It's more of a regional, also colloquial, phrase so you may not know. It means get the food of the fire or stove. Basically, serve the food. Edited: Rokko is the man!

Xiin, that's true, and that's why I asked. Occasionally when my mind has had it's fill of JTrees and JTables, I go back to my childhood and remember all those phrases I learned but never go to use very much. Like this one: Dhariga ka soo rog. Anyone know what it means? P.S. Cara, your Somali is immaculate. All you need is some gabayo to compete with Xiin.

^ You and Puja need to take my Learn Somali in one weekend course. Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Ku jiidhay means ku madax-maray. al yacni waad ku ku khafiiftay. Maaha? Ishaad ka tuurtay.

Not jiitey or jiiday, that's pulling or dragging, but jiidhay, knocking over or hitting. As in babuur baa jiidhay.

^ Ku mee dee? LOL. Sounds like af-jini indeed. I use that sometimes as well.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: lol@hebel farta ma la geliyey. Sounds too gross. Hebel ma la baaray miyaa ? It does sound too gross but in fact, it's a very good thing to happen to someone. Farta Xiin ma la galiyay is asking if Xiin has been sent to school to get educated. And you're thinking baaris (or baadhis). Atheer ma Homeland Security ayaa ku jiidhay? Guess what ku jiidhay means?

^ You're right. I waakan is not Somali. It's the response of a child born in the diapora. Love the far baa ku mudan. Ever heard hebel farta ma la galiyay? Do you know what it means? And no, it doesn't involve any indecent act.

^ Indeed. You seem to know your Somali. Good for you.

No, it's actually waakan not wakan (which is not really a word in Somali). The latter rhymes with wadan, as in country. See the difference? So you use number 1, eh? Qald*aan waaxid. P.S. Another option for a response to ku aaway dee is i waykan. You know, the song. Alla ku aaway, alla waykan. LOL. P.P.S. Like the title of this thread is so wrong. Fuuleyiin kulaha. It should be fulayiin or fulay, the plural of fulay, a coward. I know they both spell the same but the pronunciation is different. The plural is quicker at the end than the singular.

What's the response to 'ku aaway dee'? 1) Waa ikan? 2) I waakan? 3) Waa ikanaa? What a language, eh?

One bridge at a time. That's how it should be. I'm just wondering about the road from Berbera that is, allegedly, being destroyed by overloaded trucks bringing goods to Ethiopia. Any plans to fix that or at least put limits on weights that can go on it? Originally posted by raadamiir: WOW nice really nice. The Bridge really looks like a bridge. Way to Go my Northern brothers and sister. Becoming a role modle for the rest of Somalia including Puntland which is right behind you. AYOUB_SHEIKH Thanks for the pictures really injoyed looking at them. North Somalia looks nice.

Beautiful. A little fast at first but it's understandable. It certainly would not be mistaken for anything but a dialect of Somali.

Originally posted by Naxar Nugaaleed: I hope it is located in Somalia. This would guarantee peace for few more decades. Unfortunately, your uncle is only important to you. He's practically nonexistent to the US who will not afford him any protection. This 'base' is a way to ensure uninterrupted supply of African oil which is concentrated mainly in the Gulf of Guinea. Seeing how Iraq is on the brink of disintegration and with the real risk of Middle East volatility continuing to rise, it may be years, if not decades, before it is stable again specially if Iran is attacked. So in order to hedge against supply shortfalls, there cannot be any rough-neck militants disrupting oil production in that region. Specially recently when they've become more and more brazen in kidnappings and bombings. Look for AFRICOM to show up in a coastal (or near coastal) city in a western African country soon. P.S. The article Nomadic Princess linked to above shows what probably is the scouting for a potential spot for the base. Of course, they're calling it a major 'training operation'. LOL.

Originally posted by Cambarro: "Does the TFG even know of the Cholera outbreak?" No, they are busy drawing up anti-terror laws. Don't forget printing passports so they can travel. lol.

