Oromo Nouns

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