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Core Vocabulary

Study the key terms, pronunciations, and Amharic translation contexts.

200 Words

Actor

/አክተር/

ተዋናይ

A person who performs in a play or movie.

በትያትር ወይም በፊልም ውስጥ የሚተውል ሰው።

Examples

"He is a famous actor."

Contextual Usage

Director

/ዳይሬክተር/

ዳይሬክተር

The person who supervises the actors and staff.

ተዋናዮችን እና ሰራተኞችን የሚቆጣጠር ሰው።

Examples

"The director shouted action."

Contextual Usage

Script

/ስክሪፕት/

ጽሁፍ

The written text of a play or film.

የትያትር ወይም የፊልም የተጻፈ ጽሑፍ።

Examples

"I read the entire script."

Contextual Usage

Plot

/ፕሎት/

የታሪክ ሴራ

The main events of a play or movie.

የትያትር ወይም የፊልም ዋና ዋና ኩነቶች።

Examples

"The plot was very complex."

Contextual Usage

Scene

/ሲን/

ትዕይንት

A sequence of continuous action in a film.

በፊልም ውስጥ ቀጣይነት ያለው የድርጊት ቅደም ተከተል።

Examples

"That was a beautiful scene."

Contextual Usage

Soundtrack

/ሳውንድትራክ/

የፊልም ሙዚቃ

The recorded music accompanying a film.

ከፊልም ጋር አብሮ የሚቀርብ የተቀዳ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"The soundtrack is very emotional."

Contextual Usage

Genre

/ዣንራ/

ዘውግ

A category of artistic composition.

የጥበብ ስራዎች ምድብ።

Examples

"My favorite genre is sci-fi."

Contextual Usage

Comedy

/ኮሜዲ/

አስቂኝ ድራማ

Professional entertainment consisting of jokes.

በቀልዶች የተሞላ ሙያዊ መዝናኛ።

Examples

"We watched a funny comedy."

Contextual Usage

Drama

/ድራማ/

ድራማ

A play or movie with a serious tone.

ቁም ነገር ያለው ተውኔት ወይም ፊልም።

Examples

"It was a heavy drama."

Contextual Usage

Thriller

/ትሪለር/

አስደሳች/አስፈሪ ፊልም

A novel or movie with exciting suspense.

አስደሳች ጥርጣሬ ያለው ልብ ወለድ ወይም ፊልም።

Examples

"The thriller kept me awake."

Contextual Usage

Horror

/ሆረር/

አስፈሪ ፊልም

A genre intended to frighten people.

ሰዎችን ለማስፈራት የታሰበ የፊልም ዘውግ።

Examples

"I don't like horror movies."

Contextual Usage

Sci-fi

/ሳይ-ፋይ/

ሳይንሳዊ ልብወለድ

Fiction based on imagined future science.

በታሰበ የወደፊት ሳይንስ ላይ የተመሰረተ ልብ ወለድ።

Examples

"It is a classic sci-fi film."

Contextual Usage

Documentary

/ዶኩመንተሪ/

መረጃዊ ፊልም

A film providing a factual record.

እውነተኛ መረጃ የሚሰጥ ፊልም።

Examples

"The documentary was educational."

Contextual Usage

Review

/ሪቪው/

ግምገማ

A formal assessment of something.

የአንድ ነገር መደበኛ ግምገማ።

Examples

"The movie got a bad review."

Contextual Usage

Critique

/ክሪቲክ/

ትችት

A detailed analysis and assessment.

ዝርዝር ትንታኔ እና ግምገማ።

Examples

"She wrote a sharp critique."

Contextual Usage

Performance

/ፐርፎርማንስ/

አፈጻጸም/ትወና

An act of presenting a play or concert.

ተውኔት ወይም ኮንሰርት የማቅረብ ተግባር።

Examples

"Her performance was amazing."

Contextual Usage

Role

/ሮል/

ገጸ-ባህሪ/ሚና

An actor's part in a play or movie.

አንድ ተዋናይ በፊልም ውስጥ የሚጫወተው ሚና።

Examples

"He played the lead role."

Contextual Usage

Lead

/ሊድ/

ዋና ገጸ-ባህሪ

The main character in a movie.

በፊልም ውስጥ ዋናው ገጸ-ባህሪ።

Examples

"She is the female lead."

Contextual Usage

Supporting

/ሰፖርቲንግ/

ረዳት

A secondary character in a movie.

በፊልም ውስጥ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ገጸ-ባህሪ።

Examples

"He won for supporting actor."

Contextual Usage

Casting

/ካስቲንግ/

ተዋናይ መረጣ

The process of selecting actors.

ተዋናዮችን የመምረጥ ሂደት።

Examples

"The casting was perfect."

Contextual Usage

Animation

/አኒሜሽን/

አኒሜሽን

Moving images made from drawings.

ከስዕሎች የተሰሩ ተንቀሳቃሽ ምስሎች።

Examples

"Kids love animation movies."

Contextual Usage

Sequel

/ሲኳል/

ቀጣይ ክፍል

A movie that continues a story.

ታሪክን የሚቀጥል ፊልም ።

Examples

"The sequel was better."

Contextual Usage

Prequel

/ፕሪኳል/

የቀድሞ ታሪክ

A movie containing events that precede.

ከዋናው ታሪክ በፊት የነበሩ ክስተቶች።

Examples

"I watched the prequel first."

Contextual Usage

Remake

/ሪሜክ/

ዳግም ስራ

A movie that has been filmed again.

እንደገና የተቀረጸ ፊልም ።

Examples

"The remake was disappointing."

