Paragon Posted December 2, 2008 ^I got it wrong? Faheemah waa fariidad nooh . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baluug Posted December 2, 2008 Hey, I thought orange was "oranji"..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted December 2, 2008 no wonder you spell Caddaan as cadaan with Texan avatar. you reminded of northen guy who works in retail cloth shop in london. a southern guy, seeing the somali guy working in the shop, approached him and asked where the "shukumaans" were. he didn't know what shukumaan was or meant so he thought and conculuded that it sounds like an underwear, so he took him to the lingerie section hoping the guy would say - oh here it is thanks! aftwerworking around the place couple time and the guy still following him around - he cried out "it is here somewhere in this department". Cadaan or should i say caddaan - do you know what shukumaan is?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baluug Posted December 2, 2008 LOL nice story. Shukumaan means "towel", of course. I guess I must have the southern dialect going, but that's because my ex is "Xamaraawi", there's a northern term. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaliyyah Posted December 2, 2008 I don't even know what shukuman is...we call it "tuwaal" ..cadaan I cant believe u know it, am impressed! salaam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted December 2, 2008 yeah and you guessed it - it is TAWAL neither shukumaan nor tawal are soomaali by the way. but at least shukumaan does sound soomaali. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaliyyah Posted December 2, 2008 I doubt so. It is merely what you got use 2....if someone said to me shukuman i would mostly likely misunderstand them, till ofcourse i get use to after sum time.. salaam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted December 2, 2008 what do you doubt? and did this thread dispel any of your doubts??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaliyyah Posted December 2, 2008 ^You said shukuman sounds more somali. So basically I said that is not the case....its matter of what you are use 2, like whatever accent your parents speak... salaam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted December 2, 2008 like dindiin ..... it is nothing to do with accent - more like dialect or to be precise where it was borrowed/stoled from: Tawal - from English colonisers's Towel - they the only people who used it. Shukumaan - borrowed from concuction of Swahili and Arabic. as for my second quest - fast one?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaliyyah Posted December 2, 2008 When i said accent, obviously I meant dialect. And, yes it has to do with your dialect and what you feel comfortable with. Perhaps, shukuman sounds more somali to you cuz thats the term u use. As for me "tuwaal" sounds perfectly somali... again, its matter what term you use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted December 2, 2008 if only repetitiveness was sport you would be first class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kool_Kat Posted December 2, 2008 My fav was when I hear people say 'kurdad'...Alla saan ugu qoslijiray everytime I heard someone say it... I have a feeling Cadaan was a Somali in a past life or something...I wonder if he knows what 'kurdad' means too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaliyyah Posted December 2, 2008 Sayid, there's no need for sarcasm. KK kurdad..is that the dress the lil girls wear?? salaam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted December 3, 2008 You guys didn't answer my question ,,,,, is it that hard ??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
