Tigrinya

ትግርኛ

Hello

ሰላም

se-LAM

The Ethiopic (Ge'ez)

Tigrinya is written in the Ge'ez script (Ethiopic), the same script used for Amharic. Each character represents a consonant-vowel combination (syllable). Tigrinya has 7 vowel orders for each consonant.

ሀhäHa
ሁhuHu
ሂhiHi
ሃhaHaa
ሄheHe
ህhH
ሆhoHo
ለläLa
ሉluLu
ሊliLi
ላlaLaa
ሌleLe
ልlL
ሎloLo
መmäMa
ሙmuMu
ሚmiMi
ማmaMaa
ሜmeMe
ምmM
ሞmoMo
ሰsäSa
ሱsuSu
ሲsiSi
ሳsaSaa
ሴseSe
ስsS
ሶsoSo

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Tigrinya phrases

Greetings

Hello: ሰላምse-LAM
Good morning: ደሃን ዶ ሓዲርካde-HAN do ha-DIR-ka
Good evening: ደሃን ዶ ወዒልካde-HAN do we-IL-ka
Good night: ሰናይ ምሸትse-NAY mi-SHET
How are you?: ከመይ ኣለኻ?ke-MEY a-LE-kha
I'm fine, thank you: ጽቡቕ ኣለኹ፣ የቐንየልካtsbu-Q a-LE-khu ye-qe-NYE-lka
What is your name?: ስምካ መን ይበሃል?smi-KA men yi-BE-hal
My name is...: ስመይ... ይበሃልsme-Y... yi-BE-hal
Nice to meet you: ምፍላጥካ ሐጎሰኒmf-LA-thka ha-GO-se-ni
Please: በጃኻbe-JA-kha
Thank you: የቐንየልካye-qe-NYE-lka
You're welcome: ኣይትሕመቕay-ti-HME-q
Yes: እወi-WE
No: ኣይፋልay-FAL
Sorry: ይቕረታyi-qre-TA
Excuse me: ይቕረታyi-qre-TA
Goodbye: ሰናይ ጉዕዞse-NAY gu-ZO
See you later: ጸኒሕና ንራኸብtse-NIH-na nra-KHEB
I don't understand: ኣይተረዳዕኩንay-te-re-DA-kh-kun
Do you speak English?: እንግሊዝኛ ትዛረብ ዶ?ing-LIZ-nya tza-REB do

Travel

Where is the airport?: መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ ኣበይ ኣሎ?me-AR-fo ne-FER-ti a-BEY a-LO
How much does this cost?: ክንደይ ዋጋ ኣለዎ?kn-DEY wa-GA a-LE-wo
I need a taxi: ታክሲ የድልየኒtak-SI ye-dli-YE-ni
Where is the hotel?: ሆቴል ኣበይ ኣሎ?ho-TEL a-BEY a-LO
I have a reservation: ቦታ ሓዚዘ ኣለኹbo-TA ha-ZI-ze a-LE-khu
Train station: ምድበ ባቡርmd-BE ba-BUR
Bus stop: ደው ምባል ባስdew mbal BAS
Ticket: ትኬትti-KET
Passport: ፓስፖርትpas-PORT
Help!: ሓግዘኒ!hag-ZE-ni
I'm lost: ጠፊኤ ኣለኹtfe-FI-e a-LE-khu
Turn left: ናብ ጸጋም ምለስna-B tse-GAM ml-ES
Turn right: ናብ የማን ምለስna-B ye-MAN ml-ES
Straight ahead: ቅድሚት ቀጥታqd-MIT qe-TTA
How far is it?: ክንደይ ርሑቕ ኣሎ?kn-DEY rhu-Q a-LO
Museum: ሙዚየምmu-ZI-yem
Beach: ባሕሪ ዳርጋba-HRI dar-GA
Hospital: ሆስፒታልhos-pi-TAL
Pharmacy: ፋርማሲfar-MA-si
Police station: ፖሊስ ጣቢያpo-LIS ta-BI-ya

Food

I'm hungry: ጠምየ ኣለኹtme-YE a-LE-khu
I'm thirsty: ጸሚኤ ኣለኹtse-MI-e a-LE-khu
The menu, please: ዝርዝር መግቢ፣ በጃኻzr-ZR me-GBI be-JA-kha
Water: ማይMAY
Coffee: ቡንBUN
Bread: ዳቦda-BO
Meat: ስጋsGA
Vegetarian: ስጋ ዘይበልዕsGA zey-be-L
Delicious: ጥዑምtUI-m
The bill, please: ሕሳብ፣ በጃኻhsa-B be-JA-kha
I am allergic to...: ኣለርጂ ኣለኒ ካብ...a-ler-JI a-LE-ni kab...
No sugar: ሽኮር ኣይደልንshko-R ay-DEL-n
Breakfast: ቁርሲqur-SI
Lunch: ፍርሰትfrs-ET
Dinner: ምሸት ምግቢmSHET mg-BI
Restaurant: ቤት መግቢbet me-GBI
Table for two: ሜዛ ንክልተ ሰብme-ZA nkl-TE sEB
Beer: ቢራBI-ra
Wine: ወይኒwe-YNI
Dessert: መጠረሽታme-te-RESH-ta

