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ACKNOWLEGEMENT

This book is dedicated to my family, in particular to my elder brother eng.Teklemariam. He has a good understanding of several programming languages as well as Andriod development (APK) and also he is a professional on webpage design. He is always on my side when I need him. He helped me on writing this book. I appreciate him for his great support. He pushed me forward to reach at the top. It is a great pleasure to work with him, as he is one of the most responsive persons I have ever worked with! Thank you, Teklino, for the help and guidance!



Table of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of Contents ትሕዝቶትሕዝቶትሕዝቶትሕዝቶ

1. Introduction/ መእተዊ............................................................................................................................ 5 2. Tigrigna Alphabets/ ፊደላት ትግርኛ................................................................................................... 6 3. Alphabets and Pictures/ፊደላት ምስ ስእሊ.......................................................................................... 8 4. Numbers / ቁጽርታት............................................................................................................................... 12

4.1 cardinal numbers / ኣሃዛትን................................................................................................. 12 4.2 Ordinal numbers / ቁጽርታት መስርዕ................................................................................ 13

5. Grammar / ሰዋስው................................................................................................................................. 13 5.1 Pronouns / ክንድ ስም............................................................................................................. 14 5.2 Verb / ግሲ................................................................................................................................. 15

A. Negative of the verb to be/ኣሉታዊ ግሲ ኩነት........................................................ 16 B. Verb to have / ግሲ ዋንነት............................................................................................ 16 C. Negative to the verb to have / ኣሉታዊ ግሲ ዋንነት............................................... 17 D. Verb to give and take in past/ግሲ ምሃብን ምውሳድን......................................... 18

5.3 Subject/ በዓል ቤት.................................................................................................................... 20 5.4 Possession/ ዋንነት..................................................................................................................... 20

6. Personal Identification/ መለለዪ........................................................................................................... 22 6.1 Introducing once self and others/ ሓድሕዳዊ ሌላ.................................................................... 22 6.2 Greeting/ ሰላምታ.............................................................................................................................. 23 6.3 Occupation/ ስራሕ............................................................................................................................ 24 6.4 Body Parts/ ክፍሊ ኣካላት................................................................................................................ 25

7. Daily Routine/ መዓልታዊ ናብራ.............................................................................................................. 27 8. Family/ ስድራ ቤት.......................................................................................................................................... 28 9. Family and relative / ስድራቤትን ኣዝማድን............................................................................................. 29 10. School / ቤት ትምህርቲ................................................................................................................................. 30 11. Days and months / መዓልትን ወርሕን...................................................................................................... 32 12. Transportation / መጓዓዝያ......................................................................................................................... 33 13. Eritrea Traditional food / ባህላዊ መግቢ............................................................................................... 35 14. Entertainment and lifestyle/ ምዝንጋዕን ኣገባብ ኣነባብራን................................................................. 40 14.1 Leisure activities/ ንጥፈታት ምዝንጋዕ................................................................................................. 40 14.2 Sport/ ስፖርት......................................................................................................................................... 41 14.3 Cinema/ ሲነማ....................................................................................................................................... 42 14.4 Library/ ቤት መጻሕፍቲ........................................................................................................................ 43 14.5 Health and life style/ ጥዕናን ኣገባብ ኣነባብራን.............................................................................. 44 15. Seasons/ ወቕቲ................................................................................................................................................ 44 16. Animals/ እንስሳታት........................................................................................................................................ 44 16.1 Domestic Animals/ እንስሳ ዘቤት........................................................................................................ 44 16.2 Wild Animals/ እንስሳ ዘገዳም.............................................................................................................. 45 17. Fruit/ ፍሩታታት............................................................................................................................................... 45 18. Vegetables/ ኣሕምልቲ.................................................................................................................................... 46 19. Opposites/ ኣንጻር............................................................................................................................................ 46 20. Minerals and others/ ማዕድንን ካልኦትን.................................................................................................. 47 21. Urban and rural/ ከተማን ገጠርን................................................................................................................. 49 22. Government/ መንግስቲ.................................................................................................................................. 50



1.1.1.1. IntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroduction/ / / / መእተዊመእተዊመእተዊመእተዊ

ቀንዲ ዕላማ እዛ መጽሓፍ፥ ቋንቋና መሰረታዊ መግለጺ መንነትናን ባህልናን ክሳብ ዝኾነ፥ ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝነብር ህዝብና ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ንደቁ ኣብ ምምሃር ንዘጋጥም ሕጽረት መወከሲ ኣብ ምፍታሕ ዓቢ ኣበርክቶ ንምግባር ዝዓለመት እያ። ቋንቋን ባህልን ሃገርና ንኽንዕቅብ እምበኣር ንደቅና ቋንቆኦም ብዝግባእ ክምሃሩ ሓገዝና ክንልግሰሎም መድረኽ ዝጠልቦ ሓላፍነት ኩሉ ጉዱስ ዜጋ እዩ ።

እዛ መጽሓፍ እዚኣ እምበኣር ንኤርትራውያን ቆልዑ ኣብ ወጻኢ ሃገር ዝቕመጡ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ዋላ ውን ንመንእሰያትን ዓበይትን ሕጽረት ናይ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ንዘለዎም፥ መባእታዊ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ንኽህልዎም ንኽመሃሩ ኣዝያ ሓጋዚትን መሃሪትን መጽሓፍ እያ።

ሓፈሻዊ ትሕዝቶኣ ድማ፥ ኣብቲ መጀመርታ ምዕራፍ ብዛዕባ ፊደላት ትግርኛ ከተላልየና እያ፡ ካብ ካልኣይ ምዕራፍ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ መወዳእታ ድማ ብዛዕባ ሓፈሻዊ ቃላት ትግርኛ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኣጋጣሚታት ከም ስራሕ፣ ትምህርቲ፡ ሌላ፡ ዕላል፡ መነባብሮ . . . ወዘተ እንጥቀመሎም ቃላትን ኣበሃህላን ንኽንፈልጥ ከተኽእለና እያ።



2. Tigringna AAAAlphabets/ፊደላትፊደላትፊደላትፊደላት ትግርኛትግርኛትግርኛትግርኛ

ሀሀሀሀ ሁሁሁሁ ሂሂሂሂ ሃሃሃሃ ሄሄሄሄ ህህህህ ሆሆሆሆ he hu hi ha hie h ho ለለለለ ሉሉሉሉ ሊሊሊሊ ላላላላ ሌሌሌሌ ልልልል ሎሎሎሎ le lu li la lie l lo ሐሐሐሐ ሑሑሑሑ ሒሒሒሒ ሓሓሓሓ ሔሔሔሔ ሕሕሕሕ ሖሖሖሖ He Hu Hi Ha Hie H Ho መመመመ ሙሙሙሙ ሚሚሚሚ ማማማማ ሜሜሜሜ ምምምም ሞሞሞሞ me mu mi ma mie m mo ሰሰሰሰ ሱሱሱሱ ሲሲሲሲ ሳሳሳሳ ሴሴሴሴ ስስስስ ሶሶሶሶ se su si sa sie s so ሸሸሸሸ ሹሹሹሹ ሺሺሺሺ ሻሻሻሻ ሼሼሼሼ ሽሽሽሽ ሾሾሾሾ she shu shi sha shie sh sho ቀቀቀቀ ቁቁቁቁ ቂቂቂቂ ቃቃቃቃ ቄቄቄቄ ቅቅቅቅ ቆቆቆቆ qe qu qi qa qie q qo በበበበ ቡቡቡቡ ቢቢቢቢ ባባባባ ቤቤቤቤ ብብብብ ቦቦቦቦ be bu bi ba bie b bo ተተተተ ቱቱቱቱ ቲቲቲቲ ታታታታ ቴቴቴቴ ትትትት ቶቶቶቶ te tu ti ta tie t to ቸቸቸቸ ቹቹቹቹ ቺቺቺቺ ቻቻቻቻ ቼቼቼቼ ችችችች ቾቾቾቾ che chu chi cha chie ch cho ነነነነ ኑኑኑኑ ኒኒኒኒ ናናናና ኔኔኔኔ ንንንን ኖኖኖኖ ne nu ni na nie n no ኘኘኘኘ ኙኙኙኙ ኚኚኚኚ ኛኛኛኛ ኜኜኜኜ ኝኝኝኝ ኞኞኞኞ gne gnu gni gna gnie gn gno አአአአ ኡኡኡኡ ኢኢኢኢ ኣኣኣኣ ኤኤኤኤ እእእእ ኦኦኦኦ ae u e a aie ei o ከከከከ ኩኩኩኩ ኪኪኪኪ ካካካካ ኬኬኬኬ ክክክክ ኮኮኮኮ ke ku ki ka kie k ko



