Oromo Plural
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 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Oromo has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Oromo.
List of Plurals 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, therefore they need very special attention. 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.