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Learning the Oromo Adverbs 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 Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Oromo.
Oromo adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Oromo Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | |
| I read a book sometimes | gaaffi-gaaf kitaaba ndubbisa |
| I will never smoke | yomiyyuu hinxuuxu |
| are you alone? | qophaa keeti? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Oromo.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Oromo placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Oromo vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Oromo Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | |
| yesterday | kaleessa |
| today | harr'a |
| tomorrow | bor |
| now | amma |
| then | gaafas |
| later | eger |
| tonight | edans |
| right now | amma isa ammaa |
| last night | eda |
| this morning | ganam kana |
| next week | torban dhufu |
| recently | dhiyeenya kana |
| soon | dhiyootti |
| immediately | hatattamaan |
| adverbs of place | |
| here | as |
| there | achi |
| over there | gara sana |
| everywhere | iddoo hunda |
| nowhere | eessayyu |
| home | mana |
| away | fagoo |
| out | ala |
| adverbs of manner | |
| very | baayyee |
| quite | baayyee |
| really | dhugumaan |
| fast | dafee |
| well | gaarii |
| hard | cimaa |
| quickly | dafee |
| slowly | suuta |
| carefully | qalbiidhan |
| absolutely | matuma |
| together | walii wajjin |
| alone | qophaa |
| adverbs of frequency | |
| always | yeroo hunda |
| sometimes | gaaffii gaaf |
| occasionally | gaaffii gaaf |
| seldom | darbee darbee |
| rarely | darbee darbee |
| never | yoomiyyuu |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Oromo. Once you're done with Oromo Adverbs, 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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