ወወወወ ዉዉዉዉ ዊዊዊዊ ዋዋዋዋ ዌዌዌዌ ውውውው ዎዎዎዎ we wu wi wa wie w wo ዐዐዐዐ ዑዑዑዑ ዒዒዒዒ ዓዓዓዓ ዔዔዔዔ ዕዕዕዕ ዖዖዖዖ ae u i a aie e o ዘዘዘዘ ዙዙዙዙ ዚዚዚዚ ዛዛዛዛ ዜዜዜዜ ዝዝዝዝ ዞዞዞዞ ze zu zi za zie z zo ጀጀጀጀ ጁጁጁጁ ጂጂጂጂ ጃጃጃጃ ጄጄጄጄ ጅጅጅጅ ጆጆጆጆ je ju ji ja jie j jo የየየየ ዩዩዩዩ ዪዪዪዪ ያያያያ ዬዬዬዬ ይይይይ ዮዮዮዮ ye yu yi ya yie y yo ደደደደ ዱዱዱዱ ዲዲዲዲ ዳዳዳዳ ዴዴዴዴ ድድድድ ዶዶዶዶ de du di da die d do ገገገገ ጉጉጉጉ ጊጊጊጊ ጋጋጋጋ ጌጌጌጌ ግግግግ ጎጎጎጎ ge gu gi ga gie g go ጸጸጸጸ ጹጹጹጹ ጺጺጺጺ ጻጻጻጻ ጼጼጼጼ ጽጽጽጽ ጾጾጾጾ tse tsu tsi tsa tsie ts tso ጨጨጨጨ ጩጩጩጩ ጪጪጪጪ ጫጫጫጫ ጬጬጬጬ ጭጭጭጭ ጮጮጮጮ che chu chi cha chie ch cho ጰጰጰጰ ጱጱጱጱ ጲጲጲጲ ጳጳጳጳ ጴጴጴጴ ጵጵጵጵ ጶጶጶጶ pe pu pi pa pie p po ፈፈፈፈ ፉፉፉፉ ፊፊፊፊ ፋፋፋፋ ፌፌፌፌ ፍፍፍፍ ፎፎፎፎ fe fu fi fa fie f fo ኸኸኸኸ ኹኹኹኹ ኺኺኺኺ ኻኻኻኻ ኼኼኼኼ ኽኽኽኽ ኾኾኾኾ Khe Khu Khi Kha Khie Kh Kho ቐቐቐቐ ቑቑቑቑ ቒቒቒቒ ቓቓቓቓ ቔቔቔቔ ቕቕቕቕ ቖቖቖቖ que qu qui qa quie qh qho ቨቨቨቨ ቩቩቩቩ ቪቪቪቪ ቫቫቫቫ ቬቬቬቬ ቭቭቭቭ ቮቮቮቮ ve vu vi va vie v vo



3. 3. 3. 3. Alphabets and PictureAlphabets and PictureAlphabets and PictureAlphabets and Picturessss ////ፊደላትፊደላትፊደላትፊደላት ምስምስምስምስ ስእሊስእሊስእሊስእሊ

Tigrigna Tigrigna Tigrigna Tigrigna AlphabetAlphabetAlphabetAlphabets and wos and wos and wos and wordsrdsrdsrds PronunciationPronunciationPronunciationPronunciation PicturePicturePicturePicture

በበበበ በጊዕበጊዕበጊዕበጊዕ begiee

ላላላላ ላምላምላምላም lam

ኣ ኣድጊ adgi

ፈ ፈረስ feres



ደ ደርሆ derho

ገ ገመል gemel

ከ ከልቢ kelbi

ጨጨጨጨ ጨራሩጨራሩጨራሩጨራሩ cheraru



ነነነነ ነብሪነብሪነብሪነብሪ nebri

ዓዓዓዓ ዓራትዓራትዓራትዓራት arat

ሓሓሓሓ ሓኪምሓኪምሓኪምሓኪም hakim

ኮኮኮኮ ኮምኮምኮምኮምፒፒፒፒተርተርተርተር computer



ማማማማ ማርቴሎማርቴሎማርቴሎማርቴሎ martielo

ሽሽሽሽ ሽምዓሽምዓሽምዓሽምዓ shmaashmaashmaashmaa

ሰሰሰሰ ሰዓትሰዓትሰዓትሰዓት seat

መመመመ መርከብመርከብመርከብመርከብ merkeb

ትትትት ትራክተርትራክተርትራክተርትራክተር trakter



4444. . . . NumbersNumbersNumbersNumbers////ቁጽርታትቁጽርታትቁጽርታትቁጽርታት

4.1. Cardinal numbers/Cardinal numbers/Cardinal numbers/Cardinal numbers/ኣሃዛትኣሃዛትኣሃዛትኣሃዛት

No.No.No.No. TigrignaTigrignaTigrignaTigrigna PronunciationPronunciationPronunciationPronunciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

0 ባዶባዶባዶባዶ zero zero

1111 ሓደሓደሓደሓደ hade One 2222 ክልተክልተክልተክልተ klte TWo 3333 ሰለስተሰለስተሰለስተሰለስተ seleste Three 4 ኣርባዕተኣርባዕተኣርባዕተኣርባዕተ arbaete Four

5 ሓሙሽተሓሙሽተሓሙሽተሓሙሽተ hamuste Five

6666 ሽዱሽተሽዱሽተሽዱሽተሽዱሽተ shudushte Six 7 ሸውዓተሸውዓተሸውዓተሸውዓተ shewate Seven

8888 ሸሞንተሸሞንተሸሞንተሸሞንተ shemonte Eight 9 ትሽዓተትሽዓተትሽዓተትሽዓተ tshate Nine

10 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ aserte Ten

11111111 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ሓደሓደሓደሓደ aserte hade Eleven 12121212 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ክልተክልተክልተክልተ aserte klte Twelve 13 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ሰለስተሰለስተሰለስተሰለስተ aserte sleste Thirteen

14 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ኣርባዕተኣርባዕተኣርባዕተኣርባዕተ aserte arbate Fourteen

15151515 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተሓሙሽተሓሙሽተሓሙሽተ aserte hamushte Fifteen 16161616 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ሽዱሽተሽዱሽተሽዱሽተሽዱሽተ aserte shdushte Sixteen 17171717 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ሸውዓተሸውዓተሸውዓተሸውዓተ aserte shewate Seveteen 18 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ሸሞንተሸሞንተሸሞንተሸሞንተ aserte shemonte Eighteen

