Adna Posted August 21, 2007 Salaam Hello my Nomads... I have a dear friend of mine who is dying to learn how to speak our beloved language Somali, and i was wondering if there is a book/cd/ web page where non native speakers can learn. any sugestion woud be greately appriciated thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted August 21, 2007 Take him/her to SOL ,,,,,,,,,, i don't know any books and CDs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rudy-Diiriye Posted August 21, 2007 send her to me! i can teach her following somalis lingos. af somali (ar xuu dahyay cunigaan) af eelaay (just listen to samater cd) af gini (damaxiika xamaa yeewe) af xamari (mininkeega mininkaaga waaye) af las caanood (war maandaye xaka ii daaf) af reer waqooye (wegareey wegeer) af reer boorama (huuno bonka madaxa iga shuub) af reer jabout ( huuno shafeelki mee) uf koorse room and board is free. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ibtisam Posted August 21, 2007 ^^^Lool^ I kind of understood most of that. I guess my Somali must be good :rolleyes: Jac where is this SOL, if it is the same place I hang out during my work hrs, then stop misleading people! you cannot learn how to "SPEAK" somali there!. Adna, only thing I have seen is the Somali-English dictionary! she is better off going to Somalia for 1week. she'll come back better than few people i know. Other wise she just needs to surround her self with people who can only speak somali, iiyaga saaxiiga keen toon after that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted August 21, 2007 That is a good idea ,,,,,,,, send her to MIYIGA not a magaalo ,,,,, let ler stay only one month and she'll come back with a lot of gabayo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Posted August 21, 2007 Adna,does you friend understand when Somali is spoken but cant reply? I used to understand when spoken to,but couldnt respond..but was creative in jazzing up the swahili to sound like somali..lol! yep,added ka at the end and it sounded somali..lol anyway,was throw in the deepend at some point,surrounded by somalis from Somalia..I had to learn quick or I would have been a butt of their jokes for a while..so she needs to surround her self with Malis from Mali.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baluug Posted August 22, 2007 This is a book that i bought a while ago but I never had a motivated teacher *coughexwifecough* to help, so eventually I stopped reading it. Here is the whole book in its entirety on Google. it teaches the Somaliland dialect. Colloquial Somali: A Complete Language Course by Martin Orwin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adna Posted August 22, 2007 salaam, i appriciate all of your sugestions, and i shall try to tell my friend to soround her self with somalis, thought there are only few she hangs out with. Mc Xamar thank you walaalo for the site thuoght i can't see the book, but it's a great idea to buy that book...sorry you that you lacked a motivated teacher, hopefully one will come around in the near future. thank yu again all of you... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedSea Posted August 24, 2007 Adna, Why don't you teach him/her yourself? You are almost half way there. He/she is your friend already. Israacso the rest dee. Ghanima, Come on be real. You couldn't tell ri from orgi b4 SOL(: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
