Tag: book
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Oromo Newspaper Reader, Grammar Sketch, and Lexicon by Tucho et al
Another of my absolute favorite books, and one of the initial books I bought (you can see some of the damage on the cover from shipping this from abroad to Ethiopia as I couldn’t find it in country). This is another book that mainly serves a reference goal now with the lexicon and grammar sketch.…
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Kibbeefi Waaqoo by Addunyaa Barkeessaa
As I said earlier, Grammatical Sketch is kind of a boring book to just read through so I am trying to get more short books in this week. This is Kibbeefi Waaqoo, another Mega Publishing graded reader by Addunyaa Barkeessaa. Another relatively early reader, but this one sees a lot more use of transitions in…
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A Grammatical Sketch of Written Oromo by Catherine Griefenow-Mewis
This is probably one of my favorite books and, in addition to the Oromo Newspaper Reader and Lexicon, one of the first books about afaan Oromoo that I ever read focusing on the grammar aspect of the language. Grammatical Sketch is clearly a reference work and it would be unlikely for someone to read through…
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Marqaa by Addunyaa Barkeessaa
This is part of Mega Publishing and Spotlight Publishing’s graded readers for school children. I have many of these and similar books but it is difficult to find a complete set. This is one of the easier books from the series that I have so I decided to start with this one. Each page is…
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Going to try two (or more) books
This week, I would like to try something that I hope will become more normal. I am going to try to read and post about at least two books. One will be a more grammar heavy reference book and the other(s) will be easy children’s books. The grammar book is A Grammatical Sketch of Written…
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Afan Oromo: A Guide to Speaking the Language of Ethiopia’s Oromo People
This book is written by Abebe Bulto and edited by Temesgen H. Beriso and Andrew Tadross. This is the 2021 edition of the book. I had the previous edition of this but left it in Ethiopia when I moved away, but they seem similar from what I remember. This is probably the most readily accessible…