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Greetings and politeness in Tigrinya
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the eleven openers everything else builds on. 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 11 Tigrinya phrases in this lesson
- α°ααseh-LAHM
- Hello
- α°αααΆ αα²αα©α?deh-HAHN-doh hah-DEER-koom
- Good morning
- α¨αα α£αα²αΉα?keh-MAI ahm-SEE-khoom
- Good evening
- α°αα α©αdeh-HAHN KOO-noo
- Goodbye
- ααα«αΈα₯ α’αkin-rah-KHEB EE-na
- See you
- α ααΉαbeh-JAH-khoom
- Please
- α¨ααα¨ααyeh-keh-NYEH-lay
- Thank you
- αααα₯α©αgen-ZEB-koom
- You're welcome
- ααα¨α³yih-KREH-ta
- Sorry
- α£αα΅ααααai-tih-HAH-zoo-lay
- Excuse me
- αα³αΉα α₯ααα»α α ααα΅ α₯α¨mis-AH-khoom bim-rikh-AH-bay hi-GOOS eh-YEH
- Nice to meet you
A polite morning greeting, literally did you spend the night well?
A polite greeting on arriving in the evening.
The polite form, literally be well.
Literally we will meet.
The polite plural form. To a male friend, α αα» (beh-JAH-kha).
A polite reply to thanks.
A polite request not to take offence when interrupting.