Afaan Oromo/Chapter 01

85px|left|Oromo flag85px|right|Ethiopian flag Chapter 1: Numbers ⇐ Back to Alphabet and Pronunciation Back to Contents Continue to Next Chapter ⇒ Shopping Conversation 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. oromo_ch01_playall.ogg no Play all Maamila: Makorooniin jiraa? oromo_ch01_line01.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Jira. Kan akkamii barbaadda? oromo_ch01_line02.ogg no play Maamila: Gosa isa guddaa. Kiiloo walakkaa kenni. oromo_ch01_line03.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Tole. Waan biraa? oromo_ch01_line04.ogg no play Maamila: Kibiriitiin jira? oromo_ch01_line05.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Eeyee, meeqa barbaadda? oromo_ch01_line06.ogg no play Maamila: Gatiin isaa meeqaa? oromo_ch01_line07.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Darzana tokko qarshii shan. oromo_ch01_line08.ogg no play Maamila: Mi'aa dha. Hin hir'atu? oromo_ch01_line09.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Tole, qarshii afur danda'ama. oromo_ch01_line10.ogg no play Maamila: Dimshaasha meeqa? oromo_ch01_line11.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Afur fi torba saantima shantama qarshii kudha tokko saantima shantama dha. oromo_ch01_line12.ogg no play Maamila: Kunoo. Galatoomi. oromo_ch01_line13.ogg no play Abba suuqi: Atis galatoomi. oromo_ch01_line14.ogg no play [For translation see here] The Numbers in Oromo 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 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 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 1/2 — walakkaa (tokko lamaffaa) 1/3 — siisoo, nuusii (tokko sadaffa) 1/4 — kurmaana, ruubi (tokko arfaffaa) 7/8 — torba saddeetaffaa Combining Numbers 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 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 ⇒