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Learning the Oromo Adjectives 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 Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Oromo.
Oromo Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Oromo Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | |
| a green tree | muka magariisa |
| a tall building | gamoo dheeraa |
| a very old man | nama baayyee jaare |
| the old red house | manicha diimaa moofaa |
| a very nice friend | jaala baayyee gaarii |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Oromo.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Oromo placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Oromo vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Oromo Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | bifoota |
| black | gurraacha |
| blue | baluu |
| brown | bifa bunaa |
| gray | daalacha |
| green | magariisa |
| red | diimaa |
| white | adii |
| sizes | hamma guddina |
| big | guddaa |
| deep | gadifagoo |
| long | lafarradheerata |
| narrow | dhiphaa |
| short | gabaabaa |
| small | xinnaa |
| tall | dheeraa |
| thick | yabbuu |
| thin | qallaa |
| wide | ball'aa |
| shapes | |
| circular | geengoo |
| straight | sirrii |
| square | golarfee |
| triangular | golsadee |
| tastes | dhandhama |
| bitter | hadhaawaa |
| fresh | asheeta |
| salty | sogidaawaa |
| sour | oganaawaa |
| spicy | ka urgoo baayyatu |
| sweet | mi'aawaa |
| qualities | |
| bad | hamaa |
| clean | qulqulluu |
| dark | dukkanaawaa |
| difficult | ulfaataa |
| dirty | xuraawaa |
| dry | qooraa |
| easy | salphaa |
| empty | duwwaa |
| expensive | mi'aa / qaalii |
| fast | daddafaa |
| foreign | ormaawaa |
| full | guutuu |
| good | gaarii |
| hard | jabaa |
| heavy | ulfaataa |
| inexpensive | rakasa |
| light | salphaa |
| local | kan biyyaa |
| new | haaraa |
| noisy | kan waci itti baayyatu |
| old | dull'oomaa / moofaa |
| powerful | humnaqabeessa |
| quiet | callumaawaa |
| correct | sirrii |
| soft | laafaa |
| very | baayyee |
| weak | dadhabaa |
| wet | jiidhaa |
| wrong | dogoggora |
| young | dargaggoo |
| quantities | hamma |
| few | xiqqoo |
| little | xinnoo |
| many | baayyee |
| much | baayyee |
| part | muraasa |
| some | waa |
| a few | xinnoo |
| whole | hunda |
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