Tigrinya language exchange Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet in English and ትግርኛ (Tigrinya) by oyd11

Draft :: sentences useful for language-exchange sessions

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Commun­ication

Please repeat for me .
ድገመለይ በጃኻ። dïgämälläy bäǧaKa.
Repeat it slowly please.
በጃኻ ርግእ ኢልካ ድገሞ። bäǧaKa rg‘ ilka dgämo.
I did not unders­tand.
ኣይተረደአንን። aytärä­dä‘­änïn.

Personal details

What's your name?
My name is Yemane.
መን'ዩ ሽምካ፧ män'yu šïmka?
ሽመይ የማነ ኢዩ። šmäy yämanä ‘iyu.
Where do you live?
What country are you from?
Where did you grow up?
 
Do you have any children?
What is your Job?

Numbers 0-10

1 ሓደ ħadä
2 ክልተ klïtä
3 ሰላስተ sälastä
4
5
6
7
8
9
 
 
zero
zero/empty
full / a lot
ዜሮ zero |ኣልቦ albo
ባዶ bado
ምሉእ mluʔ | ብዙሕ bzuḥ
infinite
limit/edge
ደረት ኣልቦ därät albo
ደረት därät

conjug­ations

(Oppos­iti­ona­l/C­ont­ras­tive)
[but, although even though though
conj1
ex1
ex2
conj2
ex1
ex2
(Reason - Result)
(Additive)
(Time)
[after as as soon as before by the time (that)]
(condi­tional)

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Comments (3)

oyd11 11:34 17 Jul 2019

yes Zen, I would love to get some help

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Zen 17:19 28 Mar 2016

I am a tigrina speaker. I am very happy to help. Write to me if you need my help.

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oyd11 15:29 22 Sep 2015

Draft Tigrinya language-exchange sessions, figured out better have it public, maybe someone can help (will fill out more sentences soon)

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