Contextual Usage

Reboot

/ሪቡት/

አዲስ ጅማሬ

Starting a movie series fresh.

የፊልም ተከታታይን አዲስ በሆነ መልኩ መጀመር።

Examples

"The franchise needs a reboot."

Contextual Usage

Blockbuster

/ብሎክበስተር/

በጣም ስኬታማ ፊልም

A very successful and popular film.

በጣም የተሳካ እና ተወዳጅ ፊልም ።

Examples

"Summer is for blockbusters."

Contextual Usage

Indie

/ኢንዲ/

ገለልተኛ ፊልም

A film produced independently.

ከዋና ኩባንያዎች ውጭ የተሰራ ፊልም ።

Examples

"They like indie films."

Contextual Usage

Premiere

/ፕሪሚየር/

የመጀመሪያ እይታ

The first performance of a movie.

የአንድ ፊልም የመጀመሪያ እይታ።

Examples

"We went to the premiere."

Contextual Usage

Red carpet

/ሬድ ካርፔት/

ቀይ ምንጣፍ

A carpet for VIPs to walk on.

ለታዋቂዎች መራመጃ የሚሆን ምንጣፍ።

Examples

"Stars are on the red carpet."

Contextual Usage

Award

/አዋርድ/

ሽልማት

A prize given for achievement.

ለስኬት የሚሰጥ ሽልማት።

Examples

"He won a music award."

Contextual Usage

Oscar

/ኦስካር/

የኦስካር ሽልማት

A prestigious film award.

ታዋቂ የፊልም ሽልማት።

Examples

"The movie won three Oscars."

Contextual Usage

Nominee

/ኖሚኒ/

ለሽልማት የታጨ

A person suggested for an award.

ለሽልማት የታሰበ ሰው።

Examples

"She is a nominee this year."

Contextual Usage

Winner

/ዊነር/

አሸናፊ

A person who wins a contest.

ውድድርን የሚያሸንፍ ሰው።

Examples

"The winner thanked the fans."

Contextual Usage

Box office

/ቦክስ ኦፊስ/

የቲኬት ሽያጭ

Commercial success of a movie.

የአንድ ፊልም የገንዘብ ስኬት።

Examples

"It broke box office records."

Contextual Usage

Subtitles

/ሰብታይትልስ/

የትርጉም ጽሁፍ

Captions at the bottom of a film.

በፊልም ግርጌ የሚታዩ ጽሁፎች።

Examples

"I need English subtitles."

Contextual Usage

Dubbing

/ደቢንግ/

ድምጽ መቀየር

Replacing the original film voice.

የመጀመሪያውን የፊልም ድምጽ መተካት።

Examples

"I prefer dubbing over subs."

Contextual Usage

Trailer

/ትሬለር/

ቅምሻ ቪዲዮ

An advertisement for a movie.

ለፊልም የሚደረግ የማስተዋወቂያ ቪዲዮ።

Examples

"The trailer looks great."

Contextual Usage

Teaser

/ቲዘር/

አጭር ቅምሻ

A very short introductory trailer.

በጣም አጭር መግቢያ ቪዲዮ።

Examples

"The teaser went viral."

Contextual Usage

Spoiler

/ስፖይለር/

ታሪክ አበላሺ

Information that gives away the plot.

የፊልም ታሪክን ቀድሞ የሚናገር መረጃ።

Examples

"Don't tell me any spoilers."

Contextual Usage

Plot twist

/ፕሎት ትዊስት/

ያልተጠበቀ የታሪክ ለውጥ

An unexpected change in the story.

በታሪኩ ውስጥ ያልተጠበቀ ለውጥ።

Examples

"I loved the plot twist."

Contextual Usage

Character

/ካራክተር/

ገጸ-ባህሪ

A person in a novel or movie.

በልብ ወለድ ወይም በፊልም ውስጥ ያለ ሰው።

Examples

"He is my favorite character."

Contextual Usage

Protagonist

/ፕሮታጎኒስት/

ዋና ገጸ-ባህሪ/መሪ

The leading character in a story.

በታሪኩ ውስጥ መሪ ገጸ-ባህሪ።

Examples

"The protagonist was brave."

Contextual Usage

Antagonist

/አንታጎኒስት/

ባላጋራ

A person who opposes the protagonist.

ዋናውን ገጸ-ባህሪ የሚቃወም ሰው።

Examples

"The antagonist is scary."

Contextual Usage

Villain

/ቪለን/

መጥፎ ገጸ-ባህሪ

A cruelly malicious person in a film.

በፊልም ውስጥ ክፉ ሰው።

Examples

"Every movie needs a villain."

Contextual Usage

Hero

/ሂሮ/

ጀግና

A person admired for courage.

በትብዓቱ የሚደነቅ ሰው።

Examples

"The hero saved the city."

Contextual Usage

Dialogue

/ዳያሎግ/

ንግግር

Conversation between characters.

በገጸ-ባህሪያት መካከል የሚደረግ ንግግር።

Examples

"The dialogue was witty."

Contextual Usage

Monologue

/ሞኖሎግ/

ብቸኛ ንግግር

A long speech by one actor.

በአንድ ተዋናይ የሚደረግ ረጅም ንግግር።

Examples

"The monologue was moving."

Contextual Usage

Climax

/ክላይማክስ/

ከፍተኛ ደረጃ

The most intense part of a story.

የታሪኩ በጣም አስደሳች ክፍል ።

Examples

"The climax was intense."

Contextual Usage

Resolution

/ሬዞሉሽን/

መደምደሚያ

The end of a story where issues are fixed.

