Tigrinya Phrasebook: Greetings & Essential Phrases

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Greetings & Introductions 10 phrases

Welcome.እንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእካ።enQwa' deHan metsa-e-ka.

Hello.ሰላም።selam.

Good morning.ደሓንዶ ሓዲርኩም?deHando Hadirkum?

Good night.ደሓን ሕደር።deHan Heder.

Good bye.ደሓን ኵን።deHan kun.

How are you?ከመይ ኣለኻ?kemey al-leKha?

I'm fine, thanks, and you?ይመስገን ኣምላኽ፡ ጽቡቕ ኣለኹ፡ ንስኻኸ?yim-mesgen amlaKh, tsebuQ al-leKhu. (neseKhaKhe?)

I'm pleased to meet you.ምሳኻ ብምርኻበይ ሕጉስ እየ።misaKha bimereKhabey Heg-gus ey-ye.

Thank you for your help.ንስለ ሓገዝካ ኣመስግነካ።ni-sele Hagezka emesginek-ka.

My name is ___.ስመይ ___ እዩ።semey ___ ey-yu.

Common Words & Questions 30 phrases

Please.በጃኻ።bej-jaKha.

Thank you.የቐንየለይ።yeQenyel-ley.

Can someone assist us?ክሕግዘና ዝኽእል ሰብዶ'ሎ?kiHgezen-na ziKh-el seb-do al-lo?

OK.ሕራይ።Her-ray.

Excuse me. / I'm sorry.ኣይትሓዘለይ።aytiHazel-ley.

Yes.እወ።ew-we.

No.ኣይኰነን።aykwenen.

Maybe.ክኸውን ይኽእል።kiKhewen yeKh-el.

Right.ቅኑዕ።Qenu'.

Wrong.ጌጋ።gega.

Here.ኣብዚ።abzi.

There.ኣብቲ።abti.

I want.ደልየ።delye.

I do not want.ኣይደልን።aydel-lin.

Danger.ሓደጋ።Hadega.

OK, no problem.ሕራይ፡ ዘጸግም ኣይኰነን።Her-ray zetseg-gem aykwenen.

Who?መን?men?

What?እንታይ?entay?

When?መዓስ?me'as?

Where?ኣበይ?abey?

Why?ስለምንታይ?selementay?

How?ከመይ?kemey?

What happened?እንታይ ኣጋጢሙ?entay ag-gatimu?

Do you have (identification papers)?(ወረቐት መንነት) ኣለካዶ?(wereQet menenet) al-leka-do?

Do you need help?ሓገዝ የድሊዶ?Hagez yedli-do?

I amእየey-ye

You areኢኻiKha

He / She isእዩ /እያey-yu / (ey-ya)

