What language/s do you speak?

[Fabregas]

We know the Somali community is known to be very bi-lingual. So I'll start with the languages ..........I speak

 

1. English Slang( just joking)

2. English Proper

3. Somalia( poor writing though)

4. Can say some small phrases in Arabic and German...

[Ibtisam]

1. English Slang(I'm NOT joking)

2. Standard English

3. Somali (Y'll know how my writing is though)

4. Bengali (I know you are thinking WTF, but it is true)

5. Speak & reading Arabic

6. Broke A*ss French

7. I use to speak Xabashi… I don’t think I can anymore, I just remember all the swear words, and how to buy bread, hello, few other things...there is no one to practice on.

 

I've been trying to learn Swahili for a while now, I'm hopeless without my phrase book, and my teacher’s dumped me.

[Fabregas]

so u from east london? i'm guessing that is were u picked up Bengali? or r u married to a bengali?

 

What is Harbishi? u mean xabashi?

[Ibtisam]

^^Sorry yes.. typo, I corrected it.

 

Lool, HAHA, right on the money.

[Malika]

1.English

2.Swahili

3.Somali[erm,I can honestly speak fluently..but writting tends to be tricky business]

4.Swedish[can still make myself understood even after many years not speaking or writing the lingo]

5.Hindi[ah,my childhood lingo,learnt from neighbours/friends and ofcourse those darn India Movies]

 

I am currenlty trying to learn Polish and Mandarin [Chinese]

[Ibtisam]

^^I tried learning Cantonese. I got as far as "Ni how ma mi legloin" before I gave up.

 

Let me know how, and if Mandarin is any easier.

[Malika]

Mandarin is simplified Cantonese,so it will be slightly easier[i hope]

[MZanzi]

English.. if u hear me speaking english i will remind u MR BORAT )YA jajbsi kenay aniga ahen

Kiswahili My fav Lang'

Somali Laga ooyay aan kuhadlaa

Lingala

Xhoza

[Malika]

^Lingala and Xhoza..waaw! cool.

[MZanzi]

lol malika Kunjani sisi

[Yaabka-Yaabkiis]

Langauges i speak:

Kikuyu

Garam Garam

Urdu

Bahasa Malayu..lol

[Dhagax-Tuur]

Why has it become almost fashionable, nowadays, for almost all somali kids growing up in the west to claim, "I can barely speak spoken somali, and I can't write it at all". It is really sad.

 

The fact is, the loss of the language comes with a loss of great deal of culture and homely ways. The somali language is part of what makes us somali.

 

Come on.....! ughhhhhhhhhhhh! Annoying. 3rd and 4th generation Chinese, Indians, Pakis etc still manage to speak their parents' tongues whilst us, who barely got here yesterday losing theirs. It is ridiculous.

[cynical lady]

"The fact is, the loss of the language comes with a loss of great deal of culture and homely ways. The somali language is part of what makes us somali." mhh :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Baluug]

Me speak english, me so special.......

[MZanzi]

Abdilah somaliga wax laga Faano uu noqday ayaantaan

 

Afgaaleedka aa qalad laga fahmay

20 jiro afsomali manaqaan dhahaayo aan arkay

 

tola'ayeey ma somaligiiba hada wax laga faano noqday