ችግሮች የሚፈቱበት የታሪኩ መጨረሻ።

Examples

"The resolution was peaceful."

Contextual Usage

Cinematography

/ሲኒማቶግራፊ/

የፊልም ቀረጻ ጥበብ

The art of making motion pictures.

ተንቀሳቃሽ ምስሎችን የማዘጋጀት ጥበብ።

Examples

"The cinematography was breathtaking."

Contextual Usage

Editing

/ኤዲቲንግ/

ቅንብር

The process of selecting and joining film.

ፊልምን የመምረጥ እና የማገናኘት ሂደት።

Examples

"The film editing was smooth."

Contextual Usage

Special effects

/ስፔሻል ኢፌክትስ/

ልዩ ተፅእኖዎች

Illusions created for movies.

ለፊልሞች ተብለው የሚፈጠሩ ድንቅ ትዕይንቶች።

Examples

"Special effects are expensive."

Contextual Usage

CGI

/ሲ-ጂ-አይ/

በኮምፒውተር የተሰራ ምስል

Computer-generated imagery.

በኮምፒተር የተፈጠሩ ምስሎች።

Examples

"The CGI looked realistic."

Contextual Usage

Stunt

/ስታንት/

አደገኛ እንቅስቃሴ

A difficult or dangerous action.

አስቸጋሪ ወይም አደገኛ ተግባር።

Examples

"He does his own stunts."

Contextual Usage

Cameo

/ካሚዮ/

አጭር የታዋቂ ሰው ተሳትፎ

A brief appearance by a famous person.

አንድ ታዋቂ ሰው ለአጭር ጊዜ በፊልም ውስጥ መታየት።

Examples

"Stan Lee had a cameo."

Contextual Usage

Rating

/ሬቲንግ/

ደረጃ/ምዘና

A classification of a movie.

የአንድ ፊልም ደረጃ ምደባ።

Examples

"What is the movie rating?"

Contextual Usage

Mature

/ማቹር/

ለአዋቂዎች

Intended for adults.

ለአዋቂዎች ተብሎ የተዘጋጀ።

Examples

"The content is mature."

Contextual Usage

PG

/ፒ-ጂ/

በወላጅ ቁጥጥር

Parental guidance suggested.

የወላጅ ክትትል የሚመከር።

Examples

"This cartoon is PG."

Contextual Usage

R-rated

/አር-ሬትድ/

ለአዋቂዎች የተከለከለ

Restricted to adults.

ለአዋቂዎች ብቻ የተገደበ።

Examples

"It is an R-rated movie."

Contextual Usage

Album

/አልበም/

አልበም

A collection of recordings.

የሙዚቃ ስብስቦች።

Examples

"I bought her new album."

Contextual Usage

Single

/ሲንግል/

ነጠላ ዜማ

An individual song release.

ለብቻው የሚወጣ አንድ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"The single is on top of charts."

Contextual Usage

Artist

/አርቲስት/

አርቲስት/ከያኒ

A person who creates art.

ጥበብን የሚፈጥር ሰው።

Examples

"The artist painted this."

Contextual Usage

Singer

/ሲንገር/

ዘፋኝ

A person who sings.

የሚዘፍን ሰው።

Examples

"She is a soul singer."

Contextual Usage

Band

/ባንድ/

ባንድ

A group of musicians.

የሙዚቀኞች ስብስብ።

Examples

"The rock band is touring."

Contextual Usage

Group

/ግሩፕ/

ቡድን

A number of people together.

አብረው ያሉ ሰዎች ብዛት።

Examples

"A dance group performed."

Contextual Usage

Lyrics

/ሊሪክስ/

የዘፈን ግጥም

The words of a song.

የአንድ ዘፈን ቃላቶች/ግጥም።

Examples

"The lyrics are poetic."

Contextual Usage

Melody

/ሜሎዲ/

ዜማ

A sequence of musical notes.

የሙዚቃ ኖታዎች ቅደም ተከተል።

Examples

"The melody is catchy."

Contextual Usage

Rhythm

/ሪዘም/

ምት

A strong, regular pattern of sound.

ጠንካራ እና መደበኛ የድምፅ ዘይቤ።

Examples

"Follow the rhythm."

Contextual Usage

Beat

/ቢት/

ምት

The basic unit of time in music.

በሙዚቃ ውስጥ መሰረታዊ የጊዜ አሃድ።

Examples

"I like the drum beat."

Contextual Usage

Verse

/ቨርስ/

ቤት/ግጥም

A section of a song.

የአንድ ዘፈን ክፍል ።

Examples

"Sing the first verse."

Contextual Usage

Chorus

/ኮረስ/

አዝማች

A repeated part of a song.

ተደጋጋሚ የዘፈን ክፍል።

Examples

"The chorus is simple."

Contextual Usage

Bridge

/ብሪጅ/

የሽግግር ዜማ

A contrasting section in a song.

በዘፈን ውስጥ የተለየ ስሜት ያለው ክፍል ።

Examples

"The bridge connects the parts."

Contextual Usage

Hook

/ሁክ/

ማራኪ ዜማ

A musical idea that is catchy.

ሰውን የሚስብ የሙዚቃ ሀሳብ።

Examples

"That song has a great hook."

Contextual Usage

Pop

/ፖፕ/

ፖፕ ሙዚቃ

Popular music.

ተወዳጅ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"Pop music is everywhere."

Contextual Usage

Rock

/ሮክ/

ሮክ ሙዚቃ

A genre of popular music with guitars.

