Here’s some vocabulary relating to character traits, followed by some exercises to practice the vocabulary.
| ኩራት/kurat | proud | ተነሰሺነት/tänäsäšinät | motivation |
| ግድለሽ/gïdläš | careless | አደራ መስጣት/adär mäst’at* | to trust |
| ጥብቅ/t’bïk’ | strict | በዋዛ ፈዛዛ/bäwaza fäzaza | lazy |
| ባህር/bahr** | character | ሀቀኝነት/häk’äñïnät | honesty |
| ጨዋ/c’äwa | polite | ትህትና/tïhtïna*** | character |
Exercise: Match the words to their SYNONYMS.
| 1. ___ ትህትና/tïhtïna | ሀ. ግደለሽ/gïdäläš |
| 2. ___ አደራ መስጣት/adära mäst’at | ለ. ደግ/däg |
| 3. ___ በዋዛ ፈዛዛ/bäwaza fäzaza | ሐ. እምነት መጣል/ïmnät mät’al |
| 4. ___ ጨዋ/c’äwa | መ. ጥሩ ባህሪ/t’ïru bahri |
Exercise: Match the words to their OPPOSITES.
| 1. ___ ጨዋ/c’äwa | ሀ. ወሻታም መሆን/wäšatam mähon |
| 2. ___ ሀቀኝነት/häk’äñïnät | ለ. በለጌ/bäläge |
| 3. ___ ትህትና/tïhtïna | ሐ. ግድለሽ/gïdläš |
| 4. ___ ተነሰሺነት/tänäsäšinät | መ. እፍረት/ïfrät |
| 5. ___ ኩራት/kurat | ሰ. ክፉ ማሆን/kïfu mähon |
Exercise: Fill-in-the-blanks using the following words
ሀቀኛ/häk’äña
ኩራት/kurat
ግድለሽ/gïdläš
ጥብቅ/t’ïbk’
- እሷ __________ ናት። በጭረሽ አልዋሸችም።
ïswa __________ nat. bäc’räš alwašäčm. - አስተማሪዋ __________ ናት። ተማሪዎቿ ሁልጊዜ የትምህርት ሕግጋት መከበር አለበቸው።
astämariwa __________ nat. tämariwočwa hulgize yätïmhïrt hïgïgat mäkäbär aläbäčaw:: - እኔ የዩኒቨርሲቲ ትምህርቴን ስጭረስ __________ ተስምቶኝ ነበር።
ïne yäyunivärsiti tïmhïrten sïč’räs __________ täsmtoñ näbär. - __________ ተማሪ የበት ሲራ አልሰረም።
__________ tämari yäbet sïra alsäräm.