We areኢናina

They areእዮምey-yom

Numbers 41 phrases

0 Zero0 ዚሮziro

1 One1 ሓደHade

2 Two2 ክልተkel-lte

3 Three3 ሰለስተseleste

4 Four4 ኣርባዕተarba'te

5 Five5 ሓሙሸተham-mushte

6 Six6 ሽዱሽተshed-dushte

7 Seven7 ሸውዓተshew'at-te

8 Eight8 ሸሞንተshem-monte

9 Nine9 ትሽዓተteshe'at-te

10 Ten10 ዓሰርተ'as-serte

11 Eleven11 ዓሰርተ-ሓደ'as-serte-Hade

12 Twelve12 ዓሰርተ-ክልተ'as-serte-Khel-lte

13 Thirteen13 ዓሰርተ-ሰለስተ'as-serte-seleste

14 Fourteen14 ዓሰርተ-ኣርባዕተ'as-serte-arba'te

15 Fifteen15 ዓሰርተ-ሓሙሽተ'as-serte-Ham-mushte

16 Sixteen16 ዓሰርተ-ሸዱሽተ'as-serte-shed-dushte

17 Seventeen17 ዓሰርተ-ሸውዓተ'as-serte-shew'at-te

18 Eighteen18 ዓሰርተ-ሸሞንተ'as-serte-shem-monte

19 Nineteen19 ዓሰርተ-ትሽዓተ'as-serte-teshe'at-te

20 Twenty20 ዕስራ'esra

30 Thirty30 ሰላሳselasa

40 Forty40 ኣርብዓarbe'a

50 Fifty50 ሓምሳHamsa

60 Sixty60 ስሳses-sa

70 Seventy70 ሰብዓseb'a

80 Eighty80 ሰማንያ80 semanya

90 Ninety90 ተስዓtes'a

100 Hundred100 ምኢቲme-iti

1,000 Thousand1፣000 ሽሕshiH

10,000 Ten Thousand10፣000 ዓሰርተ- ሽሕ'as-serte ShiH

100,000 Hundred Thousand100፣000 ምኢቲ-ሽሕme-iti shiH

1,000,000 Million1፣000፣000 ሚልዮንmilyon

Plusዝተደመሮzitedem-mero

Minusዝጐደሎzigwedelo

More (than)ዝበዝሔzibezHe

Less (than)ዝወሓደziw-weHade

Approximatelyኣስታትastat

FirstቀዳማይQed-damay

Secondካልኣይkal-ay

Thirdሳልሳይsalesay

Days & Time 25 phrases

Sundayሰንበትsenbet

Mondayሰኑይsenuy

Tuesdayሰሉስselus

Wednesdayረቡዕrebu'

ThursdayሓሙስHamus

Fridayዓርቢ'arbi

SaturdayቀዳምQedam

Yesterdayትማሊtemali

Todayሎሚlomi

TomorrowጽባሕtsebaH

Dayመዓልቲme'alti

Nightለይቲleyti

Weekሰሙንsemun

MonthወርሒwerHi

Yearዓመት'amet

Secondሰከንድsekend

MinuteደቒቓdeQiQa

Hourሰዓትsa'at

Morningንግሆneg-ho

Eveningምሸትmishet

Noonፍርቂ- መዓልቲferQi-me'alti

Afternoonድሕሪ-ቀትሪdeHri Qetri

Midnightፍርቂ-ለይቲferQi-leyti

NowሕጂHej-ji

LaterደሓርdeHar

Directions 26 phrases

Aboveብልዕሊ / ልዕሊbele'li

Afterድሕሪ / ሕላፍdeHri

Backድሕሪት / ብድሕሪdeHrit

Beforeቅድሚ / ኣብ ቅድሚ / ንቕድሚትQedmi

Betweenኣብ መንጎab mengo

Coordinatesመጋጥሞታትmeg-gatmotat

Degreesዲግሪdigri

DownታሕቲtaHti

EastምብራቕmebraQ

FarርሑቕreHuQ

Longitudeሎንጊትዩድlongityud

Leftጸጋምtsegam

Latitudeላቲትዩድlatityud

My position is ___.ኣነ ዘለኹዎ ቦታ፡ ___ እዩ።ane zel-leKhuw-wo bota ___ ey-yu.

NearጥቓteQa

Northሰሜንsemyen

Northeastሰሜን-ምብራቕsemyen-mebraQ

Northwestሰሜን-ምዕራብsemyen-me'rab

Rightየማንyeman

Southደቡብdebub

Southeastደቡብ-ምብራቕdebub-mebraQ

Southwestደቡብ-ምዕራብdebub-me'rab

Straight ahead.ተር ኢሉ ኣብ ቅድሚter ilu ab Qedmi

Underኣብ ትሕቲab teHti

Upላዕሊla'li

Westምዕራብme'rab

Locations 25 phrases

Beachገምገም-ባሕሪgemgem baHri

Borderዶብdob

Bridgeድልድልdeldel

Campመዓስከርme'asker

Dirt roadናይ ሓመድ ጽርግያnay Hamed tsergiya

Forestዱርdur

Harborመርሳmersa

Hillኰረብታkwerebta

Houseገዛgeza

LakeቀላይQelay

MeadowሸኻsheKha

Mountainእምባemba

OceanውቅያኖሰweQiyanos

Pathመንገዲmenged-di

Paved roadጽርግያtsergiya

Placeቦታbota

PositionመቓምጦmeQamto

Riverሩባruba

Roadጐደናgwedena

SeaባሕሪbaHri

Squareኣደባባይad-debabay

Treeኦምom

Valleyሩባሩባruba-ruba

Villageዓዲ'ad-di

Where?ኣበይ?abey?