በጊታር የሚጫወት የታወቀ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"He loves classic rock."

Contextual Usage

Hip-hop

/ሂፕ-ሆፕ/

ሂፕ-ሆፕ

A style of popular music with rap.

በራፕ የሚታወቅ የሙዚቃ ዘይቤ።

Examples

"Hip-hop is very popular."

Contextual Usage

Jazz

/ጃዝ/

ጃዝ

A genre of music characterized by improvisation.

በፈጠራ የሚታወቅ የሙዚቃ ዘውግ።

Examples

"Jazz is relaxing."

Contextual Usage

Classical

/ክላሲካል/

ክላሲካል

Traditional music of high standards.

ከፍተኛ ደረጃ ያለው ባህላዊ/ጥንታዊ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"I listen to classical music."

Contextual Usage

R&B

/አር-ኤንድ-ቢ/

አር ኤንድ ቢ

Rhythm and blues.

ሪዘም ኤንድ ብሉዝ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"She sings R&B."

Contextual Usage

Country

/ካንትሪ/

ካንትሪ ሙዚቃ

Music based on folk traditions.

በፎልክ ወግ ላይ የተመሰረተ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"Country music is about stories."

Contextual Usage

Electronic

/ኤሌክትሮኒክ/

ኤሌክትሮኒክ ሙዚቃ

Music produced using electronics.

በኤሌክትሮኒክስ መሣሪያዎች የሚሰራ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"Electronic music is for dancing."

Contextual Usage

DJ

/ዲ-ጄ/

ዲጄ

A person who plays recorded music.

የተቀዳ ሙዚቃን የሚጫወት ሰው።

Examples

"The DJ is talented."

Contextual Usage

Producer

/ፕሮዲዩሰር/

አዘጋጅ

A person who oversees music or film making.

የሙዚቃ ወይም የፊልም ስራን የሚከታተል ሰው።

Examples

"The producer found the budget."

Contextual Usage

Concert

/ኮንሰርት/

ኮንሰርት

A musical performance.

የሙዚቃ ትርኢት።

Examples

"The concert was loud."

Contextual Usage

Tour

/ቱር/

ጉብኝት/ጉዞ

A journey made by artists.

በአርቲስቶች የሚደረግ ጉዞ።

Examples

"The band is on a world tour."

Contextual Usage

Venue

/ቬኒው/

ቦታ/አዳራሽ

The place where an event happens.

አንድ ዝግጅት የሚካሄድበት ቦታ።

Examples

"The venue is big."

Contextual Usage

Festival

/ፌስቲቫል/

በዓል/ዝግጅት

A day or period of celebration.

የበዓል ወይም የዝግጅት ጊዜ።

Examples

"It was a music festival."

Contextual Usage

Live

/ላይቭ/

ቀጥታ

A performance given in person.

በአካል የሚቀርብ ትርኢት።

Examples

"The live show was fun."

Contextual Usage

Recorded

/ሪኮርድድ/

የተቀዳ

Stored on disk or tape.

በዲስክ ወይም በቴፕ የተቀመጠ።

Examples

"This is a recorded message."

Contextual Usage

Streaming

/ስትሪሚንግ/

ቀጥታ ማስተላለፍ

Transmitting data over the internet.

መረጃን በኢንተርኔት ማስተላለፍ።

Examples

"I am streaming a movie."

Contextual Usage

Playlist

/ፕሌይሊስት/

የሙዚቃ ዝርዝር

A list of digital audio files.

የዲጂታል ሙዚቃዎች ዝርዝር።

Examples

"My playlist is long."

Contextual Usage

Charts

/ቻርትስ/

ደረጃ ሰንጠረዥ

Weekly lists of popular music.

የታወቁ ሙዚቃዎች ሳምንታዊ ዝርዝር።

Examples

"He topped the charts."

Contextual Usage

Billboard

/ቢልቦርድ/

ቢልቦርድ

A large outdoor advertising board.

ትልቅ የውጭ ማስታወቂያ ሰሌዳ።

Examples

"I saw him on the billboard."

Contextual Usage

Viral

/ቫይራል/

በፍጥነት የተሰራጨ

Spreading widely on the internet.

በኢንተርኔት ላይ በስፋት የሚሰራጭ።

Examples

"The video went viral."

Contextual Usage

Hit

/ሂት/

ስኬታማ

A successful person or thing.

ስኬታማ ሰው ወይም ነገር።

Examples

"The song is a hit."

Contextual Usage

Flop

/ፍሎፕ/

ውድቀት

A total failure.

ሙሉ በሙሉ ውድቀት።

Examples

"The movie was a flop."

Contextual Usage

Music

/ሚውዚክ/

ሙዚቃ

Vocal or instrumental sounds.

የድምፅ ወይም የመሣሪያ ድምጾች።

Examples

"Music heals the soul."

Contextual Usage

Tune

/ቲዩን/

ዜማ

A melody.

የአንድ ዘፈን ዜማ።

Examples

"That is a catchy tune."

Contextual Usage

Fan

/ፋን/

አድናቂ

A person who admires someone.

አንድን ሰው የሚያደንቅ ሰው።

Examples

"I am a big fan."

Contextual Usage

Fandom

/ፋንደም/

የአድናቂዎች ማህበረሰብ

The community of fans.

የአድናቂዎች ስብስብ ወይም ማህበረሰብ።

Examples

"The fandom is very active."

Contextual Usage

Stans

/ስታንስ/

አክራሪ አድናቂዎች

Extremely devoted fans.