Emergency

Help!: ሓግዘኒ!hag-ZE-ni
Call the police!: ፖሊስ ጸውዕ!po-LIS tseu-Q
I need a doctor: ሓኪም የድልየኒha-KIM ye-dli-YE-ni
Fire!: ሓዊ!ha-WI
Ambulance: ኣምቡላንስam-bu-LANS
I've been robbed: ሰሪቖምኒse-ri-QO-mni
I'm injured: ቁሰለ ኣለኹqu-SE-le a-LE-khu
Emergency: ህጹጽht-SUTS
Where is the hospital?: ሆስፒታል ኣበይ ኣሎ?hos-pi-TAL a-BEY a-LO
Lost passport: ፓስፖርት ጠፊኡpas-PORT tfe-FI-u
I need help: ሓገዝ የድልየኒha-GEZ ye-dli-YE-ni
Danger: ሓደጋha-DE-ga
Stop!: ደው በል!dew BEL
Thief!: ሰራቒ!se-RA-qi
I'm sick: ሓሚመ ኣለኹha-MI-me a-LE-khu

Business

Good morning: ደሃን ዶ ሓዲርካde-HAN do ha-DIR-ka
I have a meeting: ኣኼባ ኣለኒa-KHE-ba a-LE-ni
Business card: ካርቲ ናይ ስራሕkar-TI nay sRA-h
What is your email?: ኢሜይልካ እንታይ ኣሎ?i-MEY-lka in-TAY a-LO
I work for...: ኣብ... እሰርሕab... i-SER-h
Manager: ሓላፊha-LA-fi
Meeting: ኣኼባa-KHE-ba
Office: ቤት ጽሕፈትbet tshf-ET
Budget: ባጀትba-JET
Invoice: ፋክቱራfak-TU-ra
Contract: ውዕልwu-L
Deadline: መወዳእታ ዕለትme-we-DA-ta e-LET
Partnership: ሽርክነትshrk-NET
Thank you for your time: ንግዜኻ የቐንየልካngze-KHA ye-qe-NYE-lka

Numbers

One: ሓደha-DE
Two: ክልተkl-TE
Three: ሰለስተse-LES-te
Four: ኣርባዕተar-BA-te
Five: ሓሙሽተha-MUSH-te
Six: ሽዱሽተshu-DUSH-te
Seven: ሸውዓተshew-A-te
Eight: ሸሞንተshe-MON-te
Nine: ትሽዓተtsh-A-te
Ten: ዓሰርተa-SER-te
Twenty: ዕስራes-RA
Fifty: ሓምሳham-SA
One hundred: ሚእቲmi-I-ti
One thousand: ሽሕshih
What time is it?: ሰዓት ክንደይ ኣሎ?se-AT kn-DEY a-LO
Today: ሎሚLO-mi
Tomorrow: ጽባሕtsba-H
Yesterday: ትማሊtma-LI
Monday: ሰኑይse-NUY
Friday: ዓርቢar-BI

Common Tigrinya words

Nouns

house: ቤትbet
water: ማይmai
bread: ኣቆጻጽራhimbasha
time: ግዜgze
person: ሰብseb
day: መዓልቲme-al-ti
road / way: መገዲme-ge-di
work: ስራሕsi-rah
money: ገንዘብgen-zeb
city: ከተማke-te-ma
school: ቤት ትምህርቲbet tim-hir-ti
book: መጽሓፍmets-haf
name: ስምsim
child: ቆልዓqol-a
friend: ኣዕሩኽa-rukh
food: መግቢmeg-bi
language: ቋንቋqwan-qwa
earth / land: መሬትme-ret
hand: ኢድid
dog: ከልቢkel-bi

Verbs

to be: ምዃንmi-khwan
to go: ምኻድmi-khad
to come: ምምጻእmi-mts-a
to speak: ምዝራብmi-zrab
to eat: ምብላዕmi-bla
to drink: ምስታይmi-stai
to see: ምርኣይmi-ray
to know: ምፍላጥmi-flat
to want: ምደላይmi-de-lai
to give: ምሃብmi-hab
to take: ምውሳድmi-wsad
to do: ምግባርmi-gbar
to think: ምሕሳብmi-hsab
to live: ምንባርmi-nbar
to read: ምንባብmi-nbab
to write: ምጽሓፍmi-tshaf
to work: ምስራሕmi-srah
to help: ምሕጋዝmi-hgaz
to find: ምርካብmi-rkab
to hold: ምሓዝmi-haz

Adjectives

good: ጽቡቕtsbuq
bad: ሕማቕhmaq
big: ዓቢabi
small: ንእሽቶni-ish-to
new: ሓዲሽha-dish
old: ኣረጊትa-re-git
beautiful: ጽቡቕ ጽምብልtsbuq
fast: ቅልጡፍql-tuf
slow: ዕጉስugus
long / tall: ነዊሕne-wih
short: ሓጺርha-tsir
warm / hot: ዋዒwa-i
cold: ቀዝሓqez-ha
strong: ሓያልha-yal
easy: ቀሊልqe-lil
difficult: ኸባድkhe-bad
important: ኣገዳሲa-ge-da-si
interesting: ዘገርምze-germ
happy: ሕጉስhgus
expensive: ክቡርkbur

Adverbs

now: ሕጂhji
today: ሎሚlo-mi
tomorrow: ጽባሕtsbah
yesterday: ትማሊti-ma-li
here: ኣብዚab-zi
there: ኣብኡab-u
quickly: ቅልጡፍql-tuf
slowly: ዕጉስ ዕጉስugus ugus
well: ጽቡቕtsbuq
very: ኣዝዩaz-yu
also / too: እውንi-wun
not / no: ኣይai
yes: እወi-we
already: ድሮdi-ro
still / yet: ገናge-na
only / just: ጥራይtrai
really: ብሓቂbi-haqi
a lot: ብዙሕbi-zuh
a little: ቁሩብqu-rub
immediately: ሓፊሱha-fi-su

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