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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Tigrinya
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Tigrinya words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Tigrinya phrases in this lesson
- ንኽልተ ሰባት ጠረጴዛnih-KIL-teh seh-BAT teh-reh-PEH-za
- A table for two
- ሜኑ በጃኹምMEH-noo beh-JAH-khoom
- The menu, please
- እንታይ ትመኽሩኒ?in-TAI tih-mekh-ROO-nee
- What do you recommend?
- ... ኣይበልዕን እየai-BEL-in eh-YEH
- I don't eat...
- ... ኣለርጂ ይገብረለይah-LER-jee yih-geb-reh-LAY
- I'm allergic to...
- ስጋsih-GAH
- Meat
- ደርሆDER-hoh
- Chicken
- ዓሳAH-sa
- Fish
- ጥዑም እዩTIH-oom eh-YOO
- It's delicious
- ንጥዕናnih-TIH-na
- Cheers
Name the food or substance first, before the medical word for allergy.
A toast to health.