More Than 115 Dead in Somalia of Cholera By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN The Associated Press Wednesday, February 7, 2007; 9:36 AM MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A cholera outbreak in Somalia has killed more than 115 people and hospitalized 724 in towns where people were forced to use contaminated water from a flooded river, doctors said Wednesday. More violence hit the capital, a day after the president ruled out talks with a moderate leader of Somalia's ousted Islamic movement, a setback for efforts to hold broad reconciliation talks in the war-torn country. Tests conducted by the international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontiers confirmed the cholera outbreak in towns along the Shabelle river. The river flooded earlier this year, leaving tens of thousands homeless in a country with little ability to respond because it lacks an effective government. "At least 115 people, 53 of them children, have died from cholera in four districts in the last four weeks," said Dr. Abdulahi Hussein Malin, who works in a hospital in Jowhar, 55 miles north of Mogadishu. Infants have been especially affected, said Dr. Hawo Abdi Mumin, who works with the Somali Red Crescent Society. "People use water from the river, which is contaminated because of the floods, because they have no access to clean water," she said. In Mogadishu, four people were killed on the streets by unidentified gunmen in separate incidents, police said. The motive in each case was not immediately clear. The city has seen spiraling violence over the past month following the ouster of Somalia's Islamic movement that controlled the capital and much of southern Somalia. The Islamic movement, which still has strong support in Mogadishu, has vowed to wage an Iraq-style insurgency. Clan rivalries also are a challenge for the government. Police seized a cache of arms Wednesday, including 27 mortars, a number of land mines and ammunition for anti-aircraft weapons, Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle said. They arrested three suspects, all Somalis, Jelle said. He said the cache was found in a house in southern Mogadishu, where a former military barracks used to be. Unidentified attackers fired a mortar round near the presidential residence in the Somali capital late Tuesday, said Ali Sa'id Hassan Awale, the police chief of Mogadishu. No one was injured. Efforts toward broad-based talks to stabilize Somalia received a blow Tuesday when President Abdullahi Yusuf told the Yemeni News Agency he would not hold talks with Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, a leader of the Islamic movement who is in protective custody in Kenya and may seek asylum in Yemen. Various donors have pressed the Somali government to reach out to moderate elements of the Islamic movement to stabilize Somalia. Some diplomats have suggested Ahmed is important to such a development. On Monday, the government began a weeklong meeting with the elders, traditional chiefs, representatives of private aid and development groups in Mogadishu as part of promised efforts to reconcile Somalis after 16 years of conflict. Mogadishu and much of southern Somalia has borne the brunt of the country's conflict that began in 1991 when clan-based warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on one another, sinking the Horn of Africa nation of 7 million people into chaos. A Yemeni foreign ministry official said that three moderate leaders of Somalia's Islamic movement were already in Yemen and have met with Yemeni officials and U.S. diplomats. Yusuf said his government was willing to offer amnesty to the Islamic movement's fighters if they renounced violence. But its leaders, he said, "will not be given amnesty because they had caused Somalia's breakdown and destruction." The transitional government, formed in 2004 with U.N. help, only managed to establish itself in the capital in December, driving out the Islamic militia with the help of Ethiopian troops. ___ Associated Press writer Salad Duhul in Mogadishu, Somalia contributed to this report. AP via Washington Post

A mortar bomb fired at the presidential compound in Mogadishu Aweys Osman Yusuf Mogadishu 05, Feb.07 ( Sh.M.Network) -Unknown gunmen fired a mortar bomb at the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. Witnesses told Shabelle that the mortar exploded near the palace, Villa Somalia, in south of Mogadishu. There has been no casualty in this latest guerrilla style war against the government and Ethiopian military bases in the capital. On Thursday night, at least seven mortar rounds were fired at the airport, seaport and neighborhoods in the capital. At least seven people were killed in the incident. Witnesses said Ethiopian and Somali troops guarding the palace launched searching houses near the presidential compound for guns and explosions. No suspect has been arrested yet and no one has claimed responsibility. Shabelle Media Network

