Lesson 3
Tigrigna Vocabulary
Before we go to the next grammar discussion here are some interesting
Vocabularies that can be useful to answer the forth coming exercises
(for those of you who wants to learn!!).
abo father
ade Mother
Arki friend
ato Mr
beAl biet husband
beAlti biet wife
egzihier God
genzebka you are well come
Hafti sister
Hakim Doctor
Harestay farmer
Haw brother
mehandis Engineer
memhr teacher
muya occupation
qolA child
SbuQ good
SeHafit secretary (f.)
sraH work
sheqalay worker
shm Name
temeharay student
TEna yhabeley something like hello!
weyzero Mrs
yeQenyeley Thank you
geza house
Numbers
1 Hade
2 klte 20 Esra
3 seleste 30 selasa
4 arbaEte 40 arbaA
5 Hamushte 50 Hamsa
6 shudushte 60 susa
7 shwAte 70 sebA
8 shemonte 80 semanya
9 tshAte 90 tiesA
10 Aserte 100 mi`ti
1000 shH
From 11 on you can add the Prefix Aserte to the numbers 1- 9.
e.g. 11 AserteHade , 12 Aserte klte etc. and
From 20 upwards you have similar process except you add extra -n-
in between and at the end.
e.g. 21 Esra-n-Hade-n, 22 Esra-n-klte-n etc.
Days of the week
Monday senuy
Tuesday selus
Wednesday rebuE
Thursday Hamus
Friday Arbi
Saturday qedam
Sunday senbet
Time of the Day??
Morning ngho early morning wegaHta
Midday ferqi meAlti during the day qetri
Afternoon dehri qetri during the night leyti
Evening mshet
Night leyti
Midnight frqi leyti
Time adverbial
today lomi
yesterday tmali
before yesterday qdmi tmali
tomorrow SbaH
after tomorrow dHri SbaH