Alpha...May be you should review your self, in every thread people are attacking you..personally I see alpha as an educated Fellow Somali which enjoys Speaking his mind and is one of the 50 spirits of SOL...Misa inaar you attack people in private messages, because your insults are out of my sight,,, Haatuu Soomaalidu waxay tidhaa "Sun ku siiyee malab sii" ... Even Hadii ay jirto dhib aad tirsanayso inaad iska yara dhago tirto ayaa qurux badan...Waa iga talo....You are a good guy sxb...Be SOMALI

PS..I have found this picture on FACEBOOK, I think it might have been posted here long time before I arrived, but anyways I found it intriguing and worth to share it again in this age of uncertainty that befallen on SOL!!! Guurtidii horaytee dunidani ku gaamuray mar hadii la gooboo gacal tayasho lagu tabay Golahani SOL baa galabta laga helay Dhalinyaro garashiyo xikmad lagu gardaadshoo Cilmiyada gayaankani gabigooda wada helay iyagana SOL baa galabta laga helay Jacbur Salaan Ha naga guudoomeen Akhiyaarta FORUM-kan Masuulka ka ah...Waad mahadsantihiin.

Wadani;934876 wrote: Excellent advice Safferz. This is essentially what I did when I was studying Arabic, except I didn't have Arab friends so practising with native speakers was not really an option. You only know written arabic,,,once you go to Arab country you will have difficult time understanding the language...Alas! that is why what I read and what people say don't match also...I should stick with books and little sujuis...

Haatu;935002 wrote: Let me he help out a bit: mlango = door kajika = spoon mjani = teabag/teapowder kibarwa = manual labour malakote = a tribe pole sana = sorry Boolad (don't know the correct sp that's how we said it in Gsa) = kenyan equivalent of cent Mkamba = another tribe Samburu = another tribe That's all the Kiswahili/Kenyan words I can remember now I thought you were Big time Sujui...kkk Thanks for the link wyre , it led to another great website

Safferz;934796 wrote: You won't be able to learn from the internet alone -- you need to invest in a good English/Swahili dictionary, and one or two books (if you can find one that comes with an audio CD, even better) that will help you with learning grammar structure. Swahili does borrow heavily from Arabic in its vocabulary, but in its structure it's a Bantu language so it's important to find a book that will explain it well and teach you the patterns. Make sure you study daily and supplement it with listening/watching Swahili language television and radio, and also try your best to find native speakers to practice communicating with. You won't learn a language on your own, the most effective way has to be a combination of studying and putting what you've learned to work in conversation with native speakers. Let me know when you're learning Amharic Thank you inaar..That is my plan now.at the end of this year I will trolling in Swahili threads lolz

Safferz;934782 wrote: So why not learn Amharic? it on the list of things I gotta do before I hit 40!.. But right now, Swahili is top of the list..I got to speak good swahili at the end of this year...the problem is I have no sufficient source to study from ...Even when I learn few things and try to use them people say ...its all wrong where did you learn this? ... Wuxu ilayn waa af-jinni (no disrespect)

Thank you Raula......Hali is arabic in origin . now that is easy to remember. So its acceptable to say Hali or mambo to everyone irrespective of their status ...even with odayga Soddoga! kkk Apophis ...coast, you mean mombasa to zanzibar. Now how do I say.. (((I have been trying to construct sentences using google translate but it had got me in trouble before and I am avoiding that))) What would you like to drink? Let us go and eat? ((Kula is again Arabic in origin)) do you mind if I speak somali? Somali is a beautiful language

Although I am a hardcore Af-Soomaali nationalist and also a multilingual Somali ethnic. Recently I had developed an interest (motivated) in Kiswahili language...I have never been to east african countries, and frankly if it was in my hands I would prefer to learn speaking Amharic more than kiswahili but you gotta do what you gotta do...right now I need to grasp basics of language fast... For the Kiswahili speakers out there (I heard Somali Sujui is offensive) I would appreciate your help... Let me start by asking the following question ~I have been using the internet as my guide but its confusing me..For instance how is the cool way of saying How are you? is it....Wewe habari? or Vibi Halyanko? I think one is colloquial and the other is formal Any Reliable link would be highly appreciated. PS...I came to realize many nouns and even verbs in kiswahili are Arabic in origin...this would be easy for me.

Most Somali leaders listen to fortune tellers....it even extends to the Arab peninsula....Leadership needs information and intelligence from the jinni world....

She was not your calaf sxb... People Marriage knows no boundaries especially in this cosmopolitan world,,but there is a rule, Waligaa nin gabadh kaa soo doonto si dhibyar looma celiyo...Nabsi waaye.

