about

እንግሊዝኛ

ትርጉም

1. ስለ

ምሳሌያዊ ትርጉሞች

about (prep) ስለ

• They were talking about the war.
• ስለ ጦርነቱ ያወሩ ነበር

about () በ...ላይ

• There is something queer about him.
• በሱ ላይ አንድ እንግዳ ነገር ይታያል

about () አንድ

• There were about thirty people present.
• አንድ ሠላሳ ያህል ሰዎች ነበሩ

about () ያህል

• This house is about as high as that tree.
• ይህ ቤት ያንን ዛፍ ያህል ይረዝማል

about () በ...ዙሪያ

• The dog capered about its master.
• ውሻው በጌታው ዙሪያ ቧረቀ
• John is adept at repairing things about the house.
• ጆን የቤት እቃዎችን የመጠገን ችሎታ አለው
• He is about my age.
• በዕድሜ እኩያዬ ነው
• The officer roared,"about face"!
• መኮንኑ ቀኝ ኋላ ዙር ብሎ አዘዘ

be about + imperfect () ሊ...ነው

• The pail is about full.
• ባልዲው ሊሞላ ነው
• Lunch is about ready.
• ምሳ ሊደርስ ነው

be about the same () የተቀራረበ / የተመሳሰለ ነው

• Is the weather in Addis Ababa better than in Harar?
• የአዲስ አበባ ያየር ሁኔታ ከሐረር ይሻላል? የተቀራረበ (የተመሳሰለ) ነው?

be about + imperfect () ሊ...ነው (ነበር)

• He is about to leave.
• ሊሄድ ነው
• I was about to send for you.
• ልልክብህ ነበር

Have about enough of በቃ(ው)

• I have had just about enough of your arguments.
• ያንተ ጭቅጭቅ በቅቶኛል
• How about it?
• ታዲያስ?[