Translation:

[Jacaylbaro]

Jimcaale is right ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Fabregas]

Originally posted by marcassmith:

"Vote for Boris Johnson in the elections for Mayor of London, 1st May" perhaps! how does that sound!

 

:mad:

 

Boris Johnson, are you for real?

 

@Jimcale, there are qaar joogey engriska 15-20 years: no speak english!

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

War Awjimcaaloow, intee ka bati, widaay? Roogtee? Miriqdaadaba yaa arkay labadaan toddobaad. War warka soo daa, xaaji.

[Baluug]

Originally posted by peasant:

"Dooro " is an ofensive word for some i think you should say..

 

very short and up to the point ..

 

Udooro Ken Livingston Duqa magalaada London..1st May 2008

I don't think Ken Livingston minds if you call him a chicken.....

[Jacpher]

^He meant a different kind of offensive meaning! Dooro is just not the same when you're up north. Perhaps, Northern or JB can break it down further.

 

 

MMA: Meesheydii lee. Eebeheen waas balan qaaday quudkeena laakiin bini-aadam hunguri lee racdeehaa. Ibtilo aduun mahinoo.

[Jacaylbaro]

Dooro is just ..... ohhhhhh ,, well ,,,,, ehem ,,, Ok ,, North can describe better ,

[Separatist]

Need some help with some somali words here too. I was asked to test the language skills(somali) of some Somali kids in lower secondary, but the texts (essays) provided contain words that I've never heard of. Words like;

 

Wasaasin ama bareello and Nijaar (Is it a carpenter?)

 

And what do you call these tools in Somali; Screwdriver, saw, a hammer, chimney and a nail (not cidida).

 

Thanks.

[Jacaylbaro]

Nijaar = Carpenter

Screwdriver = Dismis (not dismiss)

Saw = Miinshaar

Nail = Musbaar

Hammer = Dubbe

[N.O.R.F]

Red Ken is the man!

[-Nomadique-]

I really like Ken Livingstone, I hope he gets it.

[-Lily-]

‘U codeey’ sounds best, I liked Che’s translation.

 

Screwdriver has the funkiest Somali translation = kajawiito (somehow that doesn’t sound very Somali, also I think we make up our own words in our household).

[Malika]

^I always thought,screwdriver was called bismis,the kajawiito sound Japanese..Lol

 

We too did make up our own Somali words,as long as they sounded Somali that is.I remember we used to add daa,gaa or kaa at the end of name of items to make them sound Somali..Like Kijikada[kijiko=spoon in swahili]

[Jacaylbaro]

dismis not bismis ,,,

[NGONGE]

^^^

 

Now tell her what a pair of THESE are called in Somali :

 

[Jacaylbaro]

hahaha ,,

 

KELBED ,,,, (not as a dog though )