Chimera;932270 wrote: True story: 1) Somali boys dream of being economists, architects, graphic-designers, etc, they blend in with the student populace. They listen to One Direction, don't mind Rihanna and are pretty much mama's boys. 2) Somalis girls dream of similar destinations, but stick out amongst their female peers due to their unique Somali/Islamic fashion. 3) Alienation ensues, cliques form, girl vs girl fights break out, Somali girls hold their own 4) Individual Somali boys aid their blood-related sisters against the boyfriends of the other female students. 5) The boyfriends eventually one way or another beat up the individual Somali boys through weight of numbers. 6) Somali boys harden in attitude and mentality and gravitate towards one another by forming a group. 7) Somali boys exact revenge and beat up the boyfriends. 8) They either become the alpha-group or like in this video reach a stale-mate. 9) In either case everyone stays out of each-other's business from then on. 10) Somali girls continue with studying and reach their aspirations, some Somali boys however drunk on the power of brotherhood and group-thinking, take this form of comradery from the school-yard to the street by dropping out. 11) They become hardcore gangs and engage other long established hardcore gangs. 12) News headlines galore...and in the end we all blame the Somali fathers...........WTH :confused: Personally I would like to cultivate the love and pride of Soomaalinimada inside children...they should believe that they are Somalis, a unique set of a nation..neither Arabs nor African Americans, even different from the Bantu counterparts in Africa...Waa dad soomaaliyeed..waa dad gooni ah...Love all Somalis no matter of clan affiliation simply because he is a fellow Waryaa... its pretty much what nazism is about,,,But I would prefer a Somali with pride than a pity Somali..

Rahima;932333 wrote: So sweet- Coofle are you fully Somali? Born , bred, Raised and educated in Somalia... Don't misjudge faaraxs, There is a lot of good faarax out there... inta wanaagsan dumarkooda qarsada si aan looga qashqashaadin kkk.. My myself Never believed in Love...I was like waa Kacsiga wadnaha iwm...But Karma is a ***** ... the definition of love is somewhat different from what you hear of in Songs/stories..to me love is seeing your spouse waking up and even angry and just smiling and saying inside...allaha ii daayo ...

Laba nin oo suuqa hargeisa isku dhex garaacayo maahine wax kale ma moodid ...

Some people have heart conditions you know...

Travelling through the harsh and unforgiving landscape of the more arid regions of the Somali peninsula was certainly an experience. Travelling through those lands I was perplexed and puzzled how our ancestors had survived in such a landscape - devoid of vegetation, arable lands or perrenial water bodies. I was, truly, in awe of and in that moment brimming with a feeling of respect for the way of life that Somali people had led. Only then did I begin to appreciate and understand the ingenuity of the Somali nomadic way of life. The land is changing, fast. it was not like that always, I remember growing up , the grass was everywhere in spring, there was forests of somali acacia, livestock was all over the land....the same places today are desserts or semi desserts with few acacia shrubs, I am even scared to go back again walaahi,,,its heartbreaking...

OdaySomali;932286 wrote: Expand on these two points, Coofle. First ... I am speaking about majority of woman... When it comes to being pious a woman no matter how much she resists she will follow the path of her spouse...If he is Non-praying, Jaad chewing xayraan...She will also fall into his category slowly or suddenly according to the depth of her believes..(EXCEPTIONS do exist and I have seen it) WADANI...duxdu hadalku waxay tahay....Find someone you can understand, garawsi iyo garasho leh.....and don't forget LOVE...people who say love doesn't exist lie...Love will take you far in a relationship..Love is beautiful,,Waan kuugu duceeyay inaar

Haatu;932258 wrote: Waa wareeeeeeeeeey. Damn all these words instantly sound much cooler in Somali Thanks duqa. Inaar duq ma ihiye....Waar dee waxani bidaar maaha ee waa salaxyo dhaadheer. :cool:

and they will receive presidential pardon on next Ramadan.....in defense of government they don't have sufficient capital to keep them locked and feed them...

The quest for perfect woman is like quest for Loch ness Monster! I realized that the only quality in woman that we should seek is (Garawsasho iyo Garasho) weather you like it or not woman will do mistakes , first because they are humans and second they are a crooked rib... Garawsasho iyo Garasho is what a woman needs to have in-order to apologize and not commit the same mistake again (at least she will try)... Allaha u naxariistee my grandmother used to say... "Siinlay iyo Siiclay yaa roon"....she retorts, "Siinlay baa roon, oo markaad ku tidhaa duufka/siinka iska tir iska masaxaysa"...Siiclaydu-se intay iiyo tidhaa bay hadana dunuunuci oo odhan "Sanka ma adaa ila leh".....Avoid naag madax adag...that is the biggest no no... But you gotta love your girl first..Jacaylka ayay ku qurux badanyihiin Nin ayaa bari nin kale waydiiyay....gabadhu miyay qurux badantahay misa jacaylkaa kuu qurxiyay?....!!! My point, If you love her you can see her good...Personally I believe patience of a man is what makes a happy family and patience only comes with love... my rule....There is no PIOUS WOMAN..Full Stop....Ninkeeda ayay marwadu la diin tahay.

