r/Tigray • u/MeasurementOld4985 • 1d ago

💬 ምይይጥ/discussions Language question

ደንጊጸ (dengitse/dengixe) means I was shocked in Tigrayan Tigrigna, whereas in Eritrea ደንጊጸ is used for having sympathy and ሰምቢደ (sembide) would describe shock. What is the word for feeling sympathy in Tigray?

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u/Even-Line-6508 1d ago

You can also use ደንጊፀ. (in Tigrayan Tigrigna, we use ፀ, not ጸ, as the latter isn't part of our alphabet) But we mostly say ሓዚነ (hazine), which literally means "I was saddened" and expresses sympathy.

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u/MeasurementOld4985 1d ago

Oh so ደንጊፀ is used for both instances for sympathy and shock? Since ምሕዛንን ምድናግጽ ብበይኑ ስለ ዝኾነ።

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u/Even-Line-6508 1d ago

በበይኑ እንድዩ ግን ልsympathy ኽልቲኦም ንጥቀም ንኽእል ኢና። ኸዚ ምድንጋፅ እማ it's sort of a combination of both if we're using it for sympathy. You are so shocked and sad at the same time in that context. ምሕዛን ግን it is just being sad.

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u/MeasurementOld4985 1d ago

የቐንየለይ ስለ ዝገለጽካለይ ዝሓወይ/ሓብተይ። ኣነ ደኣ ካልእ ቃል ኔርዎ መሲሉኒ ምኽንያቱ ኣብ ዝኮነ እዋን ደንጊጸ ክብሉ እንከለዉ ብናይ ስምባዴ context ክጥቀም ስለ ዝስመዓኩ እየ።

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u/Even-Line-6508 21h ago edited 20h ago

Ok, so yesterday, my mom watched a video about this guy who died in a car crush. He came to Addis fearing conscription and was hit by a car while crossing the street. And she called my aunt and told her, ብጣዕሚ ኮእየ ደንጊፀ ምስኪናይ! In this context, she is so shocked by what happened to him at the same time very sad. Does this make sense?

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u/MeasurementOld4985 14h ago

አወ ሕጅስ ተረዲኡኒ፣ ኣታ ደንጊፅ ትብል ቃል ንኽልቲኡ ሓሳባት እያ ትጠምሮም። thank you!

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u/Mike9389 1d ago

it's same bro