Tag: Griefenow-Mewis2001
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Afaan Oromoo Wikipedia
This title doesn’t exactly hide that I am going to talk about Wikipedia today. The afaan Oromoo Wikipedia is not a robust Wikipedia. Many topics are missing and many articles are relatively short descriptions. Obviously, this is less good if trying to use the website as an actual way to gain knowledge. But, many of…
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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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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…