If you're trying to learn Oromo Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... 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 Feminine 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 Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Oromo.
Oromo feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Oromo Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Dhalaa |
| he is happy | gammadeera |
| she is happy | gammaddeetti |
| he is American | Inni lammii Ameerikaati |
| she is American | Isheen lammii Ameerikaati |
| man | dhira |
| woman | dubartii |
| father | abbaa |
| mother | haadha |
| brother | obboleessa |
| sister | obboleettii |
| uncle | Wasiila eessuma |
| aunt | adaadaa |
| bull | korma loonii |
| cow | sa'a |
| boy | gurbaa |
| girl | intala |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Oromo.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Oromo? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Oromo vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Oromo Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| bathroom | mana usoo |
| bed | siree |
| bedroom | kutaasiree |
| chair | barcuma |
| clothes | uffata |
| coat | kootii |
| cup | kubbaayaa |
| desk | deeskii |
| dress | qamisii |
| fork | shukkaa |
| furniture | qodaa manaa |
| glass | daawitii |
| hat | barmeexaa |
| house | mana |
| ink | iinkii |
| jacket | jaakeetii |
| kitchen | kushiinaa / manabiddaa |
| knife | haaduu / ablee |
| lamp | kurraazii |
| letter | xalayaa |
| map | maappii |
| newspaper | gaazeexaa |
| notebook | barruu yaadachiisaa |
| pants | surree |
| paper | waraqaa |
| pen | iskiriibtoo/ peennaa |
| pencil | irsaasa |
| pharmacy | manaqorichaa |
| picture | footoo |
| plate | saanii |
| refrigerator | firiijii |
| restaurant | mananyaataa |
| roof | keenyan |
| room | kutaamanaa |
| scissors | maqasii |
| shampoo | shaampuu |
| shirt | shamiizii |
| shoes | qophee |
| soap | saamunaa |
| socks | kaalsii |
| spoon | fallaana |
| table | xarapheezzaa |
| toilet | kutaa usoo |
| toothbrush | rigaalkaanii |
| toothpaste | qoricha rigaa |
| towel | fooxaa |
| umbrella | dibaabee |
| underwear | uffata dhaqnattaanu |
| wall | gidgiddaa |
| wallet | boorsaakiisii |
| window | fooddaa |
| telephone | bilbila |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Oromo. Once you're done with Oromo Feminine, 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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