How do you say '...' in somali?

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Dog - Eyy
Boy -Weel
Girl -Gabar
No - May
Bax- Go away not get the F******
Boy - Weel
My name is - Maga'y wa
Call me - Isoo Waya
Are you hungry- Ma Bahantahay

I will find the others for you later
 
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firdaw said:
Call me - Isoo Waya
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Isn't it "isoo wac"?

Yesterday me and a sister was discussing walaalo and aboowe.. Is it true, that aboowe is more sweet than walaalo? So if you have to adress a strange man, you should call him walaalo, and men you know, like your cousins or whatever, you can call them aboowe?

& I was thinking.. What do you call you father-in-law? Uncle or dad or just his name? (How you you spell uncle in somali)?

When tell someone to sit down, is it fariisow, fariiso or fariisoc?

& I have another question.. You say macaanow to a man.. And macaanto to a woman.. Who do you say macaane to, can it be said to both?

That's it for now.. :happy:

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Walalo is for brothers, and Walaley is for sisters if im not mistaken.

Call me is Isoo wac.

Yes Abowee does seem more intimate, I wouldnt advice you to go and call non mahram men that lol :okay:

As for macane, the thing that comes to mind is when a mother tells her children something and adds "hooyo macaney" but the way you said seems to work aswell.

Uncle in somali is Adeer (might want to check up the spelling of that)

Fariiso means sit down.

Disclaimer: This is in no way, official somali or grammatically correct, its just my own home made version forgive me if I have offended anyone. :X
 
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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 :phew

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.
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Wow... brother i didn't know you were somali.
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Barak Allâhu fîk brother Khaldun..

Waan daxamooneya - I'm cold
Waad daxamooneysa - You're cold
Ma daxamooneysa - Are you cold?

Waan qurux badanahay - I'm beautiful
Waad qurux badan tahay - You're beautiful
Wey qurux badan tahay - She's beautiful
Wuu qurux badanayay - He's beautiful
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^Correct?
 
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Can any somali's please tell me if the what I wrote in the previous post is correct?
And is it wuu qurux badanayay or wuu qurux badanyahay?

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When fx. your hands are sticky, that's called dhg dhg or dheg dheg?
 
wuu qurux badanyahay? = He's beatiful

wuu qurux badanyahay?' is correct!


and when your hands are sticky it's called "Dheg dheg".

^^Salaam^^
 
Yesterday me and a sister was discussing walaalo and aboowe.. Is it true, that aboowe is more sweet than walaalo? So if you have to adress a strange man, you should call him walaalo, and men you know, like your cousins or whatever, you can call them aboowe?

& I was thinking.. What do you call you father-in-law? Uncle or dad or just his name? (How you you spell uncle in somali)?

When tell someone to sit down, is it fariisow, fariiso or fariisoc?

& I have another question.. You say macaanow to a man.. And macaanto to a woman.. Who do you say macaane to, can it be said to both?
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Walaal is more formal and unisex, and is especially used by Northerners.

Aboowe, on the other hand, does sound like a bit intimate; however, Southerners use it as a formal fraternal address to a person as well. Aboowe is more likely used by a female when calling to her male counterpart.

Father-in-law means sodog and mother-in-law is sodoh. However, if you meant how do you address them, Soomaalis call them adeer or eedo, respectively. And for the spelling of uncle in Soomaali, it is, as mentioned already, adeer.

Someone else also asked if wuu quran badanyahay {'he is beautiful'} is grammatically correct. Yes, it is. Even the spelling is perfect.
 
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Someone else also asked if wuu quran badanyahay {'he is beautiful'} is grammatically correct. Yes, it is. Even the spelling is perfect.
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"He has alot of Quran" only if that was true for us all...
 
I always get stopped by somalians cos they think im somali.

So they say stuff like 'weria....somal sebhat or something like that'


how can i reply in somali that i am not somali. all the somali words i know are 'weria, hagah, neo'
 
Islaam-Truth, what is wrong with my nick? Nothing wrong with being a waryaa.

So they say stuff like 'weria....somal sebhat or something like that'
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Actually, Soomaalis do not say 'waryaa' to those they aren't even sure if they are Soomaali. And you wrote 'somal sebhat,' I think you meant "Soomaali maa tahay." {Are you Soomaali?} Next time, answer by saying "maya." {No.}

Most Soomaalis can discern who is Soomaali, but in few occasions, particularly those happen to be Ethiopians, especially Oromos, are Soomaalis aren't sure if they are Soomaalis. So I assume you are either Ethiopian or a Northern Sudani.
 
Good behaviour, warning decreased.

Asalaamu Alaikum wow i learned more here than i already knew of my own language masha allah
Maa salaama
 

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