Haha, it's not offensive...just the truth, but I always thought raaga drink qaxwo more. At least that's the impression I got from my Dad, subax welbo shaah baan uu kaariya.
Lol. Alright then. Well, it's true that a larger percentage of town dwellers had picked up coffee in the place of tea, but in the Somali countryside (that's including all Somali inhibited regions from N.E.Kenya to Ogaden and Djibouti and beyond), the majority of men do drink tea. Women are somehow exempted from this tea-consuming privilage - Somali (false) legend has it that tea isn't good for the health of a woman - and the main reason could propably be since sugar is expensive is purchased by men, to save on sugar, such legends were of necessary invention.
I can imagine your father drinking Kenyan Ngome Number 1 coffee brand, the stongest kaxwo there is around, which could even turn an elephant into an insomniac. But who knows, perhaps he's in the diaspora and drinks refined products.
MashaAllaah afki hoyoo sii fiicaan baad ku hadli karti (errr..qoraalkaga aad iyo aad buu uu fiicaanyahay). Maad na baratid?
Mahadsanid, walaal/abaayo. I wasn't taught in Somali school though I was born there, but my father (AUN) home-schooled us on Somali school subjects, and our mother/older brothers insisted that we write all letters in Somali. Growing in a place (Kenya) where Swahili was the national language, it was simply an exciting challenge to write/speak the standard Somali. Anyway, if I get the chance, perhaps I'll share the teaching materials with you brothers/sisters on these boards, and I myself could learn new things.
Sadly, my Somali vocab is in the pits...but it's getting there alhamdulilah. I speak to my ayeyo in full on Somali, as well as my parents so I guess it's not that bad.
No, no. Not sad at all. Maasha-Allaah, I think you have grasped the Somali in writing but I could only pick minor things such as 'shaqal gaab' iyo 'shaqal dheer-ka. For ex. you wrote 'kaariya' instead of 'Kariyaa'. One 'a' is shaqal gaab while 'aa' is shaqal dheer. My suggestion is to say the word out loud and then determine the proper place of 'a' or 'aa'. In this instance, if I read out the word 'Kariyaa', I can break the pronounciation into particular syllables such as 'ka', 'ri', 'yaa'. As such, let your voice guide your writing. I am sure it'll become apparent that if you divide the words into syllables, even where shaqal gaab or shaqal dheer sounds more clearly. I think you get my drift.
MashaAllaah, soo dhawoow aboowe. Make yourself at home, there are a great many Somalis and a lot of diversity on this very forum. Who knows, you may even pick up a few words from different languages inshaAllaah lol.
Khayr baan isku oognahay.
Thank you dear, I feel welcomed and right at home. Indeed, I am here to learn, Insha-Allaah.
Khayr baan isku ognahay, Insha-Allaah.
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