Food 45 phrases

Foodምግቢmegbi

Canታኒካtanika

Cupኩባያkubaya

Forkፋርኬታfarketa

Knifeካራkar-ra

Plateብያቲbiyat-ti

Spoonማንካmanka

Beansዓተር'ater

Beerቢራbir-ra

Breadባኒbani

Butterጠስሚtesmi

Cheeseጅብናjibna

Coffeeቡንbun

Fishዓሳ'asa

FlourሓርጭHar-riCh

Fruitፍሩታferut-ta

Meatስጋsiga

Milkጸባtseba

Oilዘይቲzeyti

Potatoesድንሽdenish

Riceሩዝruz

SaltጨውChew

SoupመረቕmereQ

Sugarሽኮርshikor

TeaቀጠፍQetef

VegetablesኣሕምልቲaHmilti

Waterማይmay

Wineነቢትnebit

Drink.ስተ።site

Eatብላዕ።bela'

Don't push! We have plenty of food.ኣይትደፋፍኡ! ምግቢ ምሉእ አሎ።ayted-defaf-u! megbi melu-e al-lo.

Give me your bowl.ብያትኻ ሃበኒ።biyatiKha habeni.

Is the water safe to drink?እዚ ማይ ንምስታዩ የተኣማምንዶ?ezi may nimestayu yeta-amamen-do?

Boil the water.እቲ ማይ፡ ኣፍልሑዎ።eti may afleHuwo.

Wash your hands.ኢድኩም ተሓጸቡ።idkum teHatsebu.

Wash yourself here.ኣብዚ ተሓጸብ።abzi teHatseb.

We need (200) liters of potable water.(ክልተ-ምኢቲ) ሊትሮ ዝኸውን ዝስተ ማይ የድልየና።(kel-lete-me-iti) litro ziKhewen zisete may yedlyen-na.

Where is the latrine?እቲ ሽቓቕ ኣበይ እዩ?eti sheQaQ abey ey-yu?

The latrine is (towards the right).እቲ ሽቓቕ ብ (የማን ሸነኽ) ኣሎ።eti sheQaQ bi(yeman Shenekh) al-lo.

The latrine is to the left.እቲ ሽቓቕ ብጸጋም ኣሎ።eti sheQaQ bi-tsegam al-lo.

The latrine is to the right.እቲ ሽቓቕ ብየማን ኣሎ።eti sheQaQ bi-yeman al-lo.

The latrine is straight ahead.እቲ ሽቓቕ ትኽ ኢሉ ኣብ ቅድመኻ ኣሎ።eti sheQaQ teKh il-lu ab QidmeKha al-lo.

Is the food fresh?እዚ ምግቢ ሓድሽ ዝተሰርሔ ድዩ?ezi megbi Hadish ziteserHe diy-yu?

Is the food spoiled?እዚ ምግቢ ተበላሽዩ ድዩ?ezi megbi tebelasheyu diy-yu?

Burn this (dirty cloth).ነዚ (ረሳሕ ኣጭርቕቲ) ኣቃጽሎ።nezi (resaH aChereQti) aQatsel-lo.

Lodging 9 phrases

We must spend the night here.ሎሚ፡ ኣብዚ ክንሓድር ኣለና።lomi abzi kinHad-der ina.

Is there a dining facility here?ኣብዚ፡ መመገቢ ቦታ ኣሎዶ?abzi memegebi bota al-lo-do?

How many kilometers to the nearest town?ናብታ ዝቐረበት ከተማ፡ ርሕቀትና ክንደይ ይኸውን?nabta ziQerebet ketema reHQetna kendey yiKhew-wen?

Are there any hotels near here?ኣብዚ ከባቢ ሆተላት ኣለዋዶ?abzi kebabi hotelat al-lewa-do?

