Book Unit
Unit 14: Jiruu baadiyaa (kutaa 2)
Learn more about rural life with a focus on agentive nouns, abstracts, and noun compounds.
Unit 14 - Jiruu baadiyaa (kutaa 2)
Bara diddam tahe eega Roobaa fi Shaggituun warra ifi dhaaban. Suuta-suutaan jiruu isaani ifumaaf deemsisuu dandayan. Akka aadaa Oromootti, hojii warraa abbaanwarraa fi haatiimanaa gargar fuudhatani.
Grammar Focus: Agentive
Agents could be formed by suffixing -tuu to nominal and verbal roots, e.g. barat- -> barattuu (student).
Grammar Focus: Abstracts
Abstracts can be formed with numerous suffixes. The most common suffixes are -eennya, -n, -ma, -msa, -sa, and -ummaa, e.g. ad- -> addeennya (whiteness).
Grammar Focus: Noun Compounds
In Oromo, there is a rich pool from which complex nouns can be formed by combining nominal and other roots, e.g. abbaa (father) + warra (family) -> abbaawarraa (head of a family).