Oromo Nouns
Welcome to the third Oromo lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Oromo to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes dinnichaa |
tomatoes timaantima |
onions shunkurtaa |
carrots kaarootii |
fruits muduraa |
apples miilloo |
bananas muuzii |
oranges burtukaanii |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Oromo |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] annan qabda? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] annani fi buna nqaba |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] inni apili sadii qaba |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] apili tokkitti qabdi |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] mana xinnoo tokko keessa jiraanna |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] cireen keenya natti tola |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread daabboo |
milk annan |
butter dadhaa |
cheese ayibii |
coffee buna |
sandwich saandwiichii |
meat foon |
chicken indaanqoo |
fish qurxummii |
breakfast ciree |
lunch dhiyaana |
dinner irbaata |
Conversation in Oromo
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Oromo |
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| Do you speak (English/ Oromo)? afaan (ingiliizi/oromoo) beekta? |
| Just a little xinnoo se |
| I like Oromo oromoo nan jaaladha |
| Can I practice with you? si wajjin qayyabadhuu? |
| How old are you? umuriin ke waggaa meeqa? |
| I'm thirty three years old ani waggaa soddomi sadii |
| It was nice talking to you wajjin haasa'un kenya na gammachiseera |
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