በጣም ታማኝ ወይም አክራሪ አድናቂዎች።

Examples

"The stans defended the singer."

Contextual Usage

Influencer

/ኢንፍሉዌንሰር/

ተፅእኖ ፈጣሪ

A person who influences others online.

በኢንተርኔት ላይ በሌሎች ላይ ተፅእኖ የሚፈጥር ሰው።

Examples

"She is a social media influencer."

Contextual Usage

Blogger

/ብሎገር/

ብሎግ ጸሐፊ

A person who writes a blog.

ብሎግ የሚጽፍ ሰው።

Examples

"The blogger wrote about movies."

Contextual Usage

YouTuber

/ዩቲዩበር/

የዩቲዩብ ቪዲዮ ሰሪ

A person who creates YouTube videos.

ዩቲዩብ ላይ ቪዲዮ የሚለቅ ሰው።

Examples

"The YouTuber has millions of views."

Contextual Usage

Vlogger

/ቭሎገር/

ቪሎገር

A person who records video blogs.

ቪዲዮ ብሎግ የሚሰራ ሰው።

Examples

"He is a travel vlogger."

Contextual Usage

TikToker

/ቲቶከር/

የቲቶክ ተጠቃሚ

A person who uses TikTok.

ቲቶክ ላይ ቪዲዮ የሚሰራ ሰው።

Examples

"That TikToker is funny."

Contextual Usage

Follower

/ፎሎወር/

ተከታይ

A person who follows an account.

የአንድን ገጽ የሚከተል ሰው።

Examples

"I have a new follower."

Contextual Usage

Subscriber

/ሰብስክራይበር/

ተመዝጋቢ

A person who subscribes to a channel.

ለአንድ ቻናል ተመዝጋቢ የሆነ ሰው።

Examples

"Please become a subscriber."

Contextual Usage

Like

/ላይክ/

መውደድ

To enjoy or approve of a post.

አንድን ፖስት መውደድ ወይም መቀበል።

Examples

"Give the photo a like."

Contextual Usage

Comment

/ኮመንት/

አስተያየት

A verbal or written remark.

በቃል ወይም በጽሑፍ የሚሰጥ አስተያየት።

Examples

"Leave a comment below."

Contextual Usage

Share

/ሼር/

ማጋራት

To post content for others to see.

መረጃን ለሌሎች እንዲያዩ ማስተላለፍ።

Examples

"Share this with friends."

Contextual Usage

Post

/ፖስት/

ማጋራት/መለጠፍ

An item published online.

በኢንተርኔት ላይ የታተመ ነገር።

Examples

"I will post it today."

Contextual Usage

Feed

/ፊድ/

የመረጃ ዝርዝር

A list of updates on social media.

በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ላይ የሚታዩ መረጃዎች።

Examples

"Check your news feed."

Contextual Usage

Profile

/ፕሮፋይል/

መገለጫ

Information about a user.

ስለ ተጠቃሚው የሚሰጥ መረጃ።

Examples

"Update your profile picture."

Contextual Usage

Algorithm

/አልጎሪዝም/

አልጎሪዝም

Rules followed by computers.

በኮምፒተር የሚከተሉ ህጎች።

Examples

"The algorithm shows me cat videos."

Contextual Usage

Engagement

/ኢንጌጅመንት/

ተሳትፎ

Interaction with social media content.

ከማህበራዊ ሚዲያ መረጃ ጋር የሚደረግ ግንኙነት።

Examples

"Engagement is high today."

Contextual Usage

Impression

/ኢምፕሬሽን/

እይታ

Number of times a post is seen.

አንድ ፖስት የታየበት ብዛት።

Examples

"We got many impressions."

Contextual Usage

Reach

/ሪች/

ተደራሽነት

Total number of unique viewers.

አንድን ነገር ያዩ ሰዎች ብዛት።

Examples

"Our reach expanded."

Contextual Usage

Hashtag

/ሀሽታግ/

ሀሽታግ

A tag used on social media.

በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ላይ የሚጠቀሙበት ምልክት።

Examples

"Use the hashtag #music."

Contextual Usage

Tag

/ታግ/

መጥቀስ

To mention someone in a post.

አንድን ሰው በፖስት ውስጥ መጥቀስ።

Examples

"Tag your best friend."

Contextual Usage

Mention

/ሜንሽን/

መጥቀስ

Refer to someone or something.

ስለ አንድ ሰው ወይም ነገር መናገር።

Examples

"Did you mention my name?"

Contextual Usage

Notification

/ኖቲፊኬሽን/

ማሳሰቢያ

A message alerting a user.

ለተጠቃሚው የሚላክ መልእክት።

Examples

"I got a notification."

Contextual Usage

DM

/ዲ-ኤም/

የግል መልእክት

Direct message.

ቀጥተኛ የግል መልእክት።

Examples

"Send me a DM."

Contextual Usage

Caption

/ካፕሽን/

መግለጫ ጽሁፍ

The title or explanation for a picture.

ለምስል የሚሰጥ ርዕስ ወይም መግለጫ።

Examples

"Write a funny caption."

Contextual Usage

Meme

/ሚም/

ሚም

An image or video spread online.

በኢንተርኔት የሚሰራጭ አስቂኝ ምስል።

Examples

"That meme is hilarious."

Contextual Usage

GIF

/ጂ-አይ-ኤፍ/

ጂአይኤፍ

An animated image format.

ተንቀሳቃሽ የምስል አይነት።

Examples

"Send me a reaction GIF."

Contextual Usage

Sticker

/ስቲከር/

ተለጣፊ

A digital graphic used in chats.

