Language/Tigrinya/Vocabulary/Colors

Hi everyone, In today's lesson, you will learn how to write and pronounce the colors in Tigrinya.

• color = Hibri
• colors = Hibritat

Colors in Tigrinya

Tigrinya / Pronunciation	English
ውርጪ(በረድ)ጻዕዳ እዩ።	The snow is white.
wirich’ī(beredi)ts’a‘ida iyu።
ጸሓይ ብጫ እያ።	The sun is yellow.
ts’eḥayi bich’a iya።
ኣራንጂ ብርቱኳናዊ እዩ።	Orange is orange.
aranijī biritukwanawī iyu።
እታ ሓረግ ቀይሕ እያ።	The cherry is red.
ita ḥaregi k’eyiḥi iya።
እቲ ሰማይ ሰማያዊ እዩ።	The sky is blue.
itī semayi semayawī iyu።
እቲ ሰዓሪ ቀጠልያ እዩ።	The grass is green.
itī se‘arī k’et’eliya iyu።
እቲ መሬት ቡናዊ እዩ።	The earth is brown.
itī merēti bunawī iyu።
ደበና ሓሙኽሽታይ እዩ።	The cloud is gray.
debena ḥamuẖishitayi iyu።
መንኮርኮራት ጸለምቲ እዮም።	The tires are black.
menikorikorati ts’elemitī iyomi።
ውርጪ ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዎ? ጻዕዳ።	What is the color of the snow? White.
wirich’ī ayenayi ḥibirī zelewo? ts’a‘ida።
ጸሓይ ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዋ? ብጫ።	What is the color of the sun? Yellow.
ts’eḥayi ayenayi ḥibirī zelewa? bich’a።
ኣራንጂ ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዎ? ብርቱኳናዊ።	What is the color of an orange? Orange.
aranijī ayenayi ḥibirī zelewo? biritukwanawī።
ሓረግ ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዋ? ቀይሕ።	What is the color of a cherry? Red.
ḥaregi ayenayi ḥibirī zelewa? k’eyiḥi።
ሰማይ ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዎ? ሰማያዊ።	What color is the sky ? Blue.
semayi ayenayi ḥibirī zelewo? semayawī።
ሰዓሪ ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዎ? ቀጠልያ።	What is the color of the grass? Green.
se‘arī ayenayi ḥibirī zelewo? k’et’eliya።
መሬት ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዎ? ቡናዊ።	What is the color of the earth? Brown.
merēti ayenayi ḥibirī zelewo? bunawī።
ደበና ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ዘለዎ? ሓሙኽሽታይ	What is the color of the cloud? Grey.
debena ayenayi ḥibirī zelewo? ḥamuẖishitayi
መንኮር መኪና ኣየናይ ሕብሪ ኣለዎም?	What is the color of the tires? Black.
menikori mekīna ayenayi ḥibirī alewomi?

Source

http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/FR/FRTI/FRTI016.HTM

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