Writing:Af-Somali for those who need to Learn?

[The Observer.]

AWESOME OG_GIRL!

now for CHECKMATE, u didn't translate those words OG_MOTI posted, u just jumped into sentences, we need to understand, remember.

 

i have more questions, when reading the words,

aa= a a? or just a long a sound? or is there sort of c in it?

 

another thing, is the dh=dha in the arabic letters, is that correct?

 

and since i don't know the words up there, i'll contribute to this, whoever knows it, it will be awesome! haha

Caambabuurkaa

[NGONGE]

Cant contribute personally as i dont have the vocabulary nor ability to construct a sentence.

You came to the right place then! Give it a try, make up a sentence of your own. My Somali is not the best in the world but I have perfected the Waji Loox (wooden face) style of speaking and writing Somali. If I make a mistake people either correct me or laugh (sometimes both). When they correct me they do me a favour and when they laugh my Waji Loox comes into play and I keep plugging on, ma garatay?

 

Always remember though, language is nothing but a form of communication; if your aim is to become a poet then maybe you’ll need to work on your sentence construction and vocabulary. However, if your aim is only to communicate and get people to understand you, as a start, broken Somali should not be a problem.

 

 

You should see me when I’m speaking to my Chinese friends, in Cantonese; hung mung jung baaah ** Waji Loox frown ** :cool:

[Warrior of Light]

True Ngonge. I am taking my lesson

 

The observer wrote cambaburka which is also known as canjera/canjero????

[OG_Girl]

Word - Beer

Beer = Heart

Sentence= ada beerkeyka ko weyn= u r big in my heart <---this is first word i got it with out help from any one.. yepeee i am proud of my self ...ok ok I will admit I love that somali song , so that what I benifit from listening somali songs :cool:

 

Sue : Qarnii = century

sentence: Qarnii horey= last century

 

Word: Maqsen

 

 

-I was about to give up , cos of Moti , BUT I am not giving up

 

Ameenah , you r so sweet , thanks wallalo.

 

Sade , sister I was like u 3 years ago, somali r really hard people to deal with, they used to make fun of me all the time, calling names.... but guess what who cares!... do what u have to do and ignore those putting u down.

 

The observer : thanks wallalo..I will try to find answers for ur question.

 

Salam

[Juxa]

maqsin == jiko, == naa heedhe jikada soo tirtir.

beer= dhul wax lagu abuuro == a farm.

 

OG Girl,,,,my shaash off to you sis, u doing well

OG moti,,,leerta na sii plz

 

next word lug iyo labo

[Jaabir]

Originally posted by OG_Girl:

.معطي تري مسختها

 

, اوفففففففففف!!!!!! ملاقه ياربى ماداني هذا جيك تيس قصدى جيك مان

 

:rolleyes:

 

Word:

Qoraax

 

Salam

lol

[Juxa]

DARMAN, wiilka indhaha warayda ah leh,,heedhe iga dulbooday? ma boocbooc baad imooday! aga

[LuCkY]

OG I wiLL be back with my input Later...as I am confused now!

 

PS

No matter how hard I try I still can't pronounce the word ROOTI in the somali way

 

Ngogne and why is that?Dang...Your name is just weird!

[OG_Girl]

Ok, after 2 hours searching google.com I found some thing will help us :

 

The Somali Language

 

The Sound System and Pronunciation

Somali uses all but three letters (p, v, and z) of the English alphabet. Of the thirty-three sounds, fifteen (b, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, s, sh, t, w, and y) are very much like their English counterparts.

 

Somali has seven consonants (c, dh, kh, q, r, x and ' [glottal stop]) that do not match anything in English. The English sounds most likely to present difficulties for Somalis are those represented by the letters c, q, r, and x, since these letters are pronounced quite differently in Somali. For pronunciation of Somali letters.

 

In Somali, the consonants b, d, dh, g, l, m, n, and r can be doubled to indicate a sound which is pronounced with much more force than its single counterpart. Thus, Somalis often pronounce the doubled consonants in English words such as "bigger," "middle," "merry," "simmer," and "nibble" with more strength than they would be pronounced by a native speaker of English.

 

Vowels always have fixed value in Somali; each letter has one sound and each sound has one letter.

 

Long vowels (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu) are used in Somali and pronounced about twice as long as a single counterpart.

 

There is still Juxa's word did not answer ..I don't know hope others will answer.

 

Salam

[Intizaar]

OG_ girl you made me proud dear

 

Lug=leg, lugo= legs

Labo= two

 

Lug iyo labo sounds like a curse

 

Moti na daa hadaad adigu luqada baratay ana waanu baran

 

Kaluun or malaay

[Salma]

OG-Girl, i think BEER is the Lever and not the Heart.

 

Wadhnaha= Heart, isnt it? shrayech

 

1- Xedeg= Star like Xedeg Academy in LBC

2- Dayax= Moon

3- qurrax= Sun

4- Dhul= Land

5- Badh= Sea

6- buur= Mountain like Daalo

7- samada= Sky

8- wiibe= River

9- geeduu- Grass

10-Tug= Valley like Tugdheer

 

I hope Iam correct if not then kindly correct them for me guyz.

Hope iam correct

[Curly]

Yeah Em you're right I've eaten Liver before.

But it's understandable why she got it wrong, somalis generally associate liver with love instead of the heart. Why that is, is beyond me!!

[Salma]

mmm Sue i love Lever too so tasty Yummy yummy

I guess u are right, now i remember that old song my cousin used to sing "Abahe lawlaw bugga iyyo berkad kutal" whateva, or like the arabs "7ashashet yooofi"

 

This is good, can we move to Japanese Language later.

[AYOUB]

ROOTI (indian)

Saxan (arabic)

fargeeto (italian)

tarmuus (english)

canjera (amharic)

 

Have I missed anything?

 

Cheque please

[OG_Girl]

Ohh my God!... I started to believe Sue this aint working!!.. hmm ...

 

Talking to her self ***OG, take a deep breath and say A'oodo be Allah mnal shaitanr rajeem***

 

Wallalo, there is rules , wallahi I knew this will happen that is why I put the rules.

back to the lesson.

 

Kaluun = fish

 

sentence: Maanta kaluun ba conay= today I ate fish.

 

Word : Dhib

 

salam