Teach me Somali

[Yusufaddie]

I was thinking if you gauys an teah me somali it would be great. first we an start off with grammatial stuctures then vocabulary.

[imperial-lady]

this all i know of somali alphapets and ama share

 

a b t j x q d r s sh dh f c g m n w h y (i think)some one help a sister out

 

vowels are : a i e o u

[rudy-Diiriye]

anybody know a site that has a somali dictionary! some words go over my head like one thread said something about miraa! what the heck is that!!!!!!!!!!

 

peace:)

[Hawdgirl]

Hi there sista rudy

well I know this site that has a somali dictionary

I don't know if it would be any help to ya

but here it is http://www.somitek.com/

hope it helps

[Modesty]

^^Last I heard Rudy was a guy.

P.S.-Hawdgirl I love your signature-So true!

 

SO Mr.Yusufaddie you want to learn Somali.I suggest going to Somalia, and in 3 monthes you'll be fluent. I'll translate some basic words here:

(Make the sounds of the arabic alphabet or read as you would english)

 

Iska waran=hello

Magacaa=what's ur name

wiil=boy

gabar=girl

Nabad=peace

nabadgalyo=bye

Ali hurdaayo= sleepy Ali :cool:

[rudy-Diiriye]

hawdgirl! thank you very much. i really needed it. i do speak nomad language fluently but have problems understanding meaning of some words. by the way i am dude! and no offense taken! aight.

 

any i went to that i didnt understand this word so i check it out! here it is. i never of the work qaamuus!!!!!!!!! but know i now! thank to yah!

 

Qaamuus : (-ka) — 1. Buug af dhan ereyadi ku urursan yihiin iyagoo taxan oo sida afilfku u kala horreeyo u kala horreeya oo mid walba macnihiisii iyo ulajeeddadiisii ku ag qoran tahay. 2. Buug qolo afkeed ku dhan yahay, isagoo ereyadiisu taxan yihiin, sida alifkana u kala horreeyaan, erey walbana erey kaloo shisheeye oo la macne ahi ku ag qoran yahay oo fasirayo (sida « Soomaali/Carabi » ama « Ingiriis/Soomaali » ).

[mojam]

imperial lady allow me to make some corrections:

 

B T J X KH D R S SH DH C G F Q K L M N W H Y

 

vowels (short)

A E I O U

 

(long)

AA EE II OO UU

 

explanation:

 

B as in Basement

T as in Tag

J as in mojam

 

X as in arabic name Muhammad spelled in somali as Maxamad

 

KH as in arabic name Kalid bin Walid(KHaalid somali spelling)

D as in Dad

R as in Rat

S as in Same

SH as in SHame

DH neither english nor arabic have this

C This one is tricky not as in cat but as in surah 80 of the Quran Abasa would be spelled in somali as Cabasa

G as in Game

F as in Fame

Q as in the arabic word pen Qalam (surah 68 of the quran al-Qalam)

K regular K

L regular L

M regular M

N regular N

W regular W as in world

H as in hotel

Y as in Yasin

 

A as in C A T

E as in NE T

I as in TI N

O as in boa t

U as in YOU

 

AA extended A

EE as in jail

II as in meat

OO as in goal

UU as in pool

 

let me know if this makes things clearer

 

ps Iska waran? = how are you?

[mojam]

oh on the extended vowels let me add this.

 

EE as in jail, thus jail would be spelled in somali as jeel

 

II as in meat, thus meat would be spelled in somali as miit

 

OO as in goal, thus goalwould be spelled in somali as gool

 

UU as in pool, thus pool would be spelled in somali as puul

[Zakariye]

s/alaykum

 

Guys you been had, damn , yusufaddie not only knows Somali , he literally teaches Somali language( the origin of somali dialecs) ask him, so chill. Lol

 

a/salam

[nuune]

zakariye u r right broth, i heard that Yusufaddie teaches somali language and i have seen him writing fluent somali somewhere here in SOL.

[Muse Bari]

yow somali is harder than chines so dude you need

to learn the language just jump on.

first you need to get someone who speaks the language and try to speak 24hr that will be better

you can get help on the net

bye

by mahdi Aden

[Warrior of Light]

Glad someone came up with the topic. Im also interested to learn the mother tongue. Thanx Mojam for the elaborate lesson. Hope other lessons will continue.

[Abwaan]

Yusufaddie and those who are interested in learning Somali, here is a question for you: What level are you in Somali? I mean do you ? Speak/Read/Write ? Rate yourselves are you? Beginners/Intermediate/Advanced .

 

NB: This will make it easy for those who are willing to teach you Somali to set up a proper lesson plan for you.

 

Look forward to hearing from you,

[Warrior of Light]

Beleive im a beginner. Cant speak it,write nor read. Opps guess can read it now but wont understand.

The only somali lesson i got was the numerals to 10 .Taught to greet Makhashekte, the iskawaran. few titles the hoyo, ayeyo,abo, abti ,aye stuff. naming of some food stuff baris, anjera,labenta, subaga,biyah. When comes to verbs guess only kaley fariso.

Got along way to go master the linguo.

[The Observer.]

about time someone starts this indeed, i always ask around the communities about having somali language classes. but i guess the first thing you say u are somali and don't speak somali everyone laughs at you. mojam, that was well presented, thankyou, question to those who know the language so well, how is the sentence structure like? is it like french to english, swahili to english, arabic to english?