Archive for the ‘Tigrigna’ Category
ካርቦን ሞኖክሳይድ!!!!
Here is a random PDF I pulled up from the vast depths of the Internet, the file is a small pamphlet detailing the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning in Tigrinya; it’s a public health warning from the Washington state government. Now, why would I link you a random Tigrigna health pamphlet from the Washington state [...]
October 19, 2009
Tags: Learning, Tigrignya, Translations Posted in: language, Tigrigna 
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IPA
IPA stands for the International Phonetic Alphabet. It’s the universal script that linguists use to map out the phonetic sounds of every word in every language in the world. So (theoretically) if you are familiar with the IPA you can perfectly read out loud, any text, in any language, perfectly, as long as that text [...]
July 14, 2009
Tags: dictionary, IPA Posted in: Linguistics, Tigrigna, website update 2 Comments
EriTV – Streaming Live On The Net
Most people in the Erispora (a cute portmanteau of “Eritrean” & “Diaspora;” of which I’m not the first to use…) already know this, so this post is for all of you non-Eritreans. Eastafro.com is streaming Eritrean television (EriTV) free on the Internet for anybody to watch. So for all of you Tigrigna students who wished [...]
June 13, 2009
Tags: EastAfro, EriTV, Tigrigna Posted in: Eritrea, Tigrigna No Comments
Dictionary search box for your own website or blog.
So, I’ve added a new page to the dictionary section. It explains that anyone can now add a Memhr.org dictionary search box to their website or blog. The search box looks like this: Memhr.org Dictionaries Those who want the search box will need to copy and paste this code into the HTML of their site. [...]
April 18, 2009
Tags: search box Posted in: Africa, language, Tigrigna, website update No Comments
One dictionary to rule them all
I have a question for the class… What do you get, when you put one half of an online English-Tigrigna dictionary together with another half of a Tigrigna-English dictionary? Why, a complete Tigrigna-English/English-Tigrigna online dictionary of course. Which is exactly what I had just finished doing. Cheers,
April 11, 2009
Tags: dictionary Posted in: Tigrigna No Comments
English – Tigrinya picture themes
So the Norwegian Government was kind enough to upload many language learning resources that they make for foreign immigrants who settle in their country. One of these resources is a collection of English-Tigrinya picture themes. Enjoy, and give a proper thanks to Norway!
March 21, 2009
Tags: lexin, Norway, picture themes Posted in: Tigrigna 2 Comments
Dictionary fun
I’ve almost finished adding a few more terms to the English/Tigrigna dictionary. It seems that the totals are 4,062 for the English one and 5,058 for the Tigrinya side. Still small, but growing!
January 19, 2009
Tags: dictionary, Tigrigna, website Posted in: Tigrigna, website update 2 Comments
One Year!
Hey, I almost forgot… This December marks the one year anniversary of this website/blog. It was one year ago that I uploaded my first Tigrigna/English dictionary and published my first Tigrigna lesson. I always believed that what I’m doing is nothing special. I am only doing what anyone with a ‘passing familiarity’ and some incomplete [...]
December 12, 2008
Tags: anniversary Posted in: Africa, Eritrea, language, Tigrigna, website update 4 Comments
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