19 ዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተዓሰርተ ትሽዓተትሽዓተትሽዓተትሽዓተ aserte tshate Nineteen

20202020 ዕስራዕስራዕስራዕስራ esra Twenty

21 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ሓደንሓደንሓደንሓደን esran haden Twenty one

22222222 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ክልተንክልተንክልተንክልተን esran klten Twenty two 23 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ሰለስተንሰለስተንሰለስተንሰለስተን esran selesten Twenty three 24 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ኣርባዕተንኣርባዕተንኣርባዕተንኣርባዕተን esran arbaten Twenty four



25252525 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ሓሙሽተንሓሙሽተንሓሙሽተንሓሙሽተን esran hamushten Twenty Five 26262626 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ሽዱሽተንሽዱሽተንሽዱሽተንሽዱሽተን esran shdushten Twenty Six 27 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ሸውዓተንሸውዓተንሸውዓተንሸውዓተን esran shewaten Twenty Seven

28 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ሸሞንተንሸሞንተንሸሞንተንሸሞንተን esran shemonten Twenty Eight 29 ዕስራንዕስራንዕስራንዕስራን ትሽትሽትሽትሽዓተንዓተንዓተንዓተን esran tshaten Twenty nine 30 ሰላሳሰላሳሰላሳሰላሳ selasa Thirty

40 ኣርብዓኣርብዓኣርብዓኣርብዓ arbea Fourty 50 ሓምሳሓምሳሓምሳሓምሳ hamusa Fifty 60 ሱሳሱሳሱሳሱሳ susa Sixty 70 ሰብዓሰብዓሰብዓሰብዓ sebaa Seventy 80 ሰማንያሰማንያሰማንያሰማንያ semanya Eighty 90 ተስዓተስዓተስዓተስዓ tesaa Ninety 100 ሚእቲሚእቲሚእቲሚእቲ mieti One Hundred

1000 ሓደሓደሓደሓደ ሽሕሽሕሽሕሽሕ hade shih One thousand

1, 000,000 ሓደሓደሓደሓደ ሚልዮንሚልዮንሚልዮንሚልዮን hade million One million

Exercise/መላመዲ

ካብ 1 ክሳብ 60 : ካብ 100 ክሳብ 150 : ካብ 1000 ክሳብ 1010ን ብ ትግርኛ ጸሓፍ።

4.2. Ordinal Numbers/Ordinal Numbers/Ordinal Numbers/Ordinal Numbers/ቁጽሪታትቁጽሪታትቁጽሪታትቁጽሪታት መስርዕመስርዕመስርዕመስርዕ

TigrignaTigrignaTigrignaTigrigna PrononciationPrononciationPrononciationPrononciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

ቀዳማይቀዳማይቀዳማይቀዳማይ qedamay First

ካልኣይካልኣይካልኣይካልኣይ kalay second

ሳልሳይሳልሳይሳልሳይሳልሳይ salsay third

ራብዓይራብዓይራብዓይራብዓይ rabay forth



ሓምሻይሓምሻይሓምሻይሓምሻይ hamushay fifth

ሻድሻይሻድሻይሻድሻይሻድሻይ shadushay sixth

ሻብዓይሻብዓይሻብዓይሻብዓይ shabuay seventh

ሻምናይሻምናይሻምናይሻምናይ shamunay eighth

ታሽዓይታሽዓይታሽዓይታሽዓይ tashay ninth

ዓስራይዓስራይዓስራይዓስራይ asray tenth

5555. . . . GrammarGrammarGrammarGrammar////ሰዋስውሰዋስውሰዋስውሰዋስው

5555.1 .1 .1 .1 PPPPronounsronounsronounsronouns////ክንድክንድክንድክንድ ስምስምስምስም

TigrignaTigrignaTigrignaTigrigna PrononciationPrononciationPrononciationPrononciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

ኣነ ane I

ንስኻ nska You

ንስኺ nski You

ንስኻትኩም nskatkum You

ንስኻትክን nskatkn You

ንሱ nsu He

ንሳ nsa She

ንሕና nhna We

ንሳቶም nsatom They

ንሳተን nsaten They

ንበይነይ nbeyney By myself

ምሳይ msay With me

ምሳኻ/ኺ/ኹም/ኽን msaka/ msaki/ msakum/ msakn With you

ምስኡ msu With him

ምስኣ msa With her



ምስኦም/ምስአን msom/msaten With them

ምሳና msana With us

Example/ ንኣብነት

TigrignaTigrignaTigrignaTigrigna PronunciationPronunciationPronunciationPronunciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

ኣነ ተመሃራይ እየ። ane temaharay eye I am a student.

ንስኻ ንፉዕ ኢኻ። nska nfue eka You are good.

ንስኺ ጽብቕቲ ኢኺ። nski tsbqti eki You are beautiful.

ንስኻትኩም ኤርትራውያን ኢኹም። nskatkum ertawyan ek You are Eritrean.

ንስኻትክን ጀጋኑ ኢኽን። nskatkn jeganu ekn You are a hero.

ንሱ ዓርከይ እዩ። nsu arkey eu He is my boy friend.

ንሳ ነዋሕ እያ። nsa newah eya She is tall.

ንሕና ኣሕዋት ኢና። nhna ahwat We are brothers.

ንሕና ኣሓት ኢና። nhna ahat We are sisters.

ንሳቶም ምሳና እዮም። nsatom msana eyom They are with us.

ንሳተን ኣሓት እየን። nsaten ahat eyen They are sisters.

5555.2 .2 .2 .2 Verb Verb Verb Verb ((((verb to beverb to beverb to beverb to be))))////ግሲግሲግሲግሲ

Tigrigna Pronunciation English

ኢየ eye I am

ኢኻ eka You are

ኢኺ eki You are

ኢኹም ekum You are

ኢኽን ekn You are



ኢዩ eyu He is

ኢያ eya She is

ኢና ena We are

ኢዮም/ኢየን eyom They are

Exercise/ መላመዲ

1. Construct ten(10) full sentence in Tigrigna ዓሰርተ ሙሉእ ሓሳባት ስራሕ

A.A.A.A. Negative of the verb to beNegative of the verb to beNegative of the verb to beNegative of the verb to be Tigrigna Pronunciation English

ኣይኮንኩን aykonkun I am not

ኣይኮንካን aykonkan You are not

ኣይኮንክን aykonkn You are not

ኣይኮንኩምን aykonkumn You are not

ኣይኮንክንን aykonknn You are not

ኣይኮነን aykonen He is not

ኣይኮነትን aykonetn She is not

ኣይኮናን aykonnan We are not

ኣይኮኑን aykonun They are not

B.B.B.B. Verb to haveVerb to haveVerb to haveVerb to have////ግሲግሲግሲግሲ ዋንነትዋንነትዋንነትዋንነት Tigrigna Pronunciation English

ኣለኒ aleni I have

ኣለካ/ኣለኪ/ኣለዎም/ኣለወን aleka/aleki/alewom/alewen You have

ኣለዎ alewo He has

ኣለዋ alewa She has

ኣለና alena We have

ኣለዎም alewom They have

ኣለወን alewen They have



Exercise/መላመዲ Fill in the blank space in Tigrigna Example/ኣብነት

I have money ገንዘብ ኣለኒ

1. You have money _____________

2. You have money _____________

3. You have money _____________

4. You have money _____________

5. He has money _____________

6. She has money _____________

7. We have money _____________

8. They have money _____________

9. They have money _____________

C.C.C.C. Negative to the verb to have / Negative to the verb to have / Negative to the verb to have / Negative to the verb to have / ኣሉታዊኣሉታዊኣሉታዊኣሉታዊ ግሲግሲግሲግሲ ዋንነትዋንነትዋንነትዋንነት


