A Grammatical Sketch of Written Oromo |
Common terms and phrases
abbaa actions adda added adjectives Adverbs akka answer base become beside called causative clauses compound conjugation conjunctions connection consonant coordinating copula derived dheeraa dialects eats emphatic English examples express father feminine focus marker formed by means friends function future gara genitive construction gerund give haati hands happen inni isaa isaan ISBN itti jira jiru jiruu kana keessa lengthened living maal malee mana means miti mother namni negative noun Oromo language particle pass past tense perfect person plural possessive postposition present tense pronouns question relative seems sentence singular sometimes sources spelling stem strong subject form subordinated suffix tables teacher terminating things tokko told ture turuu usually verb waan Write written yeroo