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Hello

ሰላም

Selam

How are you?

ከመይ አሎኻ?

Kemey alekha?

I am fine

ጽቡቕ ኣሎ

Tsbuq alo

Good morning

ጽቡቕ ጽባሕ

Tsbuq tsbah

Good evening

ጽቡቕ ምሸት

Tsbuq mshet

Welcome

ምርሓብ

Merhab

Goodbye

ሰላም ኩን

Selam kun

Thank you

የቐንየልካ

Yeqenyeka

You are welcome

ሕጉስ

Hqus

Please

በጃካ

Bejaka

Excuse me

ይቅሬታ

Yiqreta

My name is...

ስመይ ... ይበሃል

Simey ... yibehal

What is your name?

ስምካ መን ይበሃል?

Simka men yibehal?

Mother

ኣደ

Ade

Father

ኣቦ

Abo

Sister

ሓፍቲ

Hafti

Brother

ሓወቦ

Hawebo

Child

ደቂ

Deqi

Family

ስድራ ቤት

Sidra bet

Husband

ሓዳሪ

Hadari

Wife

ሰብ ሓዳር

Seb hadar

Grandmother

ዓባይ

Abay

Grandfather

ኣቦ ዓቢ

Abo abi

Food

መግቢ

Megbi

Water

ማይ

May

Bread

ዳቦ

Dabo

Injera

እንጀራ

Injera

Coffee

ቡን

Bun

Tea

ሻሂ

Shahi

Meat

ስጋ

Siga

I am hungry

ጠምዩኒ

Temyuni

I am thirsty

ጸሚኡኒ

Tsemi-uni

It is delicious

ጣዕሙ ጽቡቕ እዩ

Taemu tsbuq eyu

Where is...?

... ኣበይ ኣሎ?

... Abey alo?

How much does it cost?

ክንደይ ይሕሰብ?

Kindeyi yihseb?

Hospital

ሆስፒታል

Hosptal

Airport

ኣየር ጣብያ

Ayer tabya

Bus

ኣውቶቡስ

Awtobus

Help me

ሓግዘኒ

Hagzeni

I am lost

ጠፊኡኒ

Tefiuini

Turn left

ጸጋም ቅኑዕ

Tsegam qinu

Turn right

የማን ቅኑዕ

Yeman qinu

Work

ስራሕ

Sirah

Meeting

ኣኼባ

Akeba

Office

ቤት ጽሕፈት

Bet tsifet

Teacher

መምህር

Memhr

Doctor

ዶክተር

Dokter

I work as a...

ስራሐይ ... ዩ

Sirahey ... yu

Today

ሎሚ

Lomi

Tomorrow

ጽባሕ

Tsbah

Yesterday

ትማሊ

Tmali

Morning

ጽባሕ

Tsbah

Evening

ምሸት

Mshet

I understand

ተረዲኤ

Teredie

I don't understand

ኣይተረዳእኩን

Ayteredaekun

Can you repeat?

ደጊምካ ክትዛረብ?

Degimka ktzereb?

I speak a little Tigrinya

ቁሩብ ትግርኛ እዛረብ

Qurub Tigrinya ezareb

One

ሓደ

Hade

Two

ክልተ

Kilte

Three

ሰለስተ

Seleste

Four

ኣርባዕተ

Arbate

Five

ሓሙሽተ

Hamushte

Six

ሽዱሽተ

Shidushte

Seven

ሸውዓተ

Shewate

Eight

ሸሞንተ

Shemonte

Nine

ትሽዓተ

Tshate

Ten

ዓሰርተ

Aserte

Twenty

ዕስራ

Isra

Hundred

ሚኢቲ

Miiti