የብለይን yebleyn I don’t have

የብልካን yeblkan You don’t have

የብልክን yeblkn You don’t have

የብልኩምን yeblkumn You don’t have

የብልክንን yeblknn You don’t have

የብሉን yeblun He doesn’t have

የብላን yeblan She doesn’t have

የብልናን yeblnan We don’t have

የብሎምን yeblomn They don’t have

የብለንን yeblenn They don’t have



Example/ ኣብነት I don’t have a car መኪና የብለይን 1. You don’t have a bicycle ________________ 2. You don’t have a pen ________________ 3. You don’t have a bag ________________ 4. You don’t have a book _________________ 5. He doesn’t have a mobile phone ___________________ 6. She doesn’t have a pencil __________________ 7. We don’t have a toilet _________________ 8. They don’t have a money _________________ 9. They don’t have a kitchen __________________

D.D.D.D. Verb to give and TVerb to give and TVerb to give and TVerb to give and Take in pastake in pastake in pastake in past////ግሲግሲግሲግሲ ምሃብንምሃብንምሃብንምሃብን ምውሳድንምውሳድንምውሳድንምውሳድን


ሂበ hibe I gave

ሂባ hiba She gave

ሂቡ hibu He gave

ወሲደ weside I took

ወሲዱ wesidu He took

ወሲዳ wesida She took

ሂብካ hibka You gave

ሂበካ hibeki You gave

ወሲድካ wesidka You took

ወሲድኪ wesidki You took

ሂብኩም hibkum You gave

ሂብክን hibkn You gave

ወሲድክን wesidkn You took



ወሲድኩም wesidkum You took

ሂቦም hibom They gave

ወሲዶም wesidom They took

ሃበኒ/ሃብኒ/ሃቡኒ/ሃባኒ habeni/habni/habuni/habani Give me

ሂበካ hibeka I gave you

ሂባትካ hibatka She gave you

ሂቦምኻ/ሂበናኻ hibomka/hibenaka They gave you

ሃቦ/ሃብዮ/ሃብዎ/ሃበኦ habo/habyo/habwo/habeo Give him

ሃባ /ሃብዋ/ሃበኣ/ haba/habewa/habea Give her

ሃቦም/ሃበን/ሃብኦም/ሃብዎም/ሃብዎም habom/haben/habom/habewom Give them

VocabulariesVocabulariesVocabulariesVocabularies////ቃላትቃላትቃላትቃላት


እንታይ entay What

መን men Who

ስለምንታይ slemntay Why

ኣበይ abbey Where

ኣበየናይ abeyenay Which

መዓስ meas When

ከመይ kemey How

ክንደይ kndey How much

ክንደይ ርሕቀት/ክንደይ ንውሓት kndey rhket/kndey nwhat How long



Asking Asking Asking Asking QQQQuestions/uestions/uestions/uestions/ኣተሓትታኣተሓትታኣተሓትታኣተሓትታ ሕቶሕቶሕቶሕቶ


እንታይ ማለትካ እዩ፧ entay maletka /maletki/maletkum/maletkn eyu What do you mean?

እዚ መን ኢዩ፧ ezi men eu Who is this?

እዚ እንታይ ኢዩ፧ ezi entay eyu What is this?

ስለምንታይ ከምኡ ጌርካ፧ slemntay kemu gerka Why do you do that?

ኣበይ ኣለኻ፧ abey aleka Where are you?

መዓስ ኢኻ ትመጽእ፧ Meas eka tmestsie When are you coming?

ክንደይ ከፊልካ፧ Kndey kefilka How much did you pay?

ክንደይ ኢኹም፧ Kndey ekum How many are you?

5555.3.3.3.3 SubjectSubjectSubjectSubject/ / / / በዓልበዓልበዓልበዓል ቤትቤትቤትቤት


እቲ (ንነገራት) eti/nnegerat It

እቲ/ንሰባት/ንርጉጽ ነገራት eti/nsebat The

እዚ ezi This

እቲ/እቲኣ eti/etia That

እቲኦም/እቲአን etiom/etien Those

ንሳቶም/ንሳተን nsatom/msaten Them

5555.4.4.4.4 PossessionPossessionPossessionPossession////ዋንነትዋንነትዋንነትዋንነት


ናተይ natey My

ናተይ እዩ natey eyu Mine

ናቱ natu His

ናታ nata Her



ናቶም natom Their

ናተን naten Their

ናትና natna Ours

እቲ ቡስጣ ተቐቢለዮ። eti posta teqebileyo I received the mail።

እዚ ፓስፖርት ናታ እዩ። ezi passport nata eyu This is her passport።

እዚ ሰብኣየይ እዩ ። ezi sebayey eyu This is my husband።

እዚኣ ሓፍቶም እያ ። ezia habtom eya This their sister።

እዚኦም ጀጋኑና እዮም። eziom jeganuna eyom Those are our hero።

ምስኣቶም ክኸይድ ኢየ። ms atom kkeyd eye I am going with them።

VocabularyVocabularyVocabularyVocabulary////ክጽንዑክጽንዑክጽንዑክጽንዑ ዘለዎምዘለዎምዘለዎምዘለዎም ቃላትቃላትቃላትቃላት


ምዝራብ mzrab To speak

ተዛረበ tezarebeni Talk to me

ምሓዝ mhaz To touch

ሓዘኒ hazeni Touch me

ሽታ shta Smell

ምሽታት mshtat To smell

ሸትተኒ shetteni Smell me

ምርኣይ mray To see

ረኣየኒ reayeni Look at me



6666. Personal identifica. Personal identifica. Personal identifica. Personal identificationtiontiontion////መለለዪመለለዪመለለዪመለለዪ

6666.1 .1 .1 .1 Introducing one self and othersIntroducing one self and othersIntroducing one self and othersIntroducing one self and others/ / / / ሓድሕዳዊሓድሕዳዊሓድሕዳዊሓድሕዳዊ ሌላሌላሌላሌላ


ስም shm Name

ኣድራሻ adrasha Home address

ዓሌት alet Race

ዕድመ edme Age

ዜግነት Ziagnet Nationality

ጾታ tsota Gender

ቁጽሪ ቴሌፎን qutsri tielefon Telephone number

ምህሮ mhro Education

ሓዳር Hadar Marital status

ክእለት kelet Skills

ሰዓት seat Watch

ማስቲካ mastica Chewing gum

ገንዘብ genzeb Money

ደብዳቤ debdabie Envelope

መፍትሕ meftih Key

Dialogue/Dialogue/Dialogue/Dialogue/ዝርርብዝርርብዝርርብዝርርብ

Question/ሕቶ Answer/መልሲ

How are you? Fine, how are you

ከመይ ኣለኻ፧ ጽቡቕ ከመይ ኣለኻ፧

My name is John and you My name is Issac



ጆን እበሃል ንስኺ’ኸ። ኢሳቕ እበሃል።

I am American. I am Eritrean.

ኣነ ኣመሪካዊ እየ። ኣነ ከኣ ኤርትራዊት እየ።

It is nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too.

ጽቡቕ ሌላ ይግበረልና። ጽቡቕ ሌላ።

6666.2.2.2.2. Greetings. Greetings. Greetings. Greetings////ሰላምታሰላምታሰላምታሰላምታ Tigrigna Pronunciation English ከመይ ሓዲርካ/ ከመይ ሓዲርኪ፧ kemey hadirka Good morning?

ከመይ ውዒልካ/ ከመይ ውዒልኪ፧ kemey welka Good afternoon?