በውይይት ውስጥ የሚለጠፍ ምስል።

Examples

"I love these stickers."

Contextual Usage

Emoji

/ኢሞጂ/

ኢሞጂ

Small digital icons.

ትናንሽ ዲጂታል ምስሎች።

Examples

"Use a smiling emoji."

Contextual Usage

Filter

/ፊልተር/

ማጣሪያ

A tool to change photo appearance.

የፎቶን ገጽታ ለመቀየር የሚያገለግል መሳሪያ።

Examples

"Apply a black and white filter."

Contextual Usage

Edit

/ኤዲት/

ማረም/ማስተካከል

To prepare content by correcting.

መረጃን በማስተካከል ማዘጋጀት።

Examples

"I need to edit this video."

Contextual Usage

Montage

/ሞንታዥ/

የምስል ቅንብር

A sequence of short film clips.

የአጫጭር ቪዲዮዎች ስብስብ።

Examples

"The training montage was cool."

Contextual Usage

Remix

/ሪሚክስ/

ዳግም ቅንብር

A different version of a song.

የአንድ ዘፈን የተለየ ቅንብር።

Examples

"The remix is danceable."

Contextual Usage

Sample

/ሳምፕል/

ናሙና

A portion of a sound recording.

ከአንድ ድምጽ የተቀነጨበ ክፍል ።

Examples

"He used a jazz sample."

Contextual Usage

Cover

/ከቨር/

የሌላ ሰው ስራ መጫወት

A recording of another artist's song.

ሌላ ሰው የዘፈነውን ዘፈን መልሶ መዝፈን።

Examples

"Her cover of Adele is great."

Contextual Usage

Collab

/ኮላብ/

ትብብር

Working together with someone.

ከሌላ ሰው ጋር አብሮ መስራት።

Examples

"This is a dream collab."

Contextual Usage

Feature

/ፊውቸር/

ተለይቶ የቀረበ

A prominent attribute or aspect.

ጎልቶ የሚታይ ባህሪ።

Examples

"The song has a feature."

Contextual Usage

Release

/ሪሊዝ/

መልቀቅ/ማውጣት

Make a film or song available.

ፊልም ወይም ሙዚቃ ለህዝብ ይፋ ማድረግ።

Examples

"When is the release date?"

Contextual Usage

Drop

/ድሮፕ/

መልቀቅ

To release a song or album suddenly.

ሙዚቃን ወይም አልበምን በድንገት መልቀቅ።

Examples

"They will drop the album tonight."

Contextual Usage

Hype

/ሀይፕ/

ጉጉት/ፕሮፓጋንዳ

Extravagant promotion.

ከመጠን ያለፈ ማስተዋወቅ ወይም ጉጉት።

Examples

"The hype is real."

Contextual Usage

Buzz

/በዝ/

ወሬ/መነጋገሪያ

Atmosphere of excitement and noise.

የደስታ እና የጩኸት ድባብ።

Examples

"There is a buzz about the movie."

Contextual Usage

Controversy

/ኮንትሮቨርሲ/

ውዝግብ

Disagreement and public debate.

የህዝብ አለመግባባት እና ክርክር።

Examples

"The ending caused controversy."

Contextual Usage

Scandal

/ስካንዳል/

ቅሌት

Action regarded as morally wrong.

ከሥነ ምግባር ውጭ የሆነ ድርጊት።

Examples

"The scandal was in the news."

Contextual Usage

Gossip

/ጎሲፕ/

ሐሜት

Conversation about other people.

ስለ ሌሎች ሰዎች የሚደረግ ወሬ።

Examples

"Stop spreading gossip."

Contextual Usage

Tabloid

/ታብሎይድ/

ታብሎይድ ጋዜጣ

A newspaper focused on sensational news.

በአስደሳች ወሬዎች ላይ የሚያተኩር ጋዜጣ።

Examples

"I read it in a tabloid."

Contextual Usage

Paparazzi

/ፓፓራዚ/

ፓፓራዚ

Photographers who follow celebrities.

ታዋቂ ሰዎችን የሚከታተሉ ፎቶግራፍ አንሺዎች።

Examples

"The paparazzi were outside."

Contextual Usage

Celebrity

/ሰለብሪቲ/

ታዋቂ ሰው

A famous person.

ታዋቂ የሆነ ሰው።

Examples

"She is a big celebrity."

Contextual Usage

Fame

/ፌም/

ዝና

The state of being known by many.

በብዙዎች የመታወቅ ሁኔታ።

Examples

"Fame changed him."

Contextual Usage

Notoriety

/ኖቶራይቲ/

መጥፎ ዝና

Being famous for something bad.

ለመጥፎ ነገር መታወቅ።

Examples

"He gained notoriety online."

Contextual Usage

Publicist

/ፐብሊሲስት/

የህዝብ ግንኙነት ባለሙያ

A person who manages public image.

የሰዎችን ዝና የሚያስተዳድር ሰው።

Examples

"The publicist handled the media."

Contextual Usage

Agent

/ኤጀንት/

ወኪል

A person who acts on behalf of others.

በሌሎች ስም የሚሰራ ሰው።

Examples

"The actor called his agent."

Contextual Usage

Manager

/ማኔጀር/

አስተዳዳሪ

A person responsible for business.

ለንግድ ስራ ኃላፊነት ያለው ሰው።

Examples

"The manager is busy."

Contextual Usage

Contract

/ኮንትራት/

ውል

A written or spoken agreement.

የተጻፈ ወይም የቃል ስምምነት።

Examples

"Sign the contract."

