Welcome to the third Oromo lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed bygrammar 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: learn101
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