ከመይ ኣምሲኻ/ ከመይ ኣምሲኺ፧ kemey amsika Good evening?

ከመይ ሓዲርካ/ ከመይ ሓዲርኪ፧ kemey hadirka How was your night?

ከመይ ውዒልካ/ከመይ ውዒልኪ፧ kemey welka How was your day?

ከመይ ኣምሲኻ/ ከመይ ኣምሲኺ፧ kemey amsika How was your evening?

Vocubulary Vocubulary Vocubulary Vocubulary / / / / ክጽንዑክጽንዑክጽንዑክጽንዑ ዘለዎምዘለዎምዘለዎምዘለዎም ቃላትቃላትቃላትቃላት


እግዚኣብሄር egziabher God

ጽቡቕ tsbuq Good

ደሓን dehando Fine

ንግሆ ngho Morning

ወጋሕታ wegahta Early morning

ቀትሪ qetri Day time

ፍርቂ መዓልቲ frki mealti Noon

ድሕሪ ቀትሪ dhri qetri Afternoon



ምሸት mshet Evening

ለይቲ leyti Night

ምኻድ mkad Leave

ድሓር ንራኸብ dhar nrakeb See you later

6666.3.3.3.3 Professional occupationProfessional occupationProfessional occupationProfessional occupation////ሞያሞያሞያሞያ////ስራሕስራሕስራሕስራሕ


ተማሃራይ temaharay Student

መምህር memhr Teacher

ሓኪም ስኒ metbahtawi hakim Surgeon

መሃንድስ mehands Engineer

ሓኪም ስኒ hakim sni Dentist

መራሒ መኪና merahi mekina Driver

ነጋዳይ negaday Merchant

ሓረስታይ harestay Farmer

ዳኛ dagna Judge

ጠበቓ tebeqa lawyer

ጸሓፊት/ፊ tsehafay Secretary

ጋዜጠኛ gazetenga Journalist

ሓኪም hakim Doctor

ቀምቃማይ qemkamay Barber

ተዋሳኣይ tewasaay Actor



ተዋሳኢት tewassaet Actress

ደራፋይ/ ደራፊት derafay Singer

6666.4 Body .4 Body .4 Body .4 Body PPPPartsartsartsarts////ክፍሊክፍሊክፍሊክፍሊ ኣካላትኣካላትኣካላትኣካላት


ርእሲ rsi Head

ጸጉሪ tseguri Hair

ዓይኒ ayni Eye

ጸጉሪ tseguri ayni Eyelash

ኣፍንጫ afncha Nose

ኣፍ af Mouth

መልሓስ melhas Tongue

ስኒ sni Tooth

ከንፈር kenfer Lip

እዝኒ ezni Ear

ሙዕጉርቲ megurti Cheek

ክሳድ ksad Neck

ጡብ tube Breast

ከብዲ kebdi Abdomen

ኢድ eid Hand

ኣጻብዕቲ atsabeti Finger

እግሪ egri Leg



ብርኪ brki Knee

መንኮብ menkob Shoulder

DialogueDialogueDialogueDialogue/ / / / ዝርርብዝርርብዝርርብዝርርብ


Hello hello

ሰላም ሰላም/መርሓባ

What is your name? My name is samrawit.

መን እዩ ስምኪ፧ ሳምራዊት እበሃል።

What is your address? My address is Asmara ketema

ኣድራሻኺ ኣበይ እዩ፧ ኣድራሻይ ኣስመራ እዩ።

What is your telephone number? My telephone number is 291..

ቁጽሪ ስልክኺ ክንደይ እዩ፧ ቁጽሪ ስልከይ 291.. እዩ።

How old are you? I am 12 years old.

ዕድመኺ ክንደይ እዩ፧ ጓል 12 ዓመት እየ።

When is your birth day? The 3rd of January 1997.

ዕለተ ልደትኪ መዓስ እዩ፧ ሰለስተ(3) ጥሪ, 1997

What is your nationality? I am Eritrean

ዜግነትኪ እንታይ እዩ፧ ኤርትራዊት እየ።

What do you do? I am a student

እንታይ ትሰርሒ፧ ኣነ ተማሃሪት ኢየ።



Exercise/መላመዲ


What is your name? My name is Abrham.

መን’ዩ ስምካ፧ ስመይ ኣብርሃም ይበሃል።

What is your favourite game? Football

ትፈትዎ ዓይነት ስፖርት እንታይ እዩ፧ ____________________

What is your citizenship? I am Eritrean.

ዜግነትካ እንታይ እዩ፧ _____________________

What do you do for living? I work in MIT as Graduate assistant.

እንታይ ትሰርሕ፧ _________________________________

Where do you live? I live in Canada.

ኣበይ ኢኻ ትነብር፧ ____________________________________

7.7.7.7. Daily RoutineDaily RoutineDaily RoutineDaily Routine/ / / / መዓልታዊመዓልታዊመዓልታዊመዓልታዊ ናብራናብራናብራናብራ

Tigrigna/PronunciationTigrigna/PronunciationTigrigna/PronunciationTigrigna/Pronunciation English English English English

ሰዓት ሽዱሽተ ናይ ንግሆ ይበራበር። I wake up at six in the morning.

Seat shdushte nay ngho yberaber

ፈለማ ኣስናነይ ይምውጽ ብድሕሪኡ ገጸይ ብሳምና ይሕጸብ። The first thing i do is, felema asnaney ymewx bdhriu gexey bsamna brushing my teeth and yhaxbbrush wash my face with soap .

ብሽጎማኖ ገጸይ የጽሪ ። I dry my face with towel

Bshgomano gexey yexri

ንግሆን ምሸትን ነብሰይ ይሕጸብ። I take shower in the nghon mshetn nebsey yhxeb morning and evening



ክዳነይ ይቕይር። I change my cloth.

Kdaney ykyr

ቁርሰይ ይበልዕ። I eat my breakfast.

Kursi ybelee

ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ይኸይድ። I go to school to my school.

Nab biet tmhrti ykeyd

ፍርቂ መዓልቲ ምስሐይ ይበልዕ። I eat lunch at noon.

Frki mealti mash ybele

ሰዓት ሰለስተ ናይ ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ይፍደስ። I get off at 3pm from school.

Seat seleste nay dhri qetri yfdes

ቁሩብ የዕርፍ ዕዮ ገዛይ ይሰርሕ። I do my home work after I rest.

qurub yeerf iyo geza yserh

ሰዓት ሸውዓተ ድራር ይድረር ። I eat dinner at 7pm.

Seat shewate drar ydrer

ሰዓት ሸሞንተ ኣስናነይ ኣጽርየ ይድቅስ። I go to bed at 8pm after I brush my Seat shemonte sney axrye ydqs teeth.

8.8.8.8. FFFFamilyamilyamilyamily/ / / / ስድራስድራስድራስድራ ቤትቤትቤትቤት


Are you married? No, I am single

በዓል ሓዳር ዲኻ፧ ኣይፋል፥ ዘይተማርዓኹ እየ።

Do you have a family? No, I a live by myself.

