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Threats to Safety in Amharic
Words[edit | edit source]
Below is a list of Amharic vocabulary words and phrases related to threats to safety, along with their English translations:
- ደህንነት (dähinät) - Safety
- አደጋ (ädäga) - Danger
- ጥፋት (ṭifät) - Destruction
- ወንጀል (wänjäl) - Crime
- መተቃቀፍ (mätäqäqäf) - Attack
- ማጥፋት (maṭifät) - To harm
- መጥቃት (mäṭiqät) - To attack
- ማስጨጨት (masäččät) - To threaten
- አሳሳቢ (asasabi) - Alarming
- ወንጀለኛ (wänjäläña) - Criminal
- ማዳን (madan) - Rescue
- ድንጋጤ (dängätä) - Emergency
- እሳት (əsat) - Fire
- ግድያ (gədəya) - Murder
- ማስጠራቀመት (masäṭäräqämät) - To kidnap
- ማስተላለፍ (masätälaläf) - To escape
- አሳዛኝ (asazäñ) - Tragic
- ግድያ መፈፀም (gədəya mäfäṣäm) - To commit murder
- ውሽጥ (wušt) - Theft
- ሌባ (leba) - Thief
- ማጅራት መቺ (majïrat mäči) - Mugger
- ዘራፊ (zärafi) - Robber
- የእሳት አደጋ (yä’ïsat adäga) - Fire accident
- አውሬ (awre) - Wild animal
- የመኪና አደጋ (yämäkina adäga) - Car accident
- ውሻ (wïša) - Dog
- የምግብ መመረዝ (yämïgïb mämäräz) - Food poisoning
- ጅብ (jïb) - Hyena
- ጎርፍ (gorf) - Flood
- እባብ (ïbab) - Snake
Note: Some of the words in the list are repeated with different meanings (e.g., "ማጥፋት" means both "To harm" and "To destroy"). In this case, I have included both meanings in the list.
Example Sentences:[edit | edit source]
- ይህ አካባቢ አደጋ ያለበት ነው። (Yih akababi ädäga yaläbät näw.) This area is dangerous.
- የውሽጥ እና የግድያ ወ ንጀሎች በከተማው ውስጥ በመጨመሩ ደህንነቱን ያነሳሳሉ። (Yewušt əna yegədəya wänjäloch bəkätämaw wəst bəmäčämäru dähinätun yanasasalu.) The increase in theft and murder in the city is alarming.
- እኛ የመተቃቀፍ ጥያቄ አለን፤ ፖሊስ መጥራት አለብን። (Ǝna yämätäqäqäf ṭiyäqä alän; polis mäṭirat aläbən.) We have a security threat; we need to call the police.
- የእሳት አደጋ በቤት ውስጥ ሆኖ ሰዎች ማስተላለፍ አለባቸው። (Yəsat ädäga bəbət wəst hono säwoch masätälaläf aläbachew.) There was a fire emergency in the house, and people needed to escape.
- የግድያ መፈፀም እና ማስጨጨት የሕግ ዓላማዎች ናቸው። (Yegədəya mäfäṣäm əna masäččät yehəg ʿalamawoch nachew.) Committing murder and making threats are criminal offenses.
Source[edit | edit source]
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf
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