Make or do?
Make ወይስ do?
Use the most common collocations with make and do correctly.
How it works
Make is often about creating or producing something; do is often about tasks and activities. But many uses simply have to be learned.
make ብዙውን ጊዜ አንድን ነገር ስለመፍጠር፣ do ደግሞ ስለ ተግባራትና ሥራዎች ነው፤ ብዙዎቹን ግን በቃል ማጥናት ያስፈልጋል።
Words
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make a decisionphrase
ውሳኔ መስጠት
We need to make a decision by Friday.
እስከ ዓርብ ውሳኔ መስጠት አለብን።
make a mistakephrase
ስሕተት መሥራት
Everyone makes mistakes when they learn a language.
ቋንቋ ሲማሩ ሁሉም ሰው ይሳሳታል።
make progressphrase
መሻሻል ማሳየት
You're making good progress with your English.
በእንግሊዝኛዎ ጥሩ መሻሻል እያሳዩ ነው።
make an effortphrase
ጥረት ማድረግ
She made an effort to speak only English at work.
በሥራ ቦታ እንግሊዝኛ ብቻ ለመናገር ጥረት አደረገች።
make moneyphrase
ገንዘብ ማግኘት
His shop makes good money.
ሱቁ ጥሩ ገንዘብ ያስገኛል።
do homeworkphrase
የቤት ሥራ መሥራት
The children do their homework after dinner.
ልጆቹ ከእራት በኋላ የቤት ሥራቸውን ይሠራሉ።
do businessphrase
መነገድ (ንግድ መሥራት)
We do business with companies in Kenya.
በኬንያ ካሉ ድርጅቶች ጋር እንነግዳለን።
do your bestphrase
የተቻለዎትን ሁሉ ማድረግ
Just do your best in the exam.
በፈተናው የተቻለዎትን ሁሉ ብቻ ያድርጉ።
do someone a favourphrase
ውለታ መዋል
Could you do me a favour?
ውለታ ሊውሉልኝ ይችላሉ?
do researchphrase
ጥናት ማድረግ
I did some research before buying the phone.
ስልኩን ከመግዛቴ በፊት ጥቂት ጥናት አደረግሁ።