Oromo Adjectives
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 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Oromo has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Oromo.
List of 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 |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Oromo, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Oromo Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Oromo lessons here: Learn Oromo. Don't forget to bookmark this page.