Radioactivity = Kaahfalka (Oba yours is definition not translation) Kinetic Energy = Tamar socod Potential energy = Tamar keydsan Static Electricity = Danabka nag (Neg as in Negaansho = degenaan) The guys who did translation were great... Generator = I agree with MMA Capacitor = Madhxiye (I always liked how this word sounds...Madhxiye madhxiye loolz) ~Isleegyada wada jira waxa looga shaqeeya sadex hab, 1)isku gayn iyo kala goyn 2)Isbarbardhig iyo 3) jidka saablay ~Simultaneous equations are solved by three mothods 1)Addition and subtraction 2)Substitution 3)Quadratic equation ~Sets (maths) = ururada {AUB} = A union B = A utag B kkkk Waaryaahe...Thanks Haatu I never thought I had this knowledge in me kkkkkk .. I am on fire.kkk

Few months ago, I stumbled upon a mine of my old books...The soomaali Baylooji Book, The good old soomaali fiisigis book iyo xisaabtii dugsiyada sare, it was like indulging in old times...sure it was fun to feel back in school... Science is fun in mother tongue...Haatuu is an inspired young fella, here are some examples ( odds and ends of what I recall) ~Dheelitir isleegtan kiimikaad (balance this chemical equation) ~Ka shaqee Isleegyadan wada jira adoo kaashanaya Jidka saablay! ( Solve the following simultaneous equation using the quadratic equation method) ~Cimilada badda dhexe waxa ay roobka heshaa xilli ka geddisan waqtiga guga taas oo ay kaga duwantahay galoobadhka woqooyi (Mediterranean climate receive rainfall on different season than the rest of northern hemisphere) ~Boqoortayada Maali waxa ay ahayd bar tilmaameedka aqoonta ee galbeedka afrika waqtiyadii Maansa muusa (at the era of Mansa musa the kindgom of Mali was a beacon of knowledge for west africa) Waayo Waayo....Education had taste...Imika waan isku qasabnaa uun...Afqalaad ... If you are interested there is 137 Af-Soomaali books in this link .... I have read two so far..Thanks to indiana university... http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/nt/db.cgi?db=somalia&do=search_results&sb=allfield&allfield=&type=zzzzz I would recommend you start easy and interesting... Dhibbanaha aan dhalan by Cawl (the first man to write a book in Af soomaali - Aqoon-darro waa u nacab jacayl) Ayaan daran (read this story many times...in period of 14 years but finished it last year ...how lazy am I)

Now try the following... Chemical equation Element (as in Sodium) Chemical reaction

Speed = Xawaare Velocity = Keynaan (Velocity is speed with direction as I recall) Directly proportional = Saamigal qumman inversely proportional = Saamigal dadban Oxymoron= Sillan-sugan

Can someone help me with lyrics...not sure of some parts (underlined), I usually fill the empty spaces in songs with my own words as I did now... http://heesta.com/daar_hees.php?id=129 Waa cudur jacaylkuye waa culay iblaysoon weelka laga cidaadine cantar binu shadaadiyo cilmi siduu u galayee uu qays cidlada dhigay markuu culimadii dilay inuu dumarka ciirshoo cidhibtooda wada tiray kuu cadeeyay aniguuye miyaad caawa moogtahay Cidlo galaha cidiyo cawshiyo ugaadhiyo geeloo cararoo caymaday dhul caraarcar badaneey ceegaabta gucundhadu cidhib kulul ku celiyee carcaraaf inaan maray (doesn't make a sense) canaanteed la dhihi karin aawadaa cadibanahay kuu cadeeyay aniguye miyaad caawa moogtahay calyankaha dunida cidi kuma waartee hadii uu cuskado mawd Nabsi waa cawaanoo Waa col iyo gulufoo cidlo kuma dhaxaayee ceeryaan sideedii inuu cudurka kuu cunay cimrigaaga gaasiray kuu cadeeyaya aniguye miyaad caawa moogtahay. Waa cudur jacaylkuye waa culay iblaysoon weelka laga cidaadine cantar binu shadaadiyo cilmi siduu u galayee uu qays cidlada dhigay markuu culimadii dilay inuu dumarka ciirshoo cidhibtooda wada tiray kuu cadeeyay aniguuye miyaad caawa moogtahay

Haatuu...How do you say Speed and Velocity in Somali? (physics) iyo waliba...directly proportional and inversely proportional? (maths) I have few remnants from the old dusty "Jamhuuriyada Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliya" books knowledge left in my hemispheres..