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Learning the Oromo Phrases is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Oromo language. But first we need to know what the role of Phrases is in the structure of the grammar in Oromo.
Oromo phrases are a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Phrases | Oromo Phrases |
|---|---|
| Phrases | jechoota |
| hello | akkam? |
| bye | nagaatti |
| congratulations | baga gammadde |
| sorry | naa dhiisi |
| really | dhugumaan |
Notice the structure of the Phrases in Oromo.
Below is a list of the phrases and daily expressions in Oromo placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Oromo vocabulary.
| English Phrases | Oromo Phrases |
|---|---|
| he is happy | gammadeera |
| she is happy | gammaddeetti |
| he is American | Inni lammii Ameerikaati |
| she is American | Isheen lammii Ameerikaati |
| I can accept that | kun naa ta'a |
| she added it | kana itti dabalte |
| we admit it | kana nifudhanna |
| they advised him | isa gorsani |
| I can agree with that | kana, ittan waliigala |
| she allows it | isheen nihayyamti |
| we announce it | kana nibeeksifna |
| I can apologize | dhiifama gaafachu nan danda'a |
| she appears today | harr'a mull'ati |
| they arranged that | sana mijeessaniiru |
| I can arrive tomorrow | bor achi ga'u nan danda'a |
| she can ask him | isa gaafachu nidandeessi |
| she attaches that | ishin sana itti qabsiifti |
| we attack them | jara halleelle |
| they avoid her | ishee baqatu |
| I can bake it | kana bilcheessuu nan danda'a |
| she is like him | ishiinis akka isaati |
| we beat it | kana nitumna |
| they became happy | nigammadani |
| I can begin that | kana jalqabu nandanda'a |
| we borrowed money | qarshii liqeeffanne |
| they breathe air | hafuura fudhatu |
| I can bring it | isa fidu nandanda'a |
| I can build that | isa ijaaruu nandanda'a |
| she buys food | nyaata bitatti |
| we calculate it | kana niherregna |
| they carry it | isa nibaatu |
| they don't cheat | hinsoban |
| she chooses him | isa filti |
| we close it | isa nicufna |
| he comes here | as dhufa |
| I can compare that | wal biratti ilaaluu nandanda'a |
| she competes with me | naan morkiti |
| we complain about it | waa'e isaa iyyanna |
| they continued reading | dubbisuu itti fufan |
| he cried about that | waa'e isaa booye |
| I can decide now | amma murteessu nan danda'a |
| she described it to me | waa'ee saa natti himte |
| we disagree about it | waa'ee saa walii hingaluu |
| they disappeared quickly | dafanii achii badan |
| I discovered that | Natu arge |
| she dislikes that | kun itti hintolu |
| we do it | nutu kana godha |
| they dream about it | waa'e saa abjootu |
| I earned | nan argadhe |
| he eats a lot | baayyee nyaata |
| we enjoyed that | nutti tole |
| they entered here | as seenan |
| he escaped that | harkaa ba'e |
| I can explain that | ibsuu nan danda'a |
| she feels that too | isheettis itti dhagaa'ama |
| we fled from there | asii baqanne |
| they will fly tomorrow | bor barrisu |
| I can follow you | si duukkaa bu'e nan danda'a |
| she forgot me | na irraanfatte |
| we forgive him | dhifama goneerraf |
| I can give her that | kana isheetti kennu nan danda'a |
| she goes there | achi dhaqxi |
| we greeted them | nagaa saan dubbifne |
| I hate that | kana nanjibba |
| I can hear it | nan dhaga'a |
| she imagine that | ishetti mullata |
| we invited them | isaan affeerre |
| I know him | an isa beeka |
| she learned it | isheen isa barte |
| we leave now | amma deemna |
| they lied about him | wa'ee isaa sobani |
| I can listen to that | isa dhaggeeffachu nan danda'a |
| she lost that | ishee harkaa bade |
| we made it yesterday | kaleessa goone |
| they met him | isaa wajjin wal argan |
| I misspell that | isaa barreessuu ndogoggora |
| I always pray | yomiyyu Waaqa nan kadhadha |
| she prefers that | isatu wayyaaf |
| we protected them | jara irraa ittifne |
| they will punish her | ishee ni adabu |
| I can put it there | isa achi kaa'u nan danda'a |
| she will read it | isa nidubbifti |
| we received that | isa harkaa fuune |
| they refuse to talk | sitti haasa'u didu |
| I remember that | isa nan yaadadha |
| she repeats that | isa deebitee maqaa dhoofti |
| we see it | isa ni argina |
| they sell it | isa gurguru |
| I sent that yesterday | isa kaleessa nan-erge |
| he shaved his beard | areda isaa haaddate |
| it shrunk quickly | dafee walitti gale |
| we will sing it | isa weedifna |
| they sat there | achi taa'an |
| I can speak it | isa dubbachu nandanda'a |
| she spends money | qarshii baafti |
| we suffered from that | inni nudarare |
| they suggest that | yaada akkasii dhi'eessan |
| I surprised him | nan naasise |
| she took that | isa fudhatte |
| we teach it | isa barsiifna |
| they told us | nutti himan |
| she thanked him | isa galateeffatte |
| I can think about it | itti yaadu nan danda'a |
| she threw it | achi gatte |
| we understand that | nuugala |
| they want that | isa barbaadu |
| I can wear it | uffachu nandanda'a |
| she writes that | isa barreesiti |
| we talk about it | waa'e isaa nidubbana |
| they have it | isaan bira jira |
| I watched it | hubadheen ilaale |
| I will talk about it | wa'ee isaa nimari'anna |
| he bought that yesterday | kaleessa kana bite |
| we finished it | isa fixne |
| Prepositions | |
| inside the house | manicha keessa |
| outside the car | makiinaadha alatti |
| with me | naa wajjin |
| without him | isa malee |
| under the table | xarapheezicha jala |
| after tomorrow | iftaan |
| before sunset | dhi'a aaduu dura |
| but I'm busy | ani ko'eessa / hojii irra njira |
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