MOGADISHU, Somalia Feb 6 (Garowe Online) - Unknown gunmen attacked Mogadishu’s Ambassador Hotel Tuesday night with rocket-propelled grenades, underscoring the fragile security in the Somali capital. The attack on Ambassador Hotel was preceded earlier in the day by another daring attack near Villa Somalia, the heavily-guarded presidential compound, when fighters launched mortars and fled the scene before authorities arrived. No one was reported hurt during both attacks but the hotel was damaged, according to witnesses. Attacks have increased in Mogadishu since Ethiopia-backed Somali government forces rolled into town over the New Year. Mogadishu saw the semblance of law and order during the six-month rule of the Islamic Courts movement, who were dislodged from power by the government. In another sign of rising insecurity, an employee of a telecommunications company was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, according to a company official. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity with Garowe Online, said Abdirashid Einanshe was kidnapped as he was driving in Hamar Jadiid area and taken to an unknown location. Abdirashid was a marketing specialist for Hormuud telecommunications company’s Mogadishu operations, the official said. Government spokespeople have repeatedly blamed ousted Islamist fighters for the spate of gunfights and explosions in recent weeks, but Mogadishu residents expressed growing concern over local militia infighting and turf wars. Garowe News Online

Somalia's PM demotes his deputy Somalia's deputy PM and ex-warlord, Hussein Aideed, has been demoted from internal affairs to the housing ministry in a cabinet reshuffle. A BBC correspondent says it is part of the prime minister's efforts to exert his authority since the government routed the Islamists from Mogadishu. Five people have been killed in the capital by gunmen in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Uganda's parliament is expected to approve the deployment of 1,500 troops for a Somali peace force. 'Inefficiency' The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says two people were killed on Wednesday morning by unknown assailants at the south of the city near the main telecommunications centre. Three other people were killed in separate attacks on Tuesday night. Leaflets warning residents not to co-operate with the government have been in circulation in Mogadishu, and the attacks could be linked to them, says our correspondent. As Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi announced his reshuffle, he accused some ministers of misuse of funds and inefficiency. Meanwhile in Uganda, the parliament is voting to allow the deployment of 1,500 soldiers to Somalia as part of the African Union (AU) peace mission. The AU has struggled to raise 8,000 troops its wants to send to Somalia to replace Ethiopian soldiers who have started to withdraw. In December, Ethiopia helped oust the Union of Islamic Courts, who ruled much of Somalia for the previous six months, and install the government in Mogadishu. So far Nigeria, Ghana and Burundi are the other countries which have offered troops for the AU mission. BBC

I simply love it when Mystic gathers the knuckle-dragging lot to school them on language, the arts, politics and everything else. Bless you atheer.

Reconcilition-ow xaal qaado.

Somali pres sees no difference between moderates, radicals 6 Feb 6, 2007, 18:20 BAIDOA, Somalia Feb 6 (Garowe Online) - Somalia’s interim president has once again dismissed any negotiation between his government and the recently ousted Islamic Courts movement. In a Wednesday interview with Yemeni media, President Abdullahi Yusuf said he makes no distinction between “moderate” and “radical” elements within the Islamists. “I believe that the leaders of the Islamic Courts are criminals who committed crimes against the nation and the population, therefore how can I talk to such people?” President Yusuf said from the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa. The Somali president said his government planned to bring Islamist leaders to court and seek justice for their crimes against the country and people. President Yusuf’s tough words come at a time the international community, namely the European Union and the U.S. government, have called for inclusive dialogue with moderate Islamists, particularly Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. But Yusuf dismissed such calls by saying Sheikh Sharif was one of the leaders of the Islamic Courts, and is therefore a criminal his government would not negotiate with. Last month, President Yusuf called for a national reconciliation conference between warring Somali clans and sub-clans after pressure from the international community. But he has made it clear that Islamist leaders are not invited to participate. Garowe Online

^^ Waaryaada, caawaan inii soo noqon but until then, this Somalinimo business is nationalism and nationalism is not very healthy. Centurion is suffering from 'Diaspora nationalism' and he's going to suffer till he's buried somewhere in Sheffield (many decades from now ). Xiinow, individual achievements are the crux of the matter. We're underachievers individually which translates to our collective under achievement (what you call backwardness).

Originally posted by Brown: I always picture castro to be tall & slender. Your typical Maryooley. Slender kulaha. Atheer I don't know the meaning of the word. But otherwise ishaad ka tuurtay. I'm actually 6' 5". In height and width. LOL.

Great read.

Originally posted by Brown: I think he means displaying personal pics on SOL, Such as yours on your avator. Very few people I wonder how they look. Paragon is not one of them. lol.