Are there any restaurants near here?ኣብዚ ከባቢ ቤትምግቢታት ይርከባዶ?abzi kebabi bet-megbitat yirk-keba-do?

We want to go to (Assab).ናብ (ዓሰብ) ክንከይድ ደሊና።nab ('aseb) kenkey-yd deina.

Are there rental cars available?ናይ ክራይ መኻይን ይርከባዶ?nay keray meKhayin yirkeba-do?

Is there a telephone available?ተለፎን ይርከብዶ?telefon yirk-keb-do?

We need (100 liters) of potable water.(ምኢቲ ሊትሮ) ዝኣክል፡ ዝስተ ማይ የድልየና።(me-iti litro) zi-ak-kel ziset-te may yedliyen-na.

Medical 33 phrases

Antibioticsኣንቲባዮቲክስanti-bayotiks

Bandageፋሻfash-sha

Bloodደምdem

Burnንዳድned-dad

Cleanጽሩይtseruy

Deadምዉትmewut

Doctorዶክተርdokter

Feverረስኒresni

Hospitalኣስቢዳለasbidale

InfectionረኽሲreKhsi

Injuredህሱይhesuy

Malnutritionጕድለት-ምግቢgudlet-megbi

Medicተንቀሳቓሲ ሓኪምtenQesaQasi Hak-kim

MedicineመድሓኒትmedHanit

Nurseኣላዪት-ሕሙማትalayit-Hemumat

Poisonመርዚmerzi

SickሕሙምHemum

Vitaminsቪታሚናትvitaminat

Woundመውጋእቲmewga-eti

I am a doctor.ኣነ ዶከተር'የ።ane dokter-ye.

I am not a doctor.ዶከተር ኣይኰንኩን።dokter aykwenkun.

I am going to help.ሓገዘይ ከወፊ እየ።Hagezey kewefi ey-ye.

Can you walk?ክትሳለ ትኽእልዶ?ketes-sale teKhe-el-do?

Can you sit?ኮፍ ክትብል ትኽእልዶ?kof kitbel teKh-el-do?

Can you stand?ክትትስእ ትኽእልዶ?ketese-e teKh-el-do?

Are you in pain?ትቕንዞዶ ኣለኻ ኢኻ?teQenzo-do al-leKha iKha?

You will get a shot. (injection)መርፍእ ክትውጋእ ኢኻ።merf-e kiteweg-ga-e iKha.

I will take you to the hospital.ናብ ኣስቢዳለ ክወስደካ እየ።nab asbidale kiwesdeka ey-ye.

What is wrong?እንታይ ይስመዐካ ኣሎ?entay yisme'aka al-lo?

Are you injured?ማህሰይቲ ኣለካ ድዩ?mahseyti al-leka diy-yu?

Can you feed yourself?ባዕልኻ ክትበልዕ ትኽእልዶ?ba'leKha kitbel-le' teKh-el-do?

Open your mouth.ኣፍካ ክፈቶ።afka kifet-to.

Are you pregnant?ጥንስቲ ዲኺ?tenesti diKhi?

Body Parts 36 phrases

Abdomenከብዲkebdi

Ankleዓካር-ዓካሪቶ'ak-kar-'akarito

ArmቅልጽምQeltsem

Boneዓጽሚ'ats-mi

BrainሓንጐልHangol

Chestኣፍ-ልቢaf-lebi

Earእዝኒezni

Elbowብርኪ-ኢድberki-id

Eyesኣዕይንቲa'inti

Faceገጽgets

Fingerኣጻብዕatsabe'

Footእግሪegri

Hairጸጒሪtseghuri

Handኢድid

Headርእሲre-esi

Heartልቢleb-bi

Kidneyኲሊትkulit

Kneeብርኪberki

Legእግሪegri

Lipsከናፍርkenafr

Liverጸላም-ከብዲtsel-lam kebdi

Lungsሳንቡእsanbu-e

Mouthኣፍaf

Neckክሳድkesad

NoseኣፍንጫafinCha

Pelvisጎሎgolo

Ribsመሰንገለmesengele

Shoulderመንኩብmenkub

Skullሽክና-ርእሲshek-kena-re-esi

Spineዓንዲ-ሕቘ'and-HeQo

Stomach (area)ከብዲkebdi

Stomach (organ)ከስዔkes'e

Teethኣስናንasnan

Toeኣጻብዕ-እግሪatsabe' egri

TongueመልሓስmelHas

Wristጐንቦ-ኢድgunbo-id

Emergencies 5 phrases

Emergency!ኲነተ-ሓደጋ!kwunete-Hadega!

