â Tigrinya lessons
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Lesson 3 of 10
Yes, no and the essentials in Tigrinya
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it. 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
- áĽáEH-weh
- Yes
- áŁááŽááai-KOH-nen
- No
- ááŤáhih-RAI
- Okay
- áŁáá°á¨áľáŁááai-teh-red-AH-nin
- I don't understand
- áĽááááá áľáá¨áĄáś?in-gih-LEEZ-nya tih-zah-REH-boo-doh
- Do you speak English?
- á°áááŠá ááľáĽáá áľá˝áĽááś?deh-GEEM-koom kit-bih-LOO-woh tikh-EH-loo-doh
- Can you repeat that?
- ááľ á˘ááŠá á áášákes EEL-koom beh-JAH-khoom
- Slowly, please
- áĽá áĽááłá áĽáŠ?EH-zee in-TAI eh-YOO
- What is this?
- ... á¨áľáá¨áyed-lih-YEH-nee
- I need...
- ááľáááá áľá˝áĽááś?kit-hig-ZOO-nee tikh-EH-loo-doh
- Can you help me?
The polite plural form.
Put the thing you need first.