. ሻሂ ወይ ቡን ጽቡቕ እዩ።
but	conjunction	ግን	I am tired, but happy. ኣነ ደኺመ ኣለኹ፣ ግን ሕጉስ እየ።
if	conjunction	እንተ	If you come, we go. እንተ መጺእካ፡ ንሕና ንኸይድ።
because	conjunction	ምኽንያቱ	I stayed home because rain fell.
with	preposition	ምስ	I came with my friend. ኣነ ምስ ዓርከይ መጺአ።
without	preposition	ብዘይ	He left without money. ንሱ ብዘይ ገንዘብ ከይዱ።
for	preposition	ን	This gift is for you. እዚ ህያብ ንዓኻ እዩ።
from	preposition	ካብ	She came from school. ንሳ ካብ ቤት ትምህርቲ መጺኣ።
to	preposition	ናብ	We went to the city. ንሕና ናብ ከተማ ከይድና።