We need a doctor!ሓኪም የድልየና ኣሎ!Hak-kim yedliyen-na al-lo!

Distress signalትእምርቲ ጭንቀትte-e-merti ChinQet

Help!ርድኡኒ በጃኹም!rid-uni bej-jaKhum!

Evacuate the area!ለቒቕኩም ውጽኡ!leQiQkum witsu!

Weather 20 phrases

ColdቍሪQur-ri

DryንቑጽneQuts

Earthquakeምንቅጥቃጥ መሬትmenQetQat meryet

Fogዕምብረ'embr-re

High windsብርቱዕ ንፋስbertu' nefas

Hotሃሩርharur

Humidityርጥበትretbet

Iceበረድbered

LightningበርቂberQi

Rainዝናብzenab

Sandstormህቦብላ ሑጻhebobla Hutsa

Severeብርቱዕbertu'

Snowበረድbered

Stormማዕበልma'bel

Temperatureደረጃ-ሙቐትderej-ja-muQet

Thunderstormሓይሊ ዝናብHayli zenab

Weatherኲነታት-ኣየርkunetat ay-yer

Wetትርኩስterkus

Typhoonብርቱዕ ህቦብላbirtu' hebobla

Tornadoህቦብላhebobla

Descriptions 69 phrases

Blackጸሊምtsel-lim

Blueሰማያዊsemayawi

Brownቡናዊbun-nawi

GrayሓሙኽሸታይHamuKhushtay

GreenሓምላይHamlay

OrangeብርቱኻናዊbertuKhanawi

Purpleቂሔ-ሰማያዊQiHe-semayawi

RedቀይሕQey-yiH

Whiteጻዕዳtsa'da

YellowብጫbiCha

Bigዓብዪ'aby-yi

Deepዓሚቝ'am-miQ

Longነዊሕnew-wiH

Narrowጸቢብtseb-bib

Short (in height)ሓጺርHats-sir

Short (in length)ሓጺርHats-sir

Small, littleንእሽቶይne-eshetoy

Tallነዊሕnew-wiH

Thickረጕድreghid

ThinረቒቕreQ-QiQ

Wideጐዳንgwed-dan

Roundከቢብkeb-bib

Straightትኽ ዝበለteKh zibeleh

Squareትርብዒትterbe'it

Triangularስሉስ-ኲርናዕsel-lus kurna'

Bitterዕር ዝብል'er zibel

FreshሓድሽHad-dish

SaltyጨዋምChewam

Sourመጺጽmetsits

Spicyመሪርmer-rir

SweetምቁርmeQ-Qur

BadሕማቕHem-maQ

Cleanጽሩይtseruy

Darkጸልማትtselmat

Difficultጽንኩርtsenkur

DirtyረሳሕresaH

DryንቑጽneQuts

EasyቀሊልQel-lil

Emptyባዶbado

Expensiveክቡርkebur

FastቅልጡፍQeltuf

Foreignወጻኢwetsa-i

Fullምሉእmelu-e

Goodጽቡቕtseb-buQ

Hard (firm)ተሪርter-rir

Heavyከቢድkeb-bid

InexpensiveሕሱርHesur

Light (illumination)ብርሃንberhan

Light (weight)ፈኵስfekwis

Localውሽጣዊwish-tawi

NewሓድሽHad-dish

Noisyድምጺ ዝበዝሖdemtsi zibezHo

Old (about things)ብላይbel-lay

Old (about people)ሽማግለshimagl-le

PowerfulሓያልHay-yal

QuietስቕታseQta

Right (correct)ቅኑዕQenu'