Contextual Usage

Royalty

/ሮያሊቲ/

የመብት ክፍያ

Payment to an author or composer.

ለደራሲ ወይም ለከያኒ የሚከፈል ክፍያ።

Examples

"He earns royalties."

Contextual Usage

Piracy

/ፓይራሲ/

የመብት ጥሰት

Illegal copying of movies or music.

የፊልም ወይም የሙዚቃ ህገ-ወጥ ቅጂ።

Examples

"Piracy hurts artists."

Contextual Usage

Download

/ዳውንሎድ/

ማውረድ

Copy data to your device.

መረጃን ወደ መሳሪያዎ መቅዳት።

Examples

"Download the song now."

Contextual Usage

Upload

/አፕሎድ/

መጫን

Transfer data to the internet.

መረጃን ወደ ኢንተርኔት መጫን።

Examples

"Upload the video."

Contextual Usage

Online

/ኦንላይን/

በኢንተርኔት

Connected to the internet.

ከኢንተርኔት ጋር የተገናኘ።

Examples

"I am online."

Contextual Usage

Offline

/ኦፍላይን/

ከኢንተርኔት ውጭ

Not connected to the internet.

ከኢንተርኔት ጋር ያልተገናኘ።

Examples

"The app works offline."

Contextual Usage

Screenplay

/ስክሪን-ፕሌይ/

የፊልም ጽሁፍ

The script of a movie.

የአንድ ፊልም ስክሪፕት።

Examples

"He wrote the screenplay."

Contextual Usage

Scriptwriter

/ስክሪፕት-ራይተር/

የፊልም ጽሁፍ ጸሐፊ

A person who writes scripts.

ስክሪፕት የሚጽፍ ሰው።

Examples

"The scriptwriter won an award."

Contextual Usage

Score

/ስኮር/

የፊልም ሙዚቃ ቅንብር

Orchestral music for a film.

ለፊልም ተብሎ የተቀነባበረ ሙዚቃ።

Examples

"The film score is haunting."

Contextual Usage

Composition

/ኮምፖዚሽን/

የሙዚቃ ስራ

A work of music or art.

የሙዚቃ ወይም የጥበብ ስራ።

Examples

"It is a complex composition."

Contextual Usage

Composer

/ኮምፖዘር/

ሙዚቃ አቀናባሪ

A person who writes music.

ሙዚቃ የሚጽፍ ወይም የሚያቀናብር ሰው።

Examples

"Beethoven is a famous composer."

Contextual Usage

Conductor

/ኮንዳክተር/

መሪ (የሙዚቃ ቡድን)

A person who directs an orchestra.

የሙዚቃ ቡድንን የሚመራ ሰው።

Examples

"The conductor raised the baton."

Contextual Usage

Orchestra

/ኦርኬስትራ/

ኦርኬስትራ

A large group of instrumentalists.

ትልቅ የመሣሪያ ተጫዋቾች ቡድን።

Examples

"The orchestra played beautifully."

Contextual Usage

Instrument

/ኢንስትሩመንት/

የሙዚቃ መሳሪያ

An object for producing sounds.

ድምፅ ለማውጣት የሚያገለግል ቁሳቁስ።

Examples

"The piano is an instrument."

Contextual Usage

Vocalist

/ቮካሊስት/

ድምፃዊ

A singer.

የሚዘፍን ሰው።

Examples

"The vocalist has a deep voice."

Contextual Usage

Backup

/ባክ-አፕ/

ረዳት/ተቀባይ

Support for a main performer.

ለዋናው ዘፋኝ ረዳት የሆኑ።

Examples

"The backup singers were good."

Contextual Usage

Stage

/ስቴጅ/

መድረክ

A platform for performers.

ለአርቲስቶች የተዘጋጀ ከፍ ያለ ቦታ።

Examples

"Walk onto the stage."

Contextual Usage

Backstage

/ባክ-ስቴጅ/

ከመድረክ ጀርባ

The area behind the stage.

ከመድረክ በስተጀርባ ያለው ቦታ።

Examples

"I went backstage."

Contextual Usage

Props

/ፕሮፕስ/

ቁሳቁሶች

Objects used on stage.

በመድረክ ላይ የሚጠቀሙባቸው ቁሳቁሶች።

Examples

"Move the props."

Contextual Usage

Costume

/ኮስቲዩም/

ልብስ (የትወና)

A set of clothes worn by an actor.

ተዋናይ የሚለብሰው ልብስ።

Examples

"The period costume was authentic."

Contextual Usage

Makeup

/ሜካፕ/

ሜካፕ

Cosmetics applied to an actor.

ተዋናይ ላይ የሚደረግ የፊት ማስዋቢያ።

Examples

"The monster makeup was scary."

Contextual Usage

Wardrobe

/ዋርድሮብ/

የልብስ ክፍል

The department that handles clothes.

ልብሶችን የሚይዝ ክፍል ።

Examples

"Check the wardrobe."

Contextual Usage

Lighting

/ላይቲንግ/

መብራት

The arrangement of lights.

የመብራቶች አደረጃጀት።

Examples

"The lighting was dramatic."

Contextual Usage

Sound

/ሳውንድ/

ድምፅ

Vibrations that travel through air.

በአየር ውስጥ የሚጓዙ ንዝረቶች።

Examples

"The sound quality is low."

Contextual Usage

Visual

/ቪዥዋል/

የእይታ

Relating to seeing or sight.

ከማየት ጋር የተገናኘ።

Examples

"The visual art was stunning."

