Afaan Oromo/Chapter 01

From Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Oromo flag
Oromo flag
Ethiopian flag
Ethiopian flag
Chapter 1: Numbers
Back to Alphabet and Pronunciation Back to Contents Continue to Next Chapter
This book includes inline links to audio files. If you have trouble playing the files, see media help.

Shopping Conversation[edit | edit source]

To play audio files, click the word, not the speaker icon. All audio files are OGG format, which are handled differently by different browsers.
See help page for help playing these files.

About this sound Play all
Maamila: Makorooniin jiraa? About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Jira. Kan akkamii barbaadda? About this sound play
Maamila: Gosa isa guddaa. Kiiloo walakkaa kenni. About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Tole. Waan biraa? About this sound play
Maamila: Kibiriitiin jira? About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Eeyee, meeqa barbaadda? About this sound play
Maamila: Gatiin isaa meeqaa? About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Darzana tokko qarshii shan. About this sound play
Maamila: Mi'aa dha. Hin hir'atu? About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Tole, qarshii afur danda'ama. About this sound play
Maamila: Dimshaasha meeqa? About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Afur fi torba saantima shantama qarshii kudha tokko saantima shantama dha. About this sound play
Maamila: Kunoo. Galatoomi. About this sound play
Abba suuqi: Atis galatoomi. About this sound play


[For translation see here]

The Numbers in Oromo[edit | edit source]

Numbers come after the noun they modify, so that “two mangoes” is “mangoo lama”, just as “five birr” is “qarshii shan” and 200 is dhibba lama. Ordinal numbers are formed by adding the suffix -ffaa or -affaa to the number. Fractions can be expressed by saying the numerator as a cardinal number and then the denominator as an ordinal number.

Numbers[edit | edit source]

0 — zeeroo, duwwaa 40 — afurtama
1 — tokko 50 — shantama
2 — lama 60 — jahaatama, ja'aatama
3 — sadii 70 — torbaatama
4 — afur 80 — saddeettama
5 — shan 90 — sagaltama
6 — jaha, ja'a 100 — dhibba (tokko)
7 — torba 101 — dhibba (tokko) fi tokko
8 — saddeet 102 — dhibba (tokko) fi lama
9 — sagal ...
10 — kudhan 200 — dhibba lama
11 — kudha tokko 201 — dhibba lama fi tokko
12 — kudha lama ...
... 1000 — kuma (tokko)
20 — digdama 2000 — kuma lama
21 — digdamii tokko 2043 — kuma lamaa fi afurtamii sadii
22 — digdamii lama 5327 — kuma shan dhibba sadii fi digdamii torba
... 1,000,000 — Kitila (tokko)
30 — soddoma 1,000,000,000 — Bitila or Kumla (tokko)
31 — soddomii tokko 1,000,000,000,000 — Tirtira or Kumsa (tokko)
... 1,000,000,000,000,000 — Boran or KumKumla (tokko)

Ordinals[edit | edit source]

1st — tokkoffaa
2nd — lamaffaa
3rd — sadaffaa
4th — arfaffaa, afraffa
5th — shanaffaa
6th — jahaffaa
7th — torbaffaa
8th — saddeetaffaa
9th — sagalaffaa
10th — kurnaffaa, kudhaffaa
11th — kudha tokoffaa

Fractions[edit | edit source]

1/2 — walakkaa (tokko lamaffaa)
1/3 — siisoo, nuusii (tokko sadaffa)
1/4 — kurmaana, ruubi (tokko arfaffaa)
7/8 — torba saddeetaffaa

Combining Numbers[edit | edit source]

When the same number is repeated, it applies to all items. Thus, “lama lama” means “everything is two (birr)”. Two numbers said together indicate amount of birr for number of items, as in “lama sadii” for “two (birr) for three (items)”.

Chapter Vocabulary[edit | edit source]

maamila

customer

abba suuqi

shop keeper

___ jira?

“Do you have ___?” [lit. “Is ___ present?”]

meeqa

how much/many

Gatiin saa meeqaa?

“How much is its price?”

Barbaadda?

“Do you want?”

barbaaduu

to want

bituu

to buy

___ bituun barbaada

“I want to buy ___”

qarshii

Ethiopian birr

saantima

cent (100th of a birr)

deebii

change [lit. “response”]

Mi'aa dha

“It's expensive”

Rakasa dha

“It's cheap”

gudda

big

Kan akkami?

“What kind?”

kilo tokko

one kilo

Meeqa barbaadda?

“How many do you want?”

Meeqa si keenu?

“How many shall I give you?”

Waan biraa?

“What else?”

Hin hiratu?

“Is this your best price?”

___ naa keeni

“Give me ___”

kunoo

“Here you are”

fidi

take it

danda'ama

“It's possible”

tole

O.K.

eeyee

yes

lakkoofsa

number

darzana

dozen

dimshaasha

total

fi

and

tuqaa

(decimal) point

kibiriitii

matches

waan biraa

something else

galatoomi

thank you


Back to Alphabet and Pronunciation Back to Contents Continue to Next Chapter