MesobLingo Grammar Guide · TigrinyaTigrinya verbs
Tigrinya verbs are the action words: to go, to come, to see, to want. This page covers the base form of the most common Tigrinya verbs — the version you learn first, before it changes for tense or for who is doing it.
Tigrinya verbs: the basic rule
Verbs infinitive: This is the base form of a verb before it changes.
English examples
to drink, to go, to come, to sleep, to see, to speak, to do, to want, to know
Why it matters
This is the raw action. It is the form you build from before the verb changes for tense or who is doing it.
Examples
MesobLingo · mesoblingo.comto drink
Mstay
Drinking water is good
May (water) Mstay (drinking) tsibuq eyu (is good)
to go
Mikkad
To go there is far
Mikkad (to go) nabu (there) ruhuq eyu (is far)
to come
mimsae
We need to come here
Nabzi (here) mimsae (to come) yedliyena eyu (we need)
to sleep
Midiqas
Sleeping is important
Midiqas (sleeping) agedasi (important) iyu (is)
to see
mireay
Tomorrow we will go see a movie
Tsbah (tomorrow) film n mireay (to see a movie) cinema kinkeyid ena (we will go)
to speak
Mzrab
The kids haven't started speaking
Etom qolut (the kids) Mzrab (speaking) ayjemerun (they havent started)
to do
migbbar
What's there better to do
Entay (What) migbbar (to do) yihayish (is better)
to want
mdlay
To want something
gele neger (something) mdlay (to want)
to know
miflat
To know history
Tarikk (history) miflat (to know)
Now use it. Hear Tigrinya spoken by a native speaker and build the sentence yourself.
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