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How English and Tigrinya compare

Different writing systems

English uses Latin while Tigrinya uses Ge'ez. Because the two do not share an alphabet, translated output cannot be sounded out from the original spelling — copy the result directly rather than trying to transcribe it.

Unrelated language families

English belongs to the Indo-European family while Tigrinya belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family. With no shared ancestry there are few cognates to fall back on, so idioms and fixed expressions rarely map word-for-word. Short, literal sentences translate more accurately than figurative ones.

Sentence structure changes

English follows subject-verb-object (SVO) order while Tigrinya follows verb-subject-object (VSO). The translator has to rebuild each sentence rather than substitute words in place, so the output will not line up word-for-word with your input. Splitting long sentences improves accuracy.

Speakers

English: Approximately 1.5 billion people speak English to varying degrees of proficiency, with around 360 million native speakers. Tigrinya: Approximately 9-10 million speakers worldwide, with about 3.2 million in Eritrea and 6.1 million in Ethiopia.

Common English phrases in Tigrinya

Everyday phrases translated from English to Tigrinya — useful for travel, conversation and learning.

Greetings

Greetings: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Helloሰላም ሰላም
Good morningሰናይ ንጉሆ
Good afternoonሰናይ ቀትሪ
Good eveningሰናይ ምሸት
Good nightሰናይ ለይቲ
Goodbyeሰሰናዩ
See you laterድሒርና የራኽበና።
See you tomorrowጽባሕ የራኽበና።
Welcomeእንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእኩም
How are you?ከመይ ኣለኹም?
I am fine, thank youጽቡቕ ኣለኹ የቐንየለይ
Have a good dayሰናይ መዓልቲ ይግበረልኩም

Courtesy

Courtesy: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Pleaseበጃኹም
Thank youየቐንየልና
Thank you very muchብጣዕሚ ነመስግን።
You are welcomeብደሓን መጻእኩም
Yesእወ
Noኣይፋልን።
Excuse meይቕሬታ ግበረለይ
I am sorryይቕሬታ ይሓትት።
No problemጸገም የለን
Of courseብርግጽ
Congratulationsእንቋዕ ሓጎሰካ
Good luckሰናይ ዕድል

Introductions

Introductions: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
What is your name?እንታይ ትበሃል?
Nice to meet youምርኻበይ ደስ ኢሉኒ።
Where are you from?ካበይ ኢኻ?
How old are you?ክንደይ ዓመትካ እዩ፧
I am a studentኣነ ተማሃራይ እየ
I am here on holidayንበዓል ኣብዚ ኣለኹ
I am here for workብስራሕ እየ ኣብዚ ዘለኹ
This is my friendእዚ ዓርከይ እዩ።

Numbers

Numbers: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Oneሓደ
Twoክልተ
Threeሰለስተ
Fourኣርባዕተ
Fiveሓሙሽተ
Sixሽዱሽተ
Sevenሸውዓተ
Eightሸሞንተ
Nineትሽዓተ
Tenዓሰርተ
One hundredሚእቲ
One thousandሓደ ሽሕ

Time and dates

Time and dates: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Todayሎሚ
Tomorrowጽባሕ
Yesterdayትማሊ
Nowሕጂ
Laterድሒሩ
What time is it?ሰዓት ክንደይ እዩ?
In the morningንግሆ ንግሆ
In the eveningምሸት ምሸት
Mondayሶኒ
Fridayዓርቢ
Next weekዝመጽእ ሰሙን
One hourሓደ ሰዓት

Directions and travel

Directions and travel: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Where is the bathroom?ሽቓቕ ኣበይ ኣሎ?
Where is the train station?መደበር ባቡር ኣበይ ኣሎ?
Where is the airport?መዕርፎ ነፈርቲ ኣበይ ኣሎ?
How do I get there?ከመይ ጌረ እየ ናብኡ ዝበጽሕ?
Turn leftንጸጋም ተጠውዩ።
Turn rightንየማን ተጠውዩ።
Go straight aheadትኽ ኢልካ ንቕድሚት ኪድ
It is nearቀረባ እዩ።
It is farርሑቕ እዩ።
I am lostኣነ ጠፊአ ኣለኹ
I need a taxiታክሲ የድልየኒ ኣሎ።
Where can I buy a ticket?ትኬት ኣበይ ክገዝእ ይኽእል?
How much is the ticket?እቲ ትኬት ክንደይ እዩ?
Is it safe to walk?ብእግሪ ምጉዓዝ ውሑስ ድዩ?

