Book Unit
Unit 15: Hojii filaccuu
Learn vocabulary about choosing a job, along with intensive verbs and periphrastic negation.
Unit 15 - Hojii filaccuu
Eega oraate miti ammumaan hojii qooqaa toklw filaddhu. Hojii filaccuuf gaafii takka-takka deebisuu barbaaccisa.
Grammar Focus: Intensive and Frequentative Verbs
Intensive and frequentative verbs are formed by reduplicating the initial syllable of the stem. Such verbs show that a given action is done intensively or repeatedly.
fagees- (make far) -> faffagees- (make much more spaces)
Grammar Focus: Periphrastic Negation
Periphrastic negation can be constructed by using negative verbs. The negative verbs require additional verbs to form periphrastic negation. The negative verbs are: dhaabaddh- (stop), dhiis- (leave), did- (refuse).
Inni deemuu dhaabate. (He stopped going.)