Tigrinya phrasebook
旅遊會話手冊
Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) is spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia by the Tigrinya people. It is the lingua franca of Eritrea, and the first language of the vast majority of people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Phrase list
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Basics Hello. ሰላም (selam) How are you? ከመይ ኣለኻ/Kemay al'eka? (to men) ከመይ ኣለኺ/Kemay al'eki? (to women) Fine, thank youእየ. (Dehan-iye, yekenyelay) What is your name? መን ሽምካ/Men'shimka (for men) መን ሽምኪ/Men'shimki (for women) My name is ______ . ሽመይ ___ እዩ(Shimay ___ iyu) Nice to meet you. ጽቡቕ ሌላ(Tsubu leyla) Please. በጃኻ/bejakha (to men) በጃኺ/bejakhi (to women) Thank you. የቐኔለይ(yekenyeley) You're welcome. ገንዘብካ (to men) ገንዘብኪ (to women) ( ) Yes. እወ. ('Eweh) No. ኣይኮነን. (No ) Excuse me. (getting attention) ይቅሬታ ግበረለይ! (to men) ይቅሬታ ግበርለይ! (to women) ( ) I'm sorry. ይቕሬታ! (to men) ኣይትሓዘለይ (to women) ( ) Goodbye ደሓን ኹን (Dehan-koon) Where are you from? (country of origin) ካበይ መጺኻ ? (to men) ካበይ መጺኺ ? (to women) ( ) I can't speak Tigrinya. ትግርኛ ኣይፈልጥን. ( [ ]) Do you speak English? ኢንግልዘኛ ትዛረብዶ/inglizenya tzarebdo (for men) ኢንግልዘኛ ትዛረቢዶ/inglizenya tzarebido(for women) Is there someone here who speaks English? እንግሊዝኛ ዝዛረብ ሰብ ይርከብዶ? ( ?) Help! ሓግዘኒ!(Hagezeni!) Good morning. Dehando(!?) kemay'haderka/ደሓንዶ/ከመይ ሓዲርካ (to men) Dehando(!?) kemay haderki/ደሓንዶ/ከመይ ሓዲርኪ(for women) Good afternoon. ከመይ ውዒልካ (to men) ከመይ ውዒልኪ (to women) ( ) Good evening. ከመይ ኣምሲኻ (to men) ከመይ ኣምሲኺ (to women) ( ) Good night. ልዋም ለይቲ ('Buruk leyti) I understand. ተረዲኡኒ (Teredi-uni) I don't understand. ኣይተረድኣኒን (ayteredianin) Where is the toilet? ሽቓቅ ኣበይ ኣሎ፧/ሽንቲ ቤት ኣበይ ኣሎ(sha'ah abeylo?)
Problems Leave me alone. Gedefenaግደፈኒ! (to men) በይነይ ግደፍGedefeni! (to women) Don't touch me! ኣይቲተኒኪፈኒ. Aytetenikifeni I'll call the police. ፖሊስ ጸውዕ! (to men) ፖሊስ ጸውዒ! (to women) ( .) Police! ፖሊስ ! ( !) Stop! Thief! ( ! !) I need your help. ሓገዝካ(for male) ሓገዝኪ(for female) የድልየኒ ዩ። Hagezika yediliyeni yu(speaking to male) / Hageziki yediliyeni yu(speaking to female). It's an emergency. . ( ህጹጽ ኵነታት እዩ. Hidsu...) I'm lost. መንገዲ ጠፊእኒ። Megedi teFieni. ( .) I lost my bag. ሳንጣይ ጠፊእኒ. SanTay tefieni. I lost my wallet. . ( .) I'm sick. ተጸሊእኒ ኣሎ፣ ሓሚመ. TseliEni alo/ Hamime. I've been injured. ማህሰይቲ ኣሎኹ ( .) I need a doctor. (ኣነ) ሓኪም የድሊየኒ ኣሎ ( .) Can I use your phone
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