Unit notes and practice questions
Everything here is for unit 1 of the Grade 10 Afaan Oromoo textbook: what the chapter covers, the short notes, practice questions with their answers, and the lesson video where one exists.
The cards filed under this chapter on the Grade 10 Afaan Oromoo page. Open one at a time.
When you use it
Use this when you punctuate a sentence, write names of people or places, or write abbreviations and amounts of money.
Watch out
Each letter of an abbreviation takes its own full stop, as in A.L.A. for Akka Lakkoofsa Awurooppaatti and Dh.K.D. for Dhaloota Kiristosiin Dura. A question ends with a question mark (?), not a full stop.
Drafted from Grade 10 Afaan Oromoo, pages 1-15, then checked twice before it went up
When you use it
Use this when you must name the type of a noun in a sentence, as in Gilgaala 11, where you separate maqaa dhuunfaa from maqaa meeshaa.
Watch out
A common word is not automatically a gamtaa noun. Countable nouns (lakkaawaman) such as mana and sa'a take a number, while uncountable nouns (hinlakkaawamne) such as bishaan and jaalala cannot be counted as one, two, three.
Drafted from Grade 10 Afaan Oromoo, pages 1-15, then checked twice before it went up
When you use it
Use this when you must say what kind of verb form appears in a sentence, such as a helper verb, a past-carrying form, or a passive form.
Watch out
Helper verbs (gargaartuu) tur, qab, jira, ool, dand and jedhamu do not stand alone as the main action; they join a main verb, as in Deemuu qabna and Gahutu sirra jira. A passive form such as Ijoolleen reebamte shows the subject receiving the action, not doing it.
Drafted from Grade 10 Afaan Oromoo, pages 1-15, then checked twice before it went up
10 multiple-choice questions written against this chapter, each with its answer and the reason. Try one before you open the answer. The questions are in Afaan Oromoo.
Question 1
Akka dubbisa boqonnaa kanaatti, Oromummaan karaalee meeqaan argama?
Answer: C Shan
Why
Dubbisicha keessatti Oromummaan karaa shan akka argamu ibsameera. Isaanis: dhiigaan, guddifachaadhaan, booji'uudhaan, ilmoo mixiifi moggaasaadha.
Question 2
Mallattoon tuqaa ( . ) faayidaalee armaan gadii keessaa kamiif tajaajila?
Answer: B Qarshiifi saantima adda baasuuf
Why
Tuqaan dhuma hima himamsaarratti, gabaajee adda baasuufi qarshiifi saantima adda baasuuf gala.
Question 3
Kanneen armaan gadii keessaa kamtu maqaa dhuunfaati?
Answer: C Finfinnee
Why
Finfinneen maqaa bakka tokkoo dhuunfaan waamu waan ta'eef maqaa dhuunfaadha.
Question 4
Jechoonni akka gowwummaa, hayyummaa fi dhukkuba jedhan gosa maqaa kam jalatti ramadamu?
Answer: C Maqaa killiyyaa
Why
Maqaaleen killiyyaa wantoota gocha, ta'umsaafi yaada irratti bu'uuramanii waamaman kan akka hayyummaa, gowwummaafi dhukkubaati.
Question 5
Dubartiin lammii biyya alaa dhimma Oromoo yeroo dheeraaf qorachuun moggaasaan maqaa Qabbanee Waaqayyoo jedhu argatan eenyu?
Answer: B Bonnie Holcomb
Why
Akka barruu dubbisaatti, dubartiin 'Bonnie Holcomb' jedhaman maqaa 'Qabbanee Waaqayyoo' jedhu kennameefii Oromummaa argataniiru.
Question 6
Daa'ima sababa adda addaatiin bakkeetti gatamee argame biyyoo ykn mixii irraa hurgufanii akka dhala ofiitti guddisuun karaa Oromummaa isa kami?
Answer: D Ilmoo Mixii
Why
Daa'ima bakkeetti gatamee argame biyyoo irraa hurgufanii akka dhala ofiitti kunuunsuun Oromummaa Ilmoo Mixii jedhama.
Question 7
Seera qubguddeessaa keessatti kanneen armaan gadii keessaa kamtu qubee guddaan jalqaba?
Answer: A Maqaa sabaa, biyyaafi ji'oota waggaa
Why
Qubguddeessi maqaa biyyaa, sabaa, afaanii, guyyoota torbaniifi ji'oota waggaa barreessuuf itti fayyadama.
Question 8
Hima Loomituun mucaa rukutte jedhu keessatti gochimni rukutte jedhu gosa gochima kamiiti?
Answer: A Gochima darboo
Why
Gochimni darboo raawwii matimarraa gara antimaatti (mucaa) kan ceesisudha.
Question 9
Waraana keessatti nama mo'amee sittan gala jedhee harka Oromootti kennateef Oromummaan karaan itti kennamu maal jedhama?
Answer: B Boojuudhaan
Why
Namni Oromoo hintaane waraana keessatti mo'amuun 'sittan gala' jedhee harka yoo kennate, Oromummaan kanaan argamu boojuudhaan jedhama.
Question 10
Kanneen armaan gadii keessaa gochimoota gargaartuu kan of keessaa qabu kami?
Answer: B tur-, qab-, jira-
Why
Gochimoonni gargaartuu xumura yaada guduunfu deeggaruuf kan galan yoo ta'an, isaanis tur-, qab-, jira-, ool-, dand- jedhamu.
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Unit 1 runs from page 1 to page 15 of the Ministry of Education edition.
Ministry of Education edition, Afaan Oromoo, 148 pages
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