Food and restaurants

Food and restaurants: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
I am hungryጠሚየ ኣለኹ
I am thirstyጸሚአ ኣለኹ
Water, pleaseማይ በጃኻ
A table for two, pleaseንኽልተ ዝኸውን መኣዲ በጃኹም
The menu, pleaseእቲ ዝርዝር መግቢ በጃኹም
What do you recommend?እንታይ ትመኽሩ?
I would like thisእዚ ምደለኹ
It is deliciousጥዑም እዩ።
The bill, pleaseእቲ ሕሳብ በጃኹም
I do not eat meatስጋ ኣይበልዕን እየ
I have a food allergyኣነ ናይ መግቢ ኣለርጂ ኣለኒ።
Coffeeቡን
Teaሻሂ
Breadእንጀራ

Shopping and money

Shopping and money: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
How much does this cost?እዚ ክንደይ ይኸፍል?
It is too expensiveኣዝዩ ክቡር እዩ።
Do you accept credit cards?ናይ ክረዲት ካርድ ትቕበል ዲኻ?
I am just lookingኣነ ጥራይ እየ ዝጥምት ዘለኹ
I will take itክወስዶ እየ
Openክፉት እዩ።
Closedተዓጽዩ ኣሎ።
Entranceመእተዊ
Exitመውጽኢ
Where is the market?ዕዳጋ ኣበይ ኣሎ?

Emergency and health

Emergency and health: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Helpሓገዝ
Call a doctorናብ ሓኪም ደውሉ።
Call the policeናብ ፖሊስ ደውሉ።
I need helpሓገዝ የድልየኒ ኣሎ።
I am sickኣነ ሓሚመ ኣለኹ
Where is the hospital?ኣበይ ኣሎ እቲ ሆስፒታል?
Where is the pharmacy?ፋርማሲ ኣበይ ኣሎ?
It hurts hereኣብዚ ይጎድእ እዩ።
I need a doctorሓኪም የድልየኒ ኣሎ።
Is there a hospital nearby?ኣብ ቀረባ ሆስፒታል ኣሎ ድዩ?

Getting help with language

Getting help with language: English phrases and their Tigrinya translations
EnglishTigrinya
Do you speak English?እንግሊዝኛ ትዛረብ ዲኻ?
I do not understandኣይርድኣንን እዩ።
I understandይርድኣኒ እዩ።
Please speak slowlyበጃኹም ቀስ ኢልካ ተዛረብ
Please repeat thatበጃኹም ከምኡ ደግሙ
Please write it downበጃኹም ጽሓፉዋ
What does this mean?እዚ እንታይ ማለት እዩ?
How do you say this?ከመይ ጌርካ ከምዚ ትብል?
I am learningይመሃር ኣለኹ
I speak a littleቁሩብ እየ ዝዛረብ
Can you help me?ክትሕግዙኒ ትኽእሉ ዶ?
I do not knowኣይፈልጥን

Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.

About Tigrinya Language

Geographical Distribution

Primarily spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia (Tigray region), with diaspora communities worldwide.

Alphabet

Uses Ge'ez script (Fidäl) with 34 base characters and 7 vowel orders: ሀ, ለ, ሐ, መ, ሠ, ረ, ሰ, ሸ, ቀ, ቐ, በ, ተ, ቸ, ኀ, ኈ, ነ, ኘ, አ, ከ, ኸ, ወ, ዐ, ዘ, ዠ, የ, ደ, ጀ, ገ, ጠ, ጨ, ጰ, ጸ, ፀ, ፈ, ፐ

Vowels

ኣ (a) - pronounced like 'ah'እ (ə) - pronounced like schwaኢ (i) - pronounced like 'ee'ኦ (o) - pronounced like 'oh'ኡ (u) - pronounced like 'oo'ኤ (e) - pronounced like 'eh'ኦ (o) - pronounced like 'oh'

Consonants

Phonetics

Features pharyngeal and ejective consonants, distinctive Semitic consonant system, and 7 vowel phonemes including central vowel ə.

Grammar and Syntax

Verb-subject-object (VSO) word order predominantly. Complex Semitic verbal morphology with root-and-pattern system and extensive inflection.

Loanwords

Contains loanwords from Arabic, Italian, English, and other Ethiopian languages due to historical contacts and colonization.

Language Family

Part of the Afro-Asiatic family, specifically the Semitic branch (Ethiopian Semitic), closely related to Amharic and Ge'ez.

Writing Systems

Uses Ge'ez script (Fidäl), an ancient Ethiopian syllabic writing system.

Writing System History

Ge'ez script adapted from ancient Sabaean script, used for Tigrinya since medieval period with continuous literary tradition.

Total Number of Speakers

Approximately 9-10 million speakers worldwide, with about 3.2 million in Eritrea and 6.1 million in Ethiopia.

About English Language

Geographical Distribution

English is a global language, spoken as a first language in countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is also widely used as a second language worldwide.

Alphabet

Uses the Latin alphabet. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Vowels

aeiousometimes y

Consonants

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Phonetics

Features a complex phonetic system with significant variations in accent and pronunciation across different regions. Includes around 44 phonemes in Received Pronunciation and diphthongs and triphthongs.

Grammar and Syntax

Typically follows a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order. Known for its relatively flexible syntax and extensive use of auxiliary verbs.

Loanwords

English vocabulary includes a vast number of loanwords from Latin, French, Norse, and many other languages, reflecting its historical development and adaptability.

Language Family

Part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.

Writing Systems

Currently uses the Latin script, with a history of using other scripts such as Old English runes and the Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Writing System History

The Latin script was adopted during the medieval period, replacing the earlier runic alphabets used by Anglo-Saxon settlers.

Total Number of Speakers

Approximately 1.5 billion people speak English to varying degrees of proficiency, with around 360 million native speakers.

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