Colloquial Somali Unit 1
Terms
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- waryaa
- hey! Hi!
- subax
- morning
- wanaagsan
- good
- ma
- positive interrogative mood classifier
- nabad
- peace
- baa
- a focus marker
- waa
- it is; a positive declarative mood classifier
- is
- onself
- ka
- about, from
- warran
- give news
- la
- one (impersonal pronoun)
- Warran!
- Give news (sg.)!
- Warrama!
- Give news (pl.)!
- Keen!
- Bring it (sg.)!
- Keena!
- Bring it (pl.)!
- Tag!
- Go!
- Cun!
- Eat it!
- Jooji!
- Stop it!
- Sug!
- Wait!
- Akhri!
- Read!
- Eeg!
- Look at it!
- Qor!
- Write it!
- Fur!
- Open it!
- Maa shah baa?
- Is it tea?
- Waa shaah.
- It is tea.
- ey
- dog
- sonkor
- sugar
- dukaanka
- the shop
- tagtay
- you went
- haa
- yes
- waan
- positive declarative mood classifier + I
- tegey
- I went
- caleen
- leaves
- keentay
- you brought
- iyo
- and (to join noun phrases)
- caano
- milk
- sonkorba
- as well as sugar
- wax
- thing
- kale
- other
- maya
- no
- laybreeriga
- the library
- laybreerigase
- the library+but
- buug
- book
- ⬦na
- and (to join phrases)
- waa yahay
- okay (lit. it is)
- imminka
- now
- guriga
- the house
- tag
- to go to
- koob
- cup
- ah
- which is
- samee
- to make
- buuggiina
- and the book
- buuggii
- the book
- nabad gelyo
- goodbye
- waan keenay
- I brought
- waad keentay
- You brought
- wuu keenay
- He brought
- way keentay
- She brought
- waynu/waanu keennay
- we brought
- waydin keenteen
- yall brought
- way keeneen
- they brought
- dhisay
- I built, he built
- dhistay
- you built, she built
- dhisnay
- we built
- dhisteen
- yall built
- dhiseen
- they built
- Waad ka baxday.
- You left it there.
- Way qaadday.
- She took it.
- Waad akhriday.
- You read it.
- t-->d after⬦
- q, kh, c, x, h, and ' (gutterals), d, w, y, vowels
- t-->dh after⬦
- dh
- Way gaadhay.
- She reached there.
- n-->l after⬦
- l
- n-->r after⬦
- r
- Waanu hellay.
- We found it.
- Waanu dirray.
- We sent it.
- lt-->⬦
- sh
- Waydin gasheen.
- Yall entered.
- Waad heshay.
- You found it.
- I+vowel-->
- I+y+vowel
- Waan akhriyay.
- I read it.
- Way akhriyeen.
- They read it.
- a+ gutteral+een-->
- e+gutteral+een
- Way bexeen.
- They left.
- tag +ay or een-->
- often tegey, tegeen
- t and k at end of syllable-->
- d and g
- m at end of syllable-->
- n
- diid
- to refuse
- baaq
- to announce
- go'
- to cut (intr.)
- dil
- to kill, hit
- miyaan
- positive interrogative mood classifier+I
- miyaad
- positive interrogative mood classifier+you
- miyuu
- positive interrogative mood classifier +he
- miyay
- pos. interr. Mood cl. +they
- miyaynu
- positive interrogative mood cl. +we incl.
- miyaannu
- pos. interr. Mood cl. +we excl.
- miyaydin
- pos. interr. Mood. Cl. +yall
- halkaas
- there
- buug fiican
- a good book
- dabadeedna
- and then
- warqad
- letter
- nin
- man
- aammusa
- be quiet (pl.)
- aammus
- to be quiet
- akhriyayaa
- I am reading