Somali Jokes iyo Maah Maah Thread

[Ibtisam]

^^^I hope you are ready to dig deep into your pocket and come up with the reward BOB. Those look very easy.

[BOB]

Originally posted by Ghanima:

^^^I hope you are ready to dig deep into your pocket and come up with the reward BOB. Those look very easy.

If its as easy as you make it sound...then how come you didn't translate even ONE?

 

 

Salam Aleikum W.W

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[Ibtisam]

1-Luuq Luuq maroow laazim laamigaas imaahaa.

Short cut taker arrives with badness

 

2-Canjeelo sidii ukala koreeso aa loo kala qaataa.

You can distinguish the difference in canjeelo and judge when it was made.

 

3-Meel libaax soo galay lo' majoogeeso.

Don’t stay when the lion enters

 

4-Awkeey dooli diloow dad nool maas udaahaa.

Where is the insect basta*d, people who are alive are never this late!

 

5-Ninkii waaw dhaho uslee laga warsugaa.

Wait or the guy who starts the fire for you intestines

 

6-Dameer isku haleen ee habarteed dabada uga nuugtaa.

Relying on a donkey who's old women sucked her behind. :confused:

 

7-Nin weyn oo waashe webigaas ku dhacaa.

A big man went mad and dropped in the valley

 

8-Sabuul galeey ninkusiiyaa la siiyaa.

You give to the poor guy who gave you geel.

 

34-Nin roorooyo hortiis lama rooro.

Do not run ahead of a rushed man.

 

 

p.s. How I’m doing??? I don’t have the patients to do the rest

 

BOB: You get the pic, someone who really wants to go, can get them all right. Now take back your offer while it is just the two of us, otherwise you will force me to use google, pluz ayeeyo, to make sure I get each one right! lol

[Pujah]

^^LOL half of them are wrong …try again lady you can do better

[ElPunto]

^And maybe also don't go for the literal translation too. The canjeelo one for example has been completely massacred.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Soomaali maahmaahyo and their closest Ingiriis counterparts.

 

Af waakoo mey liki aamee = Talk is cheap.

 

Af joogo looma adeego = A closed mouth catches no flies.

 

Af daboolan dahab waaye = Silence is golden.

 

Af macaan gacan macaan baa dhaanta = Money talks. Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words.

 

Lan banaan maroow faragsheey geed ma daaraaw = Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

Lan alifsheey humaadi albaqri mikitoosaaw = He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail.

 

Beeni raad ma leh = The truth will set you free.

 

Bidaari sibiq bay kugu gashaa = He who lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon. [Closest proverb in English.]

 

Ninkii soo joog laga waayo soo jiifa laga helaa [by Awkoombe] = He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.

 

Kaadi badane waa loo gogol badiyaa =

 

Kibir waa lagu kufaa = Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.

 

Hadal nin si u yiri, ninna si u qaaday = Lost in translation.

 

Caana daatay qabasho ma leh = Don't cry over spilt milk.

 

Mar i dage Alle ha dago, mar labaadse anays dagay = Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

 

Gacantii oo aadan goyn karin, waa la shumiyaa = Give credit where credit is due.

 

Nin kaa dheer wax looma tilmaamo = A little knowledge is a dangerous thing [?].

[Zafir]

Beer wax jeclaadey waa baastomiir.

[Aaliyyah]

Af joogo looma adeego = A closed mouth catches no flies.

af Joogo looma adeego = you dont speak on behalf of some one who is present.

[RedSea]

^RIGHT ON.

 

Hey Bob,

 

Those were easy as the Ghanima said. However let me translate the hardest one I think was in the form of banadiri dialect if I am correct.

 

"Luuq luuq maroow laazim laamiga imaaha"

 

 

 

Regardless of he taking narrow paths and shortcuts he'll be back to mainstreet.

 

"meesha libaax soo galaa lo' majoogayso"

 

My translation:

 

Where the lion enters, the cows disapear(in fear).

 

PS. I don't want to go to Kismayo. Well not for vacation but maybe to kick those Ethiopia animals out.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Originally posted by AAliyah416:

quote:Af joogo looma adeego = A closed mouth catches no flies.

af Joogo looma adeego = you dont speak on behalf of some one who is present.

As I said in that prior post, I was not directly translating the maahmaahyo. I just used the closest English proverbs [many of them are foreign ones translated into English themselves] I can find.

 

By the way, maahmaahda dadka hadal badnaanta badan see u af xunyihiin ayaa loola jeedaa, oo dadka afka cuncunaayo hadal jeclaan ahaan, ee loolama jeedo speaking on behalf of those who are present, which you literally translated to.

[Nephissa]

Af joogo looma adeego = A closed mouth catches no flies.

Wrong! Your translation could have been correct had the Somali maahmaah been: "Af aamusan waa dahab."

 

Af joogo looma adeego, can be roughly translated to: "Never kiss anyone's butt."

[-Lily-]

^^^Nope, it means dont speak for anyone who can speak for themselves.

[-Serenity-]

The Point, I'll give it a go.

 

2-Canjeelo sidii ukala koreeso aa loo kala qaataa.

 

This means, when pancakes are stacked, pick the top most (or one should start taking from the top).

 

Am not sure if its alluding to manners or just priority.

 

Correct so maaha?

 

Some of the maahmaah are not even proper soomaali! No way can a qaldan chick like me be expected to translate it. Like this one - Awkeey dooli diloow dad nool maas udaahaa.

[Ibtisam]

^^^Did you just blame being a "qaldan chick" for your lack of understanding! :rolleyes: Why don't you just say I don't understand Somali very well instead of trying to blame your roots!. I understand "Awkeey dooli diloow dad nool maas udaahaa" perfectly well (see above for my translation) Haha

[-Serenity-]

OH LOWD! Little girl, almost all of your translation was slightly to severely off-mark! ma fahamtey?

 

Making an attempt != getting them right.