ቤተሰብ/ስድራ ኣለውኻ’ዶ፧ ኣይፋል! ንበይነይ እየ ዝቕመጥ።



How many sisters do you have? I have one sister

ክንደይ ኣሓት ኣለዋኻ፧ ሓንቲ ሓብቲ ኣላትኒ።

How many brothers do you have? I have two brothers

ክንደይ ኣሕዋት ኣለው’ኻ፧ ክልተ ኣሕዋት ኣለውኒ።

What is your father’s name? His name is kidane

ኣቦኻ መን ይበሃል፧ ኪዳነ ይበሃል።

What is your mother’s name? Her name is beylul

ኣዴኻ መን ስማ፧ ኣደይ ቤሉል ትበሃል።

9.9.9.9. Family and relativeFamily and relativeFamily and relativeFamily and relative/ / / / ስድራቤትንስድራቤትንስድራቤትንስድራቤትን ኣዝማድንኣዝማድንኣዝማድንኣዝማድን


ወዲ wedi A boy

ጓል gual A girl

ኣሞ amo Aunt

ቆልዓ qolaa Child

ጓል ሓወቦ/ጓል ኣሞ gual hawobo Cousin

ጓለይ gualey Daughter

ሓሞይ hamoy Father in law

ኣቦ abo Father

ዓርኪ arki Friend

ኣባሓጎ abahagoy Grand father

ዓባየይ abayey Grandmother

ሓማት hamat Mother in law



ኣደ ade Mother

ሓወይ hawey My brother

ኣቦይ aboy My father

ሰብኣየይ sebayey My husband

ኣደይ adey My mother

ሓፍተይ haftey My sister

ሰበይተይ sebeytey My wife

ጎረቤት gorebiet Neighbour

ዘመድ zemed Relative

ወደይ weedy Son

ኣኮ ako Uncle

10.10.10.10. School/School/School/School/ቤትቤትቤትቤት ትምህርቲትምህርቲትምህርቲትምህርቲ


ሰድያ sedya Chair

ስነ ሕሳብ sne hasab Accounting

ስነ ጥበብ sene tbeb Art

መጽሓፍ metshaf Book

ዕረፍቲ erefti Break

ቦርሳ borsa Back pack

ሰሌዳ selieda Black board

ኩርሽ kurush Chalk



ሰደቓ sedeqa Desk

ፈተና fetena Exam

ታሪኽ tarik History

ቁጽሪ qustri Mathematics

ጥራዝ traz Note book

ርሳስ rsas Pencil

ዕዮ ገዛ eyo geza Home work

ዕዮ ክፍሊ eyo kfli Class work

ስነ-ጽሑፍ sne tshuf Literature

መምህር memhr Teacher

ምሕላፍ mhlaf To pass

መደምሰስ medemses Rubber

መጽናዕቲ metsnaeti To study

ተመሃራይ temaharay Student

ስነ-ፍልጠት sne fletet Science

ቤተ- መጻሕፍቲ biet metshafti Library

ስነ-ሕብረተሰብ sne hbreteseb Sociology

ርእሰ መምህር rese memhr Director/Head



11.11.11.11. Days and monthsDays and monthsDays and monthsDays and months/ / / / መዓመዓመዓመዓልትንልትንልትንልትን ወርሕንወርሕንወርሕንወርሕን Tigrigna Pronunciation English

ሰኑይ senuy Monday

ሰሉስ selus Tuesday

ረቡዕ rebue Wednesday

ሓሙስ hamus Thursday

ዓርቢ arbi Friday

ቀዳም qedam Saturday

ሰንበት senbet Sunday

ሰሙን semun Week

ወርሒ werhi Month

ዓመት amet Year

ጥሪ tri January

ለካቲት lekatit February

መጋቢት megabit March

ሚያዝያ myazya April

ግንቦት gnbot May

ሰነ sene June

ሓምለ hamle July

ነሓሰ nehase August

መስከረም meskerem September

ጥቅምቲ tkmti October



ሕዳር hdar November

ታሕሳስ tahsas December

ቅድሚ ትማሊ qdmi tmali Day before yesterday

ትማሊ tmali Yesterday

ሎሚ lomi Today

ጽባሕ tsbah Tomorrow

ድሕሪ ጽባሕ dhri tsbah After tomorrow

12. TransportationTransportationTransportationTransportation////መጓዓዝያመጓዓዝያመጓዓዝያመጓዓዝያ


ነፋሪት nefarit Airplane

ብሽክለታ bshkleta Bicycle

ኣውተቡስ awtobus Bus

ገመል gemel Camel

መኪና mekina Car

ዓረብያ/ሰረገላ arebya Carriage

ኣድጊ adgi Donkey

ፈረስ feres Horse

ኣጋር agar On foot

መርከብ merkeb Ship

ባቡር babur Train



Vocabulary/Vocabulary/Vocabulary/Vocabulary/ቃላትቃላትቃላትቃላት


መደቀሲ medeqesi Bed room

ኮቦርታ koborta Blanket

ቁርሲ kursi Breakfast

ድስቲ dsti Cooking pan

ትሕጃ thja Deposit

ድራር drar Dinner

ዝስተ ማይ zste may Drink water

ህጹጽ htsuts Emergency

መውጽኢ mewtsie Exit

ክሽነ kshne Kitchen

ኣንሶላ ansola Linen

ምሳሕ msah Lunch

መተርኣስ meteras Pillow

ምሕዛእ mhzea Reservation

ዓይኒ ምድሪ shqaq W.C

ክፍሊ kfli Room

መሕጸቢ ነብሲ mehtsebi nebsi Shower

ጠዓሞት teamot Snack

ሳሙና samuna Soap

በራድ berad Tea pot



ሽጎማኖ shgomano Towel

13.13.13.13. Eritrean Eritrean Eritrean Eritrean Traditional foodTraditional foodTraditional foodTraditional food/ / / / ባህላዊባህላዊባህላዊባህላዊ መግቢመግቢመግቢመግቢ ኤርትራኤርትራኤርትራኤርትራ


