I'm very interested in the somali language, so can someone inshâ'Allâh translate these words for me, jazak Allâhu khayr..
Bax is like go away, f*** off or sumin' like that right?
How do you say 'Shut up'..
'How's it going?'
'My name is..'
'Call me'
'Dog'
'Boy'
'Girl'
'No'
'Son'
'Daughter'
'1'
'2'
'3'
'Are you hungry?'
'You're so sweet'
'Honey'
'I like you'
'Listen'
'Look'
Qurux has something to do with beautiful right?
What does 'gacaliso' mean?
'macaanto'
Im happy to see that you have a interest in the somali language, although im not the most ideal person to give a translation here is something short inshAllah (just remember the spelling is not supposed to be accurate).
Bax - Is not a swear word, it just means "go away" it could sometimes be understood abit forcefully though (a direct command)
How is it going? - Im not sure in what context you mean but "See Tahay" literally means 'How are you'
My name is - "Maga'y wa..."
Call me - "Isoo Wa' "
Dog - "Eyy"
Boy - "Weel"
Girl - "Gabar"
No - "May" ( N.B not pronounced as the english month though)
Son - "Walad" (perhaps someone could give a more specific 'somali' word)
Daughter - Proving abit more tricky then I thought :confused:
1 - "Hal" (again the 'a' sound is different)
2 - "Labo"
3 - "Sadeeh"
Are you hungry? - "Ma Bahantahay?"
You are so sweet - This word went out of my head sorry
Honey - "Malab" (The one that you eat, NOT a person you love)
I love you - "Waan Ku Ja'lahay"
Listen - "Maqal"
Look - "Firi"
Qurux means Beauty, the second word you typed I cant really figure it out sorry. Macaanto means sweety.
Hope that helps abit, btw when i was typing that i realised that the english vowels specially 'a' and 'i' are not pronounced the same way. So for the last word "Look" in arabic you would spell it a Faa with a kasrah and a Raa with a Kasrah. Maybe I just confused people more, sorry.
Im happy to see that you have a interest in the somali language, although im not the most ideal person to give a translation here is something short inshAllah (just remember the spelling is not supposed to be accurate).
Barak Allâhu fiik wa Jazak Allâhu khayr akhee.. Do you know anyplace online where I can learn somali?
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Honey - "Malab" (The one that you eat, NOT a person you love).
I didn't mean the eat-honey, I meant when you say honey to a person..
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How is it going? - Im not sure in what context you mean but "See Tahay" literally means 'How are you'.
Yeah I meant 'How are you'.. I just forgot how to say it in english.. Whopsi!
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Macaanto means sweety.
So if I say abaayo macaanto, then it means sweet sister? & the same if I say aboowe macaanto?
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Hope that helps abit, btw when i was typing that i realised that the english vowels specially 'a' and 'i' are not pronounced the same way. So for the last word "Look" in arabic you would spell it a Faa with a kasrah and a Raa with a Kasrah. Maybe I just confused people more, sorry.
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