Dietary & Allergies

1. Foon booyyee hin nyaadhu.

   I don't eat pork.

   Usage

   Use it when you avoid pork for religious or personal reasons.

   Grammar Note

   foon booyyee = pork (foon = meat, booyyee = pig), hin nyaadhu = I don't eat.

2. Foon hin nyaadhu; kuduraa fi buddeena nan nyaadha.

   I don't eat meat; I eat vegetables and injera.

   Usage

   Explains that you eat no meat; buddeena is the large thin pancake bread (injera).

   Grammar Note

   hin nyaadhu = I don't eat, nan nyaadha = I eat; the verb changes between negative and affirmative.

3. Nyaata foon hin qabne jiraa?

   Is there food without meat?

   Grammar Note

   nyaata = food, foon hin qabne = that doesn't have meat (relative clause), jiraa = is there.

4. Kuduraa qofa qabdaa?

   Do you have a vegetables-only dish?

   Grammar Note

   kuduraa = vegetables, qofa = only, qabdaa = do you have.

5. Kana keessa maal jira?

   What is in this?

   Grammar Note

   kana keessa = inside this, maal = what, jira = there is.

6. Kana keessa foon jiraa?

   Is there meat in this?

   Usage

   Swap foon for killee (egg), aannan (milk), qamadii (wheat) or qurxummii (fish).

   Grammar Note

   kana keessa = inside this, foon = meat, jiraa = is there. This sentence is composed from verified words with regular grammar; it is not copied from a source sentence. A native check is advisable.

7. Kun foon dhaa?

   Is this meat?

   Grammar Note

   kun = this, foon = meat, dhaa = question particle. This sentence is composed from verified words with regular grammar; it is not copied from a source sentence. A native check is advisable.

8. Kana nyaachuu hin danda'u.

   I can't eat this.

   Grammar Note

   kana = this (object), nyaachuu = to eat, hin danda'u = I cannot.

9. Aannan hin dhuguu.

   I don't drink milk.

   Usage

   Use it when you avoid dairy.

   Grammar Note

   aannan = milk, hin dhuguu = I don't drink. This sentence is composed from verified words with regular grammar; it is not copied from a source sentence. A native check is advisable.

10. Dhugaatii nama macheessu hin dhuguu.

    I don't drink alcohol.

    Usage

    Literally, I don't drink drinks that make a person drunk.

    Grammar Note

    dhugaatii = drink, nama macheessu = that makes a person drunk, hin dhuguu = I don't drink. This sentence is composed from verified words with regular grammar; it is not copied from a source sentence. A native check is advisable.

11. Foon booyyee

    Pork

    Usage

    Point at a dish and ask whether it has pork.

12. Lukkuu

    Chicken

    Usage

    Lukkuu is the word for the chicken itself.

13. Qurxummii

    Fish

14. Killee

    Egg

    Usage

    Also called hanqaaquu or buphaa.

15. Aannan

    Milk

16. Qamadii

    Wheat

17. Ocholoonii

    Peanut

    Usage

    It can also stand for nuts in general. This word is confirmed in only one travel phrasebook; a native check is advisable.

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