እንጀራ/ጣይታ Enjera Thin pita bread

ቅጫ qcha Flat bread

ጸብሒ ደርሆ tsebhi derho Chicken stew

እንጣጢዕ entatie Flax seed

ሕብስቲ hbsti Bread

ትምትሞ tmtmo Lentil stew

ኣልጫ alcha Vegetable stew

ዝግኒ zgni Beef stew

ገዓት geat Purge

ጥሕሎ thlo Thlo

ባምያ bamya Okra

ቋንጣ qanta Meat jerky

መረቕ mereq Soup

ሽሮ shro Shro



Vocabulary/ Vocabulary/ Vocabulary/ Vocabulary/ ቃላትቃላትቃላትቃላት


ቱፋሕ tufah Apple

ቢራ bira Beer

ስጋ ብዕራይ sga beray Beef

ሕሳብ hsab Bill

ሕብስቲ hbsti Bread

ጠስሚ tesmi Butter

ካውሎ kawlo Cabbage

ደርሆ derho Chicken

ቡን bun Coffee

መስተ meste Drink

እንቋቕሖ enqaquho Egg

ስዋ swa Local beer

እንጀራ enjera Eritrean pita bread

ጽሟቕ tsmuaq Juice

ሽጉርቲ ጻዕዳ shgurti tsaeda Garlic

ብርጭቆ brchqo Glass

ናርገ nrge Grape fruit

ወይኒ weyni Grapes

ውዑይ wuy Hot

በረድ bered Ice



ስጋ በጊዕ sga begie Lamp meat

ለሚን lemin Lemon

ማንጉስ mangus Mango

ስጋ sga Meat

ዘይቲ zeyti Oil

ኣውሊዕ awlie Olive

ሽጉርቲ shgurti Onions

ኣራንሺ aranshi Orange

ዓይኒ ዓተር ayni ater Pea’s

ኩኽ kuk Peach

ጉዕ gue Jalapeno pepper

ስጋ ሓሰማ sga hashema Pork meat

ድንሽ dnsh Potato

ሳላጣ selata Salad

መወሰኽታ mewesekta Side dish

ልስሉስ መስተ lsluls meste Soft drink

ጸብሒ tsebhi Stew

ሽኮር shkor Sugar

ሻሂ shahi Tea

ኮሚደረ komidere Tomato

ኣሕምልቲ ahmlti Vegetables



ኣቸቶ acheto Vinegar

ኣሳሳዪ asasayi Waiter

ኣሳሳይት asasayt Waitress

ብርጭቕ brchq Watermelon

ማይ may Water

VocabularyVocabularyVocabularyVocabulary////ቃላትቃላትቃላትቃላት


ቦርሳ borsa Bag

ቤት ሕብስቲ biet hbsti Bakers

ቁልፊ qulfi Belt

ጸሊም xelim Black

እንዳ መጻሕፍቲ enda metsahfti Book store

ቡናዊ hamedawi Brown

እንዳ ክዳውንቲ enda kdawnti Cloth store

መሸጢ ክዳውንቲ mesheti kdawnti Cloth market

ጅባ juba Coat

ቤት ቁርሲ biet qursi Coffee shop

ሕብርታት hbrtat Colors

ጸልማት demiq tselim Dark

እንዳ ዕምባባ enda enbaba Florist

ዕዳጋ ወርቂ enda werki Gold market



ዕዳጋ እኽሊ enda ekli Grain market

ቀጠልያ qetelya Green

ቆቡዕ qobie Hat

ቤት ሕጽቦ biet htsbo Laundry

ሃሳስ color hasas Light

ነዊሕ newih Long

ደብዳቤ debdabe Mail

ዕዳጋ edaga Market

ማእከላይ maekelay Middle

ስረ sre Pants

ሮዛ rosa Pink

ኣገልግሎት ፖስታ agelgulet posta Post office

ቀይሕ qeyih Red

ቤት ብልዒ biet megbi Restaurant

ሳእኒ saeni Shoes

ሓጺር hastsir Short

ጎኒ gona Skirt

ካልሲ kalsi Socks

ቴምብር tiembr Stamp

ጎልፎ golfo Sweater

ካናቴራ kanatiera Tea shirt



ሊላ lila Violet

ጻዕዳ tsaeda White

ብጫ bcha Yellow

14.14.14.14.Entertainment and life style / Entertainment and life style / Entertainment and life style / Entertainment and life style / ምዝንጋዕንምዝንጋዕንምዝንጋዕንምዝንጋዕን ኣገባብኣገባብኣገባብኣገባብ ኣነባብራንኣነባብራንኣነባብራንኣነባብራን 14.114.114.114.1 Leisure activites Leisure activites Leisure activites Leisure activites / / / / ንጥፈታትንጥፈታትንጥፈታትንጥፈታት ምዝንጋዕምዝንጋዕምዝንጋዕምዝንጋዕ


ምዝንጋዕ mzngaa Enterinment

ስፖርት sport Sport

ተዋስኦ tewasoo Drama

ምንባብ mnbab Reading

ብእግሪ ምጉዓዝ begri mguaz Walking

ሙዚቃ muqa Music

መስተ meste Drinks

ለይታዊ ትልሂት leytawi tlhit Night club

ለይታዊ ምዝንጋዕ leytawi mznge Night life

ሳዕስዒት sasiet Dance

Useful Questions

Tigrigna/Pronunciation English

ሎሚ ምሸት እንታይ መደብ ኣለካ፧ What are you doing this evening? lomi mshet entay medeb aleka ሎሚ ምሸት ስራሕ ኣለካ ድዩ፧ Do you have anything to do this evening? lomi mshet srah aleka du



ስኔማ’ዶ ክንኣቱ፧ Shall we go to the cinema? sinema do knatu ሎሚ ኣብ ሲኔማ ኢምፐሮ እንታይ ኣላ፧ What is on in cinema Impero today? lomi ab sinema impero entay alo ንድራር ኣበይ ምኻድ ይሕሸና፧ Where shall we go for dinner? ndrar abbey mkad yhshena ናብ ሳዕስዒት ክትከይድ ዶ ምደለኻ፧ Would you like to go dancing? Nab sasiet ktkeyd do mdeleka

14.214.214.214.2 Sport/ Sport/ Sport/ Sport/ ስፖርትስፖርትስፖርትስፖርት

TigrignaTigrignaTigrignaTigrigna PronunciationPronunciationPronunciationPronunciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

ኩዕሶ እግሪ kuuso igri Foot ball ኩዕሶ ሰኪዐት kuuso sekiet Basket ball ኩዕሶ መርበብ Kuuso merbeb Volley ball ተኒስ ባይታ tenis baita Ground tennis ተኒስ ጣውላ tenis tawla Table tennis ዘብዘብ zeb zeb Jogging ጉያ guya Running ምሕምባስ mhmbas Swimming

Useful questionsUseful questionsUseful questionsUseful questions

Tigrigna/PronunciationTigrigna/PronunciationTigrigna/PronunciationTigrigna/Pronunciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

ስፖርት ትፈቱ ዶ፧ sport tfetu do

Do you like sport?

እንታይ ዓይነት ስፖርት ትፈቱ፧ intai ainet sporttfetu

What kind of sport do you like?

ኣብ ስፖርት ትዋሳእ ዲኻ፧ ab sport twasa dika

Do you participate in sports?

ምውስዋስ ኣካላት ትገብር ዶ፧ mwswas akalat tgebr do

Do you do physical exercise?

ኩዕሶ እግሪ ትርኢ ዶ፧ kuso igri trii do

Do you watch football?

ነየነይቲ ክለብ ትድግፍ፧ neyeneyt club tdgf

Which club do you support?



Useful languageUseful languageUseful languageUseful language

Tigrigna /PronunciationTigrigna /PronunciationTigrigna /PronunciationTigrigna /Pronunciation EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

ስፖርት እፈቱ’የ። sport efetu eye

I like sport.

ስፖርት ንጥዕና ጽቡቕ’ዩ። sport ntenan tsbuk eyu

Sport is good for health.

ዘብዘብ ንጥዕና ጽቡቕ’ዩ። zeb zeb ntena xbuk eyu

Jogging is good for health.

ኩዕሶ እግሪ እፈቱ’የ። kuuso egri yfetu eye

I love foot ball.

14.314.314.314.3 Cinema/ Cinema/ Cinema/ Cinema/ ሲነማሲነማሲነማሲነማ

Tigrigna Pronunciation English ሲነማ cinema Theatre ተዋስኦ tewaso Drama ተዋስኣይ tewasay Actor ተዋሳኢት tewasaet Actress ፍቕራዊ fqrawi Romantic ተኸታታሊ ፊልም teketatali film Series Important Questions Tigrigna/ Pronunciation English

ቴለቪጅን ምርኣይ ትፈቱ ዶ፧ Do you like watching Tv? Tielevijn mrat tfetu do

ኣብ ክንደይ ቴለቪጅን ትርኢ፧ How often do you watch? Tielevijn ab kndey trie

ንነዊሕ ዲኻ ቴለቪጅን ትርኢ፧ Do you watch Tv for long?

newih do tielevijn trie

ትፈትዎም መደባት ኣየኖት ኢዮም፧ What are your favourite programs? tfetwom medebat ayenot eyom



እንታይ ዓይነት ፊልም ትፈቱ፧ What kind of movies do you like? intai ainet film tfetu

ትፈትዎ ተዋሳኣይ መን ኢዩ? Who is your favourite actor? tfetwo tewasay men eyu

ትፈትዋ ተዋሳኢት መን ኢያ? Who is your favourite actress? tfetwa tewasaet men eya

14.414.414.414.4 library/library/library/library/ቤትቤትቤትቤት መጻሕፍቲመጻሕፍቲመጻሕፍቲመጻሕፍቲ Tigrigna Pronunciation English