SlowዝሕቱልzeHtul

Softልምሉምlimlum

Veryብጣዕሚbeta'mi

WeakድኹምdeKhum

Wetትርኩስterkus

Wrong (incorrect)ጌጋgega

Youngንኡስne-us

FewውሑድweHud

ManyብዙሓትbezuHat

Partክፋልkef-fal

Someብመጠኑbi-metenu

Wholeምሉእmelu-e

Family 21 phrases

Aunt (Father's sister)ኣሞam-mo Hatn-ne

BrotherሓውHaw

ChildቈልዓQwel'a

ChildrenቈልዑQel'u

Cousin (Father's brother's son)ወዲ-ሓውቦ ወዲ-ኣሞ(The son of one's own father's sister)/ ወዲ-ሓትነ(The son of one's own mother's sister) ወዲ-ኣኮ(The son of one's own mother's brother)wed-di-Haw-w-bo (wed-di-am-mo) (wed-di-Hatn-ne) (wed-di-ako)

Daughterጓልgwal

Familyስድራsedra

Fatherኣቦab-bo

Grandfatherኣቦ-ሓጎabo-Hag-go

Grandmotherእነ-ሓጎen-ne-Hag-go

Husbandበዓል-ቤትbe'al-bet

Manሰብኣይseb-ay

Menሰብኡትseb-ut

Motherኣደad-de

Relativesኣዝማድazmad

SisterሓፍቲHafti

Sonወዲwed-di

UncleሓውቦHaw-w-bo ak-ko

Wifeበዓልቲ-ቤትbe'alti-bet

Womanሰበይቲsebeyti

Womenኣንስቲansti

Occupations 25 phrases

Air Forceሓይሊ ኣየርHayli ay-yer

Armyሓይሊ-ምድሪHayli-medri

Marinesማሪንmarin

Navyነቪnevi

Air Defenseምክልኻል ኣየርmek-keleKhal ay-yer

Commanderኮማንደርkomander

Dentistሓኪም-ስኒHak-kim-sen-ni

Doctorዶከተርdokter

Driverዘዋሪzew-wari

FarmerሓረስታይHarestay

Fishermanገፋፍ-ዓሳgefaf-'asa

Government employeeሰራሕተኛ መንግስቲser-raHtenya mengisti

Guardዋርድያwardiy-ya

Housewifeበዓልቲ-ሓዳርbe'alti Hadar

LaborerሸቃላይsheQ-Qalay

Mechanicመካኒክmekanik

Messengerተለኣኣኺtele-a-aKhi

Pilotፓይሎትpaylot

Policemanፖሊስያpolisya

SailorባሕረኛbaHrenya

Businessmanነጋዳይnegaday

Shopkeeperበዓል-ድኳንbe'al dekwan

Soldierወተሃደርwet-tehad-der

Studentተምሃራይtemeharay

Teacherመምህርmemher

Customs 67 phrases

Where is my customs declaration?ሰነድ-ቅጥዒ ጉምሩክ ኣበይ ኣሎ?sened Qet'i gumruk abey al-lo?

I do not have anything to declare.ኣብ ሰነድ-ቅጥዒ ዝምዝገብ የብለይን።ab sened Qet'i zimzgeb yebl-leyin.

These goods are personal.እዚ ግላዊ ኣቕሑት እዩ።ezi gil-lawi aQHut ey-yu.

Not for sale.ንመሸጣ ኣይኰነን።ni-meshet-ta aykwenen.

Can you help me fill out the forms?ምምላእ ሰነድ-ቅጥዒዶ ክትሕግዘኒ ትኽእል? (Asking a male official) / ምምላእ ሰነድ-ቅጥዒዶ ክትሕግዝኒ ትኽእሊ? (Asking a female official)memla-e sened Qet'ido kitHegzen-ni teKh-el?

Is this correct?እዚ ቅኑዕ ድዩ?ezi Qenu' diy-yu?

Here is my passport.እነሆ፡ ፓስፖርተይ።en-neho pasportey.

Here is my visa.ቪዛይ ኣብዚ እነሆ።vizay abzi en-neho.

I have no (Nakhfas).ሰልዲ (ናቕፋ) የብለይን።seldi (naQfa) yebleyin.