Contextual Usage

Audio

/ኦዲዮ/

ድምፅ

Sound or its reproduction.

ድምፅ ወይም የድምፅ ቅጂ።

Examples

"The audio is clear."

Contextual Usage

Digital

/ዲጂታል/

ዲጂታል

Using computer technology.

የኮምፒተር ቴክኖሎጂን መጠቀም።

Examples

"Everything is digital now."

Contextual Usage

Analog

/አናሎግ/

አናሎግ

Relating to physical signals.

ከአካላዊ ምልክቶች ጋር የተገናኘ።

Examples

"I like analog clocks."

Contextual Usage

Retro

/ሬትሮ/

የድሮ ዘይቤ

Imitative of the past.

የድሮውን ዘይቤ የሚከተል።

Examples

"The fashion is retro."

Contextual Usage

Modern

/ሞደርን/

ዘመናዊ

Relating to the present.

ከአሁኑ ጊዜ ጋር የተገናኘ።

Examples

"It is a modern building."

Contextual Usage

Classic

/ክላሲክ/

ጥንታዊ/የታወቀ

Judged over a period of time to be high quality.

በጥራት የታወቀ እና ለረጅም ጊዜ የቆየ።

Examples

"That movie is a classic."

Contextual Usage

Masterpiece

/ማስተር-ፒስ/

ታላቅ ስራ

A work of outstanding artistry.

ታላቅ የጥበብ ስራ።

Examples

"The painting is a masterpiece."

Contextual Usage

Cult

/ካልት/

ታማኝ አድናቂ ያላቸው

Having a small but very loyal fan base.

ትንሽ ግን በጣም ታማኝ አድናቂ ያላቸው።

Examples

"It is a cult classic."

Contextual Usage

Underground

/አንደርግራውንድ/

ከህዝብ እይታ ውጭ

Alternative culture.

ከዋናው ባህል የተለየ።

Examples

"The underground music scene is rich."

Contextual Usage

Mainstream

/ሜይን-ስትሪም/

ዋናው ባህል

Ideas or activities regarded as normal.

በብዙዎች ዘንድ የተለመደ ባህል።

Examples

"Pop is mainstream."

Contextual Usage

Alternative

/አልተርኔቲቭ/

አማራጭ

Different from the standard.

ከተለመደው የተለየ።

Examples

"They like alternative rock."

Contextual Usage

Independent

/ኢንዲፔንደንት/

ገለልተኛ

Not controlled by others.

በሌሎች የማይመራ።

Examples

"An independent studio."

Contextual Usage

Commercial

/ኮሜርሻል/

ንግዳዊ

Concerned with making a profit.

ትርፍ ላይ ያተኮረ።

Examples

"It was a commercial hit."

Contextual Usage

Artistic

/አርቲስቲክ/

ጥበባዊ

Having natural creative skill.

የጥበብ ችሎታ ያለው።

Examples

"The film is very artistic."

Contextual Usage

Abstract

/አብስትራክት/

ረቂቅ

Existing in thought or as an idea.

በሃሳብ ደረጃ ብቻ ያለ።

Examples

"The music was abstract."

Contextual Usage

Realistic

/ሪያሊስቲክ/

እውነታዊ

Representing things as they are.

ነገሮችን እንዳሉ የሚያሳይ።

Examples

"The CGI is realistic."

Contextual Usage

Surreal

/ሱሪያል/

ከእውነት የራቀ

Bizarre or dreamlike.

እንደ ህልም ያለ ወይም እንግዳ።

Examples

"The imagery was surreal."

Contextual Usage

Iconic

/አይኮኒክ/

ዝነኛ/ምሳሌያዊ

Very famous or popular.

በጣም የታወቀ ወይም ዝነኛ።

Examples

"He wore an iconic hat."

Contextual Usage

Legendary

/ሌጀንደሪ/

አፈ-ታሪካዊ/ታላቅ

Remarkable enough to be famous.

በጣም ታላቅ እና ታዋቂ።

Examples

"She is a legendary singer."

Contextual Usage

Overrated

/ኦቨር-ሬትድ/

ከመጠን በላይ የተደነቀ

Rated too highly.

ከሚገባው በላይ የተወደሰ።

Examples

"I think that movie is overrated."

Contextual Usage

Underrated

/አንደር-ሬትድ/

ያልተገባው ዝቅተኛ ግምት የተሰጠው

Not rated highly enough.

ተገቢው ክብር ያልተሰጠው።

Examples

"This song is underrated."

Contextual Usage

Natural Dialogue

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I did! I think the and the both gave a great . The was witty, and the leading to the was intense. However, some critics say the is compared to the original . What do you think about the ? Is it or ?
Role A
It is because of the elements. The and caused a lot of , making it a . , it is , and the went with many memes and GIFs. An even shared a 's reaction on their , and now the is full of discussing spoilers and the twist.
Role B
True! Even the who did the for the is getting . The is on a world , playing at a huge and a . The played a of their , which topped the on . I the and the , especially the drum in the and . The are very deep.
Role A
I saw a and a talking about the involving the and the 's . Apparently, there was a in a about a and payments. follow them everywhere . It is crazy how and work in the media today.
Role B
I agree. I prefer films sometimes because they are more and less . I love using tools to and my own reviews. I always people and use a to increase and . Let me know if you get a on your for my latest .

The Writing Challenge

Synthesize your vocabulary knowledge in context.

Adaptive Prompt
"Discuss your favorite movie or music genre using words like 'masterpiece', 'viral', and 'cinematography'. Tell a partner why you think a certain celebrity is 'underrated' or 'overrated'."