HOW ABOUT YOUR SOMALI LANGUAGE ?

[Jacaylbaro]

looooooooool@Nephys .... afku muxuu kula xanuunayaana ?? .. yacnii luqadaa kugu adag sow maaha ?

[Nephissa]

Afka waxaas ii xanuunaa, lahjada igu adag, not luuqada. Qaw qaw ay intaas ku haayaan sida Haneefah.

[Jacaylbaro]

looooooool ........... dee adiguna qawqawdaasuun gur aakhirka sidoodaad la qabsane ,,,

 

But is your writing qawqaw as well ??

[Nephissa]

Adiga indhool maa tahay, waa yaabee? My writing ma arkoosid miyaa it's as xamari as anyone can get. Ileen Ethiopia indho fiiqoow aa ugu socotaaa. kkkkk .

[-Lily-]

Ina Adeer/Ina Abti

 

Ok, I don’t get the whole Ina who thing, clearly it’s not only your cousins who can say this to you and also ppl who share tribes with either your mum or dad but why would random people say this and is it politically correct? And is one more of something than the other? Basically, in what other contexts can ppl use the above words?

[Jacpher]

^Almost in any context.

 

Ina is very friendly prefix. Ina-aabe, hooyo, eedo, abti, adeer, etc.

 

It all depends on the interaction. Dooro won't be the menu of Hargeysa restaurant. Similarly, you won't go to reer Xamar maqaayad and order laxoox.

[Malika]

Lily,

 

As my Afsomali should serves me correct here,Ina Abti would be your cousins from your Maternal Uncle and Paternal Aunty and ofcouse all those distance relatives from your mothers tribe..

 

Ina Adeers are your cousins from your Paternal Uncle and all those whom you share the aftiirsimoo..the ancestral lineage from your fathers side...

[Nehanda]

My speaking is better than my writing. Definitely embarrassing since every person should be able to speak and write fluently their mother tongue.

 

There should be an option at primary schools for children with English as their 2nd language to learn their mother tongue.

[BOB]

Originally posted by SheekhaJacaylka:

 

Horta maba imanaysid burco iyo hargeysa oo waatii laguugu taag waayay .... laakiin ma hubtaa sidaa aaad afsoomaaligaaga u qortay inaad ugu hadli doonto ,,, qof baa igu lahaa sida qotiduu u hadlaaye

[/QB]

aad baan ujeclaan lahaa inaan magaalooyinkaas soo booqdo mar laakiin nasiib xumo fursad uma aanan helin laakiin waan ku talo jiraa in mareky doontaba ha ahaatee aan soo arko Berbera iyo Foornadii Boodhari...teeda kale waxaa halkan nala jooga wiil aan saaxiib nahay oo reer Boorama ah... Oh My God...24hrs wuxuu madaxa nooga cunay Boorama ayaa sidaan ah iyo Boorama ayaa sidaa ah illaa aan goortii dambe gabar reer Muqdisho ah ku darnay oo uu Xamaraawi toos unoqday!

 

 

Af Soomaaliga aan ku hadlo wuxuu ku xiranyahay dadka aan dhex joogo waqtigaas...hadaan tolka iyo qaraabada dhex joogana dee it still depends which side of the border they hail from laakiin maadaama aan ubadnay saaxiibaday I usually tend to speak my beloved Kismayo lingo and you wont hear one word of English when I'm with my friends and that's why my Somali is so perfect Alxamdulillaah...wait...what am i talking about...dee anigu waxaan ahay nin weyn oo idin wada dhali kara marka af Soomaaligeygu waa ka wacanyahay kan aad adiga iyo Guulwadeyaasha ku hadashaan....

 

 

Jaceylbaro....taloow maxaad hada odhan doontaa markaad af soomaaligaan aqrido? :cool:

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[Jacaylbaro]

, waxaan hoosta ka leeyahay waa laguu qoray malaa ee adigu maad qorin waxaas inkastoo weli khalad badani ku jiro

 

 

waxaan filayaa inuu ninkaas reer borama inuu idinka badiyay uun "huuno, hawkaan borame joognay wagii, eegga kolkaan noqono huun baan meeshaasi jeclaani"

[Blessed]

Af Soomaaliga waan ku gabyaa! My father, bless him made every effort to ensure that we speak, read and write Somali and he also introduced us to the literature.

 

I’d say that my written is much better than my spoken Somali. I actually think my spoken Somali is pretty good, but then people refer to me as fishandchips so urrm.. It can do with some work. It’s slightly accented and there are subjects (technical) that I can’t talk about in Somali, but then I’ve seen grown odayaal struggle wih the same subjects.

 

 

Originally posted by Nehanda:

There should be an option at primary schools for children with English as their 2nd language to learn their mother tongue.

They were in the process of starting bilingual classes in Schools for almost a decade now, in fact London Met offers a PGCE specialising in English/ Somali. Some schools already offer Urdu, Mandarin, Bengali, Turkish..but you know Somalis, never committed enough. The onus is on the Somali community to ask for it, as schools tend not to offer a service that they don't feel is needed, they're already underfunded. And, yes there are some ld school head teachers who believe that the whole universe should speak English.

 

I remember being in year 8 and getting someone from our local community come to our school and talk to us about the importance of language.. and how they were working on getting Schools to offer a full GCSEs in Somali. They are still working on it. *shakes head*

 

I just don’t think Somali parents are too concerned about their kids knowing the language. All the dacaayed thrown at the fish chips is just for show. :rolleyes:

[Ibtisam]

^^^Your spoken is bad *waves*

 

My spoken is perfect (I'm serious!), my writting as you know is out of this world!

[NGONGE]

^^ There is nothing wrong with her Somali. If only she would not whisper when she talks.

 

Disclaimer:

 

I have never had the pleasure of actually hearing her speak of course.

 

Ps

Her father once recited to me a poem he wrote. I think he thought I understood.

[Ibtisam]

^^^Loool^^^ Thats odd, she does not whisper to me, more like daagah ee dilaacisa!

 

P.s. What happened to you on sunday?? Me and serenity waited and looked for you??

[Jacaylbaro]

wuu qayilayay