Colloquial Somali Unit 6
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- baxaya
- he leaves (with focused subject)
- doondoon
- conj. 1, to look for
- tagsi
- m d2, taxi
- hortiisa
- in front of (lit. its front)
- u yeedh
- to call for
- tagsile
- m d7, taxi owner
- hayye
- hi (an interjection used often in Somali)
- tegi rabtaa
- you want to go
- rab
- conj 1, to want desire, used as an auxilliary with the infinitive
- hudheel
- m d2, hotel
- gee
- conj 2B, to take so or st (eg in a taxi)
- ma taqaan
- do you know it?
- wallah, wallahi
- an exclamation of surprise, from Arabic wa Allah and God
- si
- f, way
- xaggee
- where (lit. which place?)
- baratay
- you learned (from baro)
- Landhan
- London
- saaxiibkayga
- my friend
- la yidhaahdo
- called (lit. one says)
- ku hadli kartaa
- you can speak in
- kale
- other
- lagu
- la+ku one+in
- Cafar
- Afar, a Cushtic language spoken in Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
- Faransiis
- French
- in
- f, amount
- yar
- small
- fiicantahay
- you are well
- waayo
- because, why
- sabab
- because
- halkan lagu hadlo
- that are spoken here (lit that one speaks in here)
- hawo
- f d6, air, weather
- ka hel
- conj. 1, to like, enjoy
- kulayl
- m, heat (used for weather)
- aad iyo aad
- very very much
- maxaan
- What+I
- maxaad
- what+you
- muxuu
- what+he
- maxay
- what+they
- maxaynu
- what + we incl
- maxaannu
- what + we excl
- maxaydin
- what + y'all
- Maxaad sameysay?
- What did you do?
- Maxay dhisayaan?
- What are they building?
- Maxaa dhacay?
- What happened?
- Maxaa laga sameeyay?
- What did one do about it?
- baan, ayaan
- noun phrase focus marker+I
- baad, ayaad
- focus marker+you
- buu, ayuu
- focus marker+he
- bay, ayay
- focus marker+they
- baynu, ayaynu
- focus marker+we incl.
- baannu, ayaannu
- focus marker+we excl.
- baydin, ayaydin
- focus marker+y'all
- When the subject is focused:
- the subject is in the absolutive case, the subject verbal pronoun is not used with the focus marker, and the reduced verbal paradigm is used
- with a focused subject, the focus marker is
- baa
- keenay
- reduced verb form, I brought, you brought, he brought, y'all brought, they brought
- keentay
- she brought
- keennay
- we brought
- keena
- reduced verb form, I/you/y'all/they bring, he brings
- keenta
- she brings
- keenna
- we bring
- keenaya
- I am bringing, you are bringing, he is bringing, y'all are bringing, they are bringing
- keenaysa
- she is bringing
- keenayna
- we are bringing
- in reduced verb forms:
- aa becomes a in the general present and present progressive, stress tone is final, and there are only three forms
- Noun ending in short vowel+baa
- focus marker can be fused to word
- ninka baa tagay becomes
- ninkaa tagay
- furo
- to open for oneself
- furtay
- 3b I, he opened
- furatay
- 3b, you, she opened
- furannay
- 3b, we opened
- furateen
- 3b, y'all opened
- furteen
- 3b, they opened
- Sound changes for conj 3b:
- endings beginning with a vowel insert t before the vowel, endings beginning with t, o of stem changes to a, gutteral+-tay becomes day
- wado
- 3b, to drive oneself
- Wata!
- 3b, drive it!
- Furta!
- Open it for yourselves!
- Furanayaa
- 3b, I am opening, he is opening
- furanaysaa
- 3b, you are opening, she is opening
- furanaynaa
- we are opening
- furanaysaan
- y'all are opening
- furanayaan
- they are opening
- labataan
- 20
- soddon
- 30
- afartan
- 40
- konton
- 50
- lixdan
- 60
- toddobaatan
- 70
- siddeetan
- 80
- sagaashan
- 90
- boqol
- 100
- kun
- 1000
- malyuun
- 1,000,000
- Gender of numbers?
- masculine
- kow before a vowel becomes
- koob
- kow/koob iyo toban
- 11
- laba iyo toban
- 12
- saddex iyo toban
- 13
- afar iyo toban
- 14
- kow iyo labaatan
- 21
- laba iyo labaatan
- 22
- shan iyo labaatan
- 25
- lix iyo soddon
- 36
- toddoba iyo soddon
- 37
- siddeed iyo afartan
- 48
- sagaal iyo konton
- 59
- laba iyo lixdan
- 62
- saddex iyo toddobaatan
- 73
- afar iyo siddeetan
- 84
- shan iyo sagaashan
- 95
- saddex boqol
- 300
- laba kun
- 2000
- siddeed malyuun
- 8000000
- saddex boqol iyo laba iyo lixdan
- 362
- laba kun iyo shan boqol iyo laba iyo siddeetan
- 2582
- kun iyo sagaal boqol iyo saddex iyo sagaashan
- 1993
- saddex kun iyo shan boqol iyo toddoba iyo labaatan
- 3527
- Saacaddu waa immisa?
- What is the time?
- