Waan ku salamay dhamantiin,
Okay so here's the dilemma, I went to Somalia last february and stayed there for 6 months! yeah.. I know i'm a trooper and a half! And needless to say I LOVED LOVED it. It was that Eureka moment in my life, that insert cheesy life changing odessey of mine. I came back armed with enough foreigner tales and embarassing cultural clash moments to last a life-time. I met my grandmother(s) and grandfather(s) and half my extended sub-sub-sub-sub clan (members) exchanged phone numbers and 6 trillion cell phone messages later..and 6 zillion promises to sponsor and or send money later...I came to the conclusion that dhulka hooyo waah kaa wacaan maa jiro! I learned how to tie a guntiino properly (without my niigis showing and mooning unsuspecting people), how to properly garaac anjeero and make hilib geel muukmaad! I learned old gabaays passed down centuries ago..(lol dont ask me write it out. I had really embarassing moments occur such as---
eg 1. CEEB-of-the-century 1: Who knew you had to wear googaraad with your diirac sheed..i thought it was thick and opaque and no one would see your undies and legs--apparently not..sunlight+googar ad-la'an = really pissed of nomadfolk who think you are daqan cilis maximus. I got beat up by 12 yr old somali ciiyal suuq/girls with syringes and yelled out DIANA DIANA DIANA because i'm a bit fairer.. I learned that at the tender age of 20 yrs young evidently i'm a GUMEES. I went backpacking in Ceerigabo, saw biiyo qululeey in Bari ate chinese food in waqooyi-Toghdeer, ate camel meat/ fresh fish andddd REAL HILIB CAARI.. All in ALL I had a fantabulous trip.
:sigh: can't wait to go again. East North South West Somalia is the BEST
okay now back to my dilemma..I really really wanna learn how to speak fluent somali, I learned a bit in my 6 months but not enough to talk siyassad to my grams and recite cilmi boodheri to my moms.. so if there is anyway I can learn a condenced/ superquick/ the ****** guide to Af-somali i would really appreciate it. Hit me up on facebook..scratch that... msn and TEACH ME SOOMALI.
peace n balance- nabad galayo, Salams, LaylaSamada ♥