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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Tigrinya
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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
- ከመይ ኣለኹም?keh-MAI ah-LEH-khoom
- How are you?
- ጽቡቕ ኣለኹ፣ የቐንየለይtsih-BOOK ah-LEH-khoo yeh-keh-NYEH-lay
- I'm fine, thanks
- ንስኹምከ?nis-KHOOM-keh
- And you?
- ስምኩም መን እዩ?SIM-koom men eh-YOO
- What's your name?
- ስመይ... እዩSIH-may eh-YOO
- My name is...
- ካበይ ኢኹም?kah-BAI EE-khoom
- Where are you from?
- ኣነ ካብ... እየAH-neh kab eh-YEH
- I'm from...
- ይፈትዎ እየyih-FET-woh eh-YEH
- I like it
- ጽቡቕ እዩtsih-BOOK eh-YOO
- It's beautiful
- እንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእኩምin-KWAH deh-HAHN meh-tsah-EH-khoom
- Welcome
The polite plural form. To a male friend, ከመይ ኣለኻ? (keh-MAI ah-LEH-kha).