Ad valuesዝተመዛዘነzitemezazene

Ammunitionተተኰስቲtetekwesti

Baggageጾርtsor

Bill of ladingፋቱራ ጽዕነትfatura tse'net

Cargoጽዕነትtse'net

Customsጉምሩክgumruk

Customs declarationሰነድ ቀረጽ ኣታዊsened Qerets atawi

Customs taxቀረጽ ጉምሩክQerets gumruk

Customs workerሰራሕተኛ ጉምሩክser-raHtenya gumruk

Damagedዝተበላሸወzitebelashewe

DeliveryምብጻሕmebtsaH

DutyቀረጽQerets

Expendituresወጻኢwetsa-i

Exportሰደድseded

Falseግጉይgeguy

Foreign currencyናይ ወጻኢ ገንዘብnay wetsa-i genzeb

Form (document)ሰነድ-ቅጥዒsened Qet'i

Holdingንብረትnebret

Importኣታዊatawi

InsuranceመድሕንmedHin

Tigrinyaትግርኛtigrinya

Loadingምጽዓንmits-'an

Name of goodsኣስማት ኣቕሑasmat aQHu

Narcoticsመስሕት-ኣእምሮmes-Het a-emro

National treasureሃገራዊ ግምጃhagerawi gemja

Nomenclatureስየማsey-yema

On-Boardዝተሳፈረzitesafere

Originመንቀሊ ቦታmenQeli bota

Ownerዋናwan-n-a

Packing listዝርዝር ጥማሮzerzer tem-maro

Passportፓስፖርትpasport

PermissionፍቓድfeQad

Personal useውልቃዊ መዓላwelQawi me'al-la

Personnelሰራሕተኛታትser-raHtenyatat

Prohibitedክልኩልkelkul

Propertyንብረትnebret

Rateገምጋም ቀረጽgemgam Qerets

Rate of exchangeገምጋም ሸርፊgemgam sherfi

Receiptቅብሊትkeb-belit

Relicsክቡራት-ትሕዝቶkeburat teHezto

RestrictedሕጹርHetsur

Souvenirመዘከርታmezek-kerta

Specificationንጻሬ- ፍሉይነትnetsarye feluyn-net

StorageመኽዘንmeKhzen

Tariffዝርዝር ቀረጽzerzer Qerets

Tax-freeቀረጽ-ኣልቦQerets-albo

To answerምምላስmimel-las

To be responsible forሓላፍነት ምውሳድHalafn-net mewsad

To exportምስዳድmesdad

To fill outሰነድ ምምላእsened memla-e

To present for customs inspection.ን ተፍትሽ፡ ናብ ጉምሩክ ምቕራብ፡nataftish nab gumruk meQrab

Transportationምግዕዓዝmeg-g'-'az

Unloadingምርጋፍmer-rgaf

Valuablesክቡር ንብረት ኢድkebur nebret id

Valueክብሪkebri

Visaቪዛviza

Weaponsመሳርያታትmes-saryatat

X-ray machineኣልዓሊት ራጂal'alit raj-ji

Fuel & Vehicle 14 phrases

Gasolineጋዞሊንgazolin

Oilዘይቲzeyti

Dieselዲዘልdizel

Gas (propane)ፕሮፐይን ጋዝpropeyn gaz

Litersሊትሮlitro

Do you have ___?___ ይርከበኩምዶ?___ yirkebekum-do?

Hydraulic fluidሃይድሮሊክ ፍሉድhaydrolik flud

Hydraulic systemሃይድሮሊከ ሲስተምhaydrolik sistem

We need maintenance support.ሓገዝ ጽገና የድልየና ኣሎ።Hagez tseg-gena yedliyen-na al-lo.

We need ___.___ የድልየና ኣሎ።___ yedliyen-na al-lo.

400-cycle400-ሳይክልarba'te-me-iti-saykel

3-phase3-ፈይዝseleste-feyz

Alternating currentኦልተርናይቲንግ ካረንትolterneyting karent

115-volt115-ቮልትme-iten-'as-serte-Ham-mushten volt

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