you pl. masc.) had ... ...el-k-n ዐለት እልክን- you (pl. fem.) had ... ...el-om ዐለት እሎም- they (masc.) had ... ...el-len ዐለት እለን- they (fem.) had ... Sample ሐየት እት ልርእው፣ እብ አሰሩ ሐዙው When they see a lion, they seek it through its tracks. ህኩይ ድራሩ ንኩይ Lazy's dinner is less ህግየ ፍ’ደት ምን ገብእ። አዚም ደሀብ ቱ When speaking is an obligation, silence is golden ምህሮ ኖርቱ ወቅዌት ጽልመት፣ Knowledge is brightness and ignorance darkness. Other samples ሐል ክም እም ኢትገብእ ወጸሓይ ወርሕ ክም አምዕል ለኢልትሐሜ ኢልትሐመድ፣ ለቤለ ለአሰምዕ ወለዘብጠ ለአደምዕ፣ ሐሊብ መ ውላዱ ሔሰዩ፣ ሐምቅ ሐምቁ ምን ረክብ ዜነት ለአፈግር፣ ምስል ብርድ አከይ ፍርድ Writing system Since around 1889, the Ge'ez script (Ethiopic script) has been used to write the Tigre language. Tigre speakers formerly used Arabic more widely as a lingua franca. The Bible has been translated into the Tigre language. Ge'ez script Ge'ez script is an abugida, with each character representing a consonant+vowel combination. Ge'ez and its script are also called Ethiopic. The script has been modified slightly to write Tigre. See also Beni-Amer people Tig (Tigrinya language) Tigre people Notes External links Online Tigre Language Tutorial By Omar M. Kekia Woldemikael, Tekle M. 2003. Language, Education, and Public Policy in Eritrea. African Studies Review, Apr 2003. Modaina: History and Language of the Tigre-Speaking Peoples Tigre in Mozilla Common Voice Bibliography Camperio, Manfredo. Manuale Pratico della Lingua Tigrè, Hoepli, Milano, 1936. Beaton, A.C. & A. Paul (1954). A grammar and vocabulary of the Tigre language (as spoken by the Beni Amer). Khartoum: Publications Bureau. Elias, David L. (2005). Tigre of Habab: Short Grammar and Texts from the Rigbat People. Ph.D dissertation. Harvard University. Elias, David L. (2014). The Tigre Language of Gindaˁ, Eritrea: Short Grammar and Texts. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 75.) Brill. Leslau, Wolf. (1945) Short Grammar of Tigré. Publications of the American Oriental Society, Offprint Series, No. 18. New Haven: American Oriental Society. Leslau, Wolf. (1945), "The Verb in Tigré", in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 65/1, pp. 1–26. Leslau, Wolf. (1945), "Grammatical Sketches in Tigré (North Ethiopic): Dialect of Mensa", in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 65/3, pp. 164–203. Leslau, Wolf. (1948), "Supplementary observations on Tigré grammar", in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 68/3, pp. 127–139. Littmann, E. (1897), "Die Pronomina in Tigré", in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 12, pp. 188–230, 291–316. Littmann, Enno. (1898), "Das Verbum der