#somalangsomali

[somalang]

EXO – Ko Ko Bop (叩叩趴)

LANGBLR MUSIC CHALLENGE

心跳声 - xīntiào shēng - heartbeat

享受 - xiǎngshòu - enjoy

这晕眩 - zhè yūnxuàn - this dizziness

闭上眼睛 - bì shàng yǎnjīng - close your eyes

自由坠落 - zìyóu zhuìluò - free fall (freedom fall)

漩涡 - xuánwō - whirlpool

正中 - zhèng zhòng - right in the middle

间 - jiān - between

[somalang]

somali summer vocab

list from @malteseboy 

 Summer - XAGAA ☀️

June - bisha lixaad / juun

July - bisha todobodaad /  juulay/luulyo

August - bisha sideedaad / ogosto

nouns

sea - badda

beach - xeebta

sunlight - qoraxda

watermelon - xabxab

water - biyo

ice cream - jalaato

swimsuit - darka dabaasha

sunglasses - muraayadaha/ookiyaal  qorraxda

ocean - badweyn

enjoy - raaxaysin

sand - ciid

heat - kuleylka

weather - cimilada

temperature - heerkulka/heer kuleyl

holiday - fasax

sun - qorraxda

adjectives

hot - kulul

warm - diiran

sunny - qorrax leh

dry - qalalan

verbs

to swim - in la dabaasho

to fish - kalluumaysasho

to rest - nasasho

[somalang]

somali new years vocab

inspired by @arabskaya-devushka & @organizedstudy

khamri - alcohol diseembar or bisha laabo iya tobonaad - december xaflad- party nabad - peace rash qarxin - firework janaayo or bisha koowaad - January shumis / mac - kiss jacayl - love faraxsan - happiness go’aan - resolution haben badh / habeenbarka - midnight  riyo - dream cusub - new sanad cusub - new year qorshaha - plan rabitaan - wish 

marka saacaddu ay saarto habeenbadhka - when the clock strikes midnight

sanad cusub oo fiican - happy new years !

[somalang]

somali grammar masterlist

here’s a list of links to info on somali grammar. i’ve looked at every link to make sure that the grammar is the same as what i am aware of and they are.

1 ) a grammar of the somali language  

pg 30 onwards

2) barashada naxwaha af somaali 

pg 35 onwards

this book is actually written in somali. i believe that it would help those who grew up understanding somali but have no knowledge on grammar and want to apply it to their somali? it’s a bit dull but the information is actually great

3) dhismaha af soomaaliga 

(literally meaning the builiding blocks of the somali language ) 

this website is free and it gives you lessons in different sections in somali grammar. i am in love

4) learn 101

this website labels the grammar rules in sentences so you can see what word in somali relates to a specific grammatical term

5) ilanguages

similar process to the website above. i defo recommend these two for beginners.

6) loving languages - somali grammar table

there’s a nice table content here. the noun declensions are a bit iffy so if anyone wants to me to decode it , just ask!!

7) polymath

there’s lessons on different grammar rules. this is pretty organised and i’m loving it.

8) languagesgulper

scroll where it says morphology. everything after this title is useful info

9) english for somali

this link is actually a page on the english language for somali speakers. if you can speak english, this will help you see what is the norm in your everyday speech in relation to somali. it also highlights parts of sentences that relate to the grammatical term so it homes everything for you.

[somalang]

somali grammatical terms

I’ve taken the list from this post so here’s some grammatical terms in somali

First Verbs

be - noqon / jir

there is - waxaa jira

have - leeyihiin

do - samee / samayn

go - tag

want - rabo / rabitaan

can - awoodaa (give permission)

need - baahi / baahansho

think - (ka) fikir

know - ogow / aqaan

say - sheeg

like - ka helid

speak - hadal  / hadlid

learn - baro / waxbarasho

understand - fahmid

Conjunctions

that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) - waxaas

and - iyo

or - ama

but - laakiin

because - sababta oo ah

so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) - sidaas

if - haddii

Prepositions

of - ee

to - ilaa

from - ka

in - gudaha

at (a place) - meel

at (a time) - mar

with - la

about - ku saabsan

like (meaning “similar to”) - sida

for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) - loogu tala-galay (for the purpose of)

before (also as a conjunction) - ka hor (markii)

after (also as a conjunction) - ka dib

during - muddo (period)

[somalang]

somali autumn vocab

list mainly came from @apricotstudying but i cut some words out eg. halloween and thanksgiving since i couldn’t think of specific words since it’s not really celebrated in somalia.

plus, seasons in somalia aren’t like the ones we have but i will make another post about it.

here’s the audio to help you pronounce them hope this helps!

dayr -autumn/fall

Bisha Sagaalaad (month 9th) -september

Bisha Tobnaad (month 10th) - october

Bisha Kow iyo Tobnaad (month 11th) - november

note - this is usually how somalis communicate when talking about months. it’s a simple method but we also have specific month names that derived from italian

Sabteembar - september

Oktoobar - october

Nofeembar - november

pronounce it how it is written or you can just say the english months - it’s basically the same.

geeda - leaves 

it actually means tree/twigs (geed) since the word for leaves ‘caleen’ is used in the content of tea. i added an a at the end since it indicates more than one (plural) and there are more than one leaf on a tree.

 daruur - cloudy 

 dabaysha - windy 

(if you want to describe the wind such as a strong wind, you would say ‘dabeel’ xuun) ‘dabeel’ is used when you want to add an adjective

 khaboob - cold 

note - some people use a q instead of kh but that’s just because of dialects. i interchange between the two because they both sound the same

galoofis - gloves

fuunaanad (funaanad gacma deer) - sweater/shirt (shirt long arms if you want to be more specific)

busto - blanket

koodh - coat

kaxwo/qaxwo - coffee

beergooyska - harvest (cutting field)

 note - beer on its own can mean liver too so you dont wanna be cutting a liver do we ?(: 

[somalang]

since it’s getting towards the winter months, why not learn how to say that it’s cold? 

 somali word - qabob (cold) 

maanta waa maalin qaboob - today is a cold day

[somalang]

Some of the words from your language list like ogusto are derived from Italian or Arabic and aren’t ‘pure’ Somali idk if you wanted to add that so your followers know thanks for the list tho not many ppl make Somali langblr posts

yeah, i know that they’re derived from italian since the somali language has had italian influences and it still exists within the vocabulary hence why i still used it. 

tbh, the somali language isn’t pure - it’s got its influences from arabic and italian like youve mentioned so ive naturally omitted the need to specify their derivation.  thanks for the input however.