Oromo Numbers
Learning the Oromo Numbers 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 Numbers is in the structure of the grammar in Oromo.
Oromo cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Oromo Numbers |
| numbers | lakkoobsa |
| one | tokko |
| two | lama |
| three | sadii |
| four | afur |
| five | shan |
| six | jaa'a |
| seven | torba |
| eight | saddeet |
| nine | sagal |
| ten | kudhan |
| eleven | kudhatokko |
| twelve | kudhalama |
| thirteen | kudhasadii |
| fourteen | kudhafur |
| fifteen | kudhashan |
| sixteen | kudhajaa'a |
| seventeen | kudhatorba |
| eighteen | kudhasaddeet |
| nineteen | kudhasagal |
| twenty | digdama |
| hundred | dhibba |
| one thousand | kuma |
| million | milliyoonii / kontomadhibba |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Numbers in Oromo has a logical pattern. Locate the Numbers above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Oromo.
List of Ordinal Numbers in Oromo
Oromo Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Oromo. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Oromo vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Oromo Numbers |
| Ordinal Numbers | |
| first | tokkoffaa |
| second | lammaffaa |
| third | sadaffaa |
| fourth | arfaffaa |
| fifth | shanaffaa |
| sixth | jaa'affaa |
| seventh | torbaffaa |
| eighth | saddeetaffaa |
| ninth | saglaffaa |
| tenth | kurnaffaa |
| eleventh | kudhatokkoffaa |
| twelfth | kudhalammaffaa |
| thirteenth | kudhasadaffaa |
| fourteenth | kudharfaffaa |
| fifteenth | kudhashanaffaa |
| sixteenth | kudhajaa'affaa |
| seventeenth | kudhatorbaffaa |
| eighteenth | kudhasaddeetaffaa |
| nineteenth | kudhasaglaffaa |
| twentieth | digdamaffaa |
| once | al-tokko |
| twice | al-lama |
Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers have a very important role in Oromo, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Oromo Numbers, you might want to check the rest of our Oromo lessons here: Learn Oromo. Don't forget to bookmark this page.