መጽሓፍ metshaf Book

ጋዜጣ gazieta Newspaper

መጽሄት megazin Magazine

ልብ ወለድ lbweled Fiction

ፍቕራዊ fkrawi Love story

ስነ-ፍልጠታዊ ልብወለድ sains fikshn Science fiction

ታሪኻዊ tarikawi Historical

ዛንታ ኲናት zanta kuwinat War story

ታሪኽ ሂወት tarik hiwet Biography

ሓጺር ዛንታ hatsir zanta Short story

ግጥሚ gtmi Poem

ተዋስኦ drama Drama



14.5 Health and Life style/ጥዕናን ኣገባብ ኣነባብራን Tigrigna Pronunciation English

ጥዕና tiena Health

ምልክት ሕማም mlktat hmam Symptom

ቃንዛ qanza Pain

ፈውሲ ቓንዛ fewsi qanza Pain killer

ውጽኣት wxat Diarrhoea

ምምራዝ መግቢ mmraz megbi Food Poisoning

ሰዓል seal Flue

ቑሪ quri Cold

ሕማም ርእሲ hmam resi Headache

ሕማም ስኒ hmam sni Toothache

ቅርጸት qirtset Stomachache

15.15.15.15. SeasonsSeasonsSeasonsSeasons////ወቕቲወቕቲወቕቲወቕቲ


ጽድያ xdya Spring

ክረምቲ kremti Summer

ቀውዒ qewee Autumn

ሓጋይ hagay Winter

16. Animals/Animals/Animals/Animals/እንስሳታትእንስሳታትእንስሳታትእንስሳታት 16.1 Domestic AnimalsDomestic AnimalsDomestic AnimalsDomestic Animals/ / / / እንስሳእንስሳእንስሳእንስሳ ዘቤትዘቤትዘቤትዘቤት Tigrigna Pronunciation English ድሙ dmu Cat

ላም lam Caw

ከልቢ kelbi Dog

ኣድጊ adgi Donkey

ጤል tiel Goat



ደርሆ derho Hen

ፈረስ feres Horse

በጊዕ begie Sheep

ብዕራይ beray Oxen

ሓሰማ hasema Pig

16161616.2.2.2.2.... Wild animalsWild animalsWild animalsWild animals/ / / / እንስሳእንስሳእንስሳእንስሳ ዘገዳምዘገዳምዘገዳምዘገዳም

ሓርማዝ Harmaz Elephant

ኣንበሳ ambesa Lion

ህበይ hbey Monkey

ሻርክ shark Shark

ተመን temen Snake

ሳርየት saryet Spider

ነብሪ nebri Tiger

ዓሳ ነባሪ asanebari Whole

17.17.17.17. FruitFruitFruitFruit////ፍሩታፍሩታፍሩታፍሩታታትታትታትታት

ኣራንሺ aranshi Orange

ቱፋሕ tufah Apple

ባናና banana Banana

ወይኒ weyni Grapes

ኩኽ kuk Peach

ናርገ narge Grapefruits

ለሚን lemin Lemon



18.18.18.18. VegetablesVegetablesVegetablesVegetables/ / / / ኣሕምልቲኣሕምልቲኣሕምልቲኣሕምልቲ Tigrigna Pronunciation English

ሽጉርቲ shgurti Onion

ካውሎ kawlo Cabbage

ድንሽ dnsh Potato

ካሮት carot Carrot

ሓምሊ hamli Spinach

ዓይኒ ዓተር ayniater Peas

ካውሎ ፍዮሪ kawlofyori Cauliflower

ኮሚደረ komidere Tomato

19.19.19.19. OppositesOppositesOppositesOpposites////ኣንጻርኣንጻርኣንጻርኣንጻር

Large Abi

ዓቢ

Small neshtoy ንእሽቶ

Fat Kesaa

ሮጊድ

thin qetin ቀጢን

Hot Wuy

ውዑይ

cold zhul ዝሑል

Old Aregit

ኣረጊት

young menesey

መንእሰይ

Long Newih

ነዊሕ

short haxir ሓጺር

Inside Wshti

ኣብ ውሽጢ

outside dege

ኣብ ደገ



Few Whud

ውሑድ

many bzuh ብዙሕ

Wet Tlul

ጥሉል

dry druk

ድሩቕ Old Blay

ኣረጊት

new hadish

ሓድሽ Happy Hgus

ሕጉስ

sad hzun

ሕዙን Open Kufut

ክፉት

closed uxuw ዕጹው

Dark Xelmat ጸልማት

light brhan ብርሃን

20.20.20.20. Minerals and othersMinerals and othersMinerals and othersMinerals and others/ / / / ማዕድንንማዕድንንማዕድንንማዕድንን ካልኦትንካልኦትንካልኦትንካልኦትን


ወርቂ werki Gold

ብሩር brur Silver

ነሓስ nehas Copper

ሓጺን Haxin Iron

ጨው chew Halite

ኩሕሊ kuhli Galena

ርሳስ rsas Graphite

ዚንጎ zingo Zinc

ኣልማዝ almaz Diamond

ምምራት mmrat Rusting



ላምባ lamba Kerosene

ናፍታ nafta Diesel

በንዚን benzene Benzene

ዘይቲ zeyti Oil

ግሮሶ grosso Grease

እሳተ ጎመራ esate gomera Volcano

ምንቅጥቃጥ ምድሪ mnktkat mdri Earth quake

ንፋስ nfas Wind

ጎቦ gobob Mountain

ስንጭሮ snchiro Valley

ኩርባ kurba Hills

ውሕጅ whj River

ጻዕቂ ህዝቢ xaki hzbi Population

ምብሕጓግ mbuhgag Erosion

ሑጻ huxa Soil

እምኒ emni Rock

ስሚንቶ sminto Cement

21.21.21.21. Urban and ruralUrban and ruralUrban and ruralUrban and rural/ / / / ከተማንከተማንከተማንከተማን ገጠረንገጠረንገጠረንገጠረን


ከተማ ketema City

ርእሰ ከተማ resee ketema Capital City



ሆስፒታል hospital Hospital

ባንኪ bank Bank

መንገዲ ባቡር mengedi babur Rail way

ጽርግያ xrgya Asphalt road

ድልድል dldl Bridge

መዕረፊ ኣጋይሽ meerefi agaish Hotel

ቤት መግቢ bietmegbi Restaurant

ቤት ቁርሲ biet shahi Snack bar

ዱካን dukan Market

ፋብሪካ fabrika Industry

መደበር ፖሊስ medeber police Police station

ቤት ማእሰርቲ biet maserti Prison

ቤት ፍርዲ biet frdi Court

ምምሕዳር mmhdar Administration

መቓብር mekabr Cemetery

ቤት ክርስትያን bietekrstyan Church

መስጊድ mesgid Mosque



22.22.22.22. Government/Government/Government/Government/መንመንመንመንግስቲግስቲግስቲግስቲ


ንጉስ ngus King

ንግስቲ ngsti Queen

ህዝባዊ hzbawi Republic

ቅዋም kwam Constitution

ሕጊ hgi Law

ፕረዚደንት prezident President

ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር kedamay minister Prime minister

ሃገር hager Country

ሃገረ ኤርትራ hagere ertreya State of Eritrea

ሚኒስተር minister Minister

ኣባል abal Member

ኣማኻሪ amakari Adviser

ክፍሊ kfli Department

ምክትል ፕረዚደንት mktl prezident Vice president

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