Learning Somali

[Kool_Kat]

The letter the man read is long.

Warqada uu ninka akhriyay wey dheertahay.

 

The doctor wrote the letter the man read.

Taqtarka wuxuu qoray waraaqda uu ninka akhriyay.

 

The man who read the letter is dead.

Ninka warqada akhriyay wuu dhintay.

 

The man found the doctor who wrote the letter.

Ninka waxa uu helay taqtarkii waraaqda qoray.

 

 

MMA, aqriye is a reader, see kaa noqotay bariga?

 

 

1. strashow = facecloth

2. shoekooman = towel

3. wariya

niya

marskusha = bathroom

fariso = sit

seho = sleep

Amina/Tammy, although the spelling is incorrect, you got the pronounciation part right...Here:

1. Istaraasho - Kitchen cloth

2. Shukumaan - Towel

3. Misqusha - Bathroom

4. Fariso = Sit

5. Seexo = Sleep

 

 

Hayeh, yaaku xigo?

[Lt-Qalbi-Adeyg]

Istaraasho sounds italian.

 

Originally posted by Sabriya:

wrong thread

maa ookiyaal soo gadatid(iibsatid) yariisay?

[NASSIR]

Direct English/Somali translation is weird. The oppisite is always right.

 

The letter the man read is long.

 

Ninka wuxuu aqriyey warqad dheer

 

The doctor wrote the letter the man read

 

 

Dhaqtarka ayaa qorey warqada, warqadaasoo uu aqriyey ninka.

 

The man found the doctor who wrote the letter.

 

Ninka waxaa uu heley warqadii uu qorey dhaqtarka.

 

 

ii in this case stands for who

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Geele, Poker iyo Kuusha, my bad. Waqtigaa qoraaye baahi xun i heysay oo halfba ma arkin, though. Bariis bariis iga heysay u socdee. Aqriyey ka waday, of course.

 

Let me editba.

 

And this dude is Romanian? Say hi for me Gheorghe Hagi (or Xaaji as Soomaalis used to call him). And Nicolae Ceausescu, too, my brother's favourite leader in the old days in Soomaaliya. He actually used to like the name than the man.

[Poker]

Originally posted by NASSIR:

The man found the doctor who wrote the letter.

 

Ninka waxaa uu heley warqad

ii uu qorey dhaqtarka.

 

 

ii

in this case stands for

who

 

Bal ku noqo halkaa saaxiib.

 

I think you changed the whole meaning of the sentence. What was found the doctor or the letter?

 

Acording to the context It was the DOCTOR is being found not the letter.

 

 

I think MMA and Kool kat are accurate instead.

[Blessed]

Haha. Every time someone wants to learn Somali, nomads confuse the heck out of them.

 

I agree with Marx. If you want to learn the grammar, you're better off approaching Somali elders and trained professionals. Most of us here have learnt Somali 'naturally' and were not schooled on the rules of language- hence all the differences in translation.

 

MMA,

Buuga aad sheegtay magaciisa ma soo ogaan kartaa, baliis?

[NASSIR]

Poker, sorry for that one, I didn't pay attention as I was in a hurry.

 

 

Ninka waxaa uu heley dhaqtarkii qorey warqadda.

 

 

I meant to put dhaqtarkii in place of warqadii

[NASSIR]

I know of a special site that has preserved for our generation and the one coming after us almost all the written Somali books that were part of the school curricula in primary and secondary levels.

I was at standard 7 on the eve of the civil war. However, I self-studied a lot with keen interest of my mother tongue.

[Blessed]

^Share the site, bro.

[NASSIR]

Blessed

All you need is follow the link below. I believe most Somali text books can be found at this library, in the form of digital. There're also non- academic books in the library such as Cigaal-shiidaad, Dhagdheer, and many other short stories. If you need to know why they have this information, just go to University of Indiana Bloomington's library.

 

Special Collection

 

 

Waan hoydey, good night.

[Valenteenah.]

I love how diverse SOL is becoming.

[Aaliyyah]

^yeah its nice..

 

maa ookiyaal soo gadatid(iibsatid) yariisay? [Razz]

qalbi adeyg I was actually rushing out so I don't need glasses...my vision is perfect. You can get me sun glasses though since you want to be so generous LOL

[ADNAAN]

Nasir that is a gem of a website, I found in there things I never knew existed.

 

Now,this is another layli (exercise) for anyone who is up for a challenege so lets see if you can translate the following:

 

 

1-Ku isiri abyoone kasta ururka mutuxanayaasha

 

2-Talaabada u horeeysa isirinta tibxaalaha waa marka tibxaalaha laga dhigo taranka haltibixa isir weynaha ay wadaagaan ah iyo tibxaale hal tibixa isir weyne u ah uu 1 yahay.

 

 

Lacag buu leeyahey qofka gartaa

[Blessed]

Mahadsanid, mahadsanid, mahadsandi mahadsanid@ Nasir. I feel like a kid who found a box full of lollies.

[Sherban Shabeel]

I wonder if there's any children's story books or coloring books in that link.

 

Those are really useful.