If you're trying to learn Oromo Plural you will find some useful resources including a course about Plural and Singular... to help you with your Oromo grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Oromo. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Oromo Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Oromo.
Oromo Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Oromo Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | |
| my book | kitaaba kiyya |
| my books | kitaaboota kiyya |
| our daughter | intala keenya |
| our daughters | intaloota keenya |
| I'm cold | nan dhaamodha |
| we're cold | ni dhaamonna |
| his chickens | indaanqoota isaa |
| their chicken | indaanqoota isaanii |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Oromo.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Oromo placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Oromo vocabulary.
| English Plural | Oromo Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | naacha |
| alligators | naachoota |
| bear | dibii |
| bears | dibii |
| bird | simbira |
| birds | simbiroolee |
| bull | kormaa |
| bulls | koromii |
| cat | adurree |
| cats | adurroota |
| cow | sa'a |
| cows | saayyaan |
| deer | bosonuu |
| many deer | bosonuu baayyee |
| dog | saraa |
| dogs | saroota |
| donkey | harree |
| donkeys | harroota |
| eagle | risaa |
| eagles | risoota |
| elephant | arba |
| elephants | arboota |
| giraffe | sattawwaa |
| giraffes | sattawoota |
| goat | reettii |
| goats | re'oota |
| horse | farda |
| horses | faradoo |
| lion | leenca |
| lions | leencoota |
| monkey | qamalee |
| monkeys | qamaloota |
| mouse | antuuta |
| mice | antuutoota |
| rabbit | illeettii |
| rabbits | illeettoota |
| snake | bofa |
| snakes | bofoota |
| tiger | qeerransa |
| tigers | qeerransoota |
| wolf | yeeyyii |
| wolves | yeeyyii baayyee |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Oromo. Once you're done with Oromo Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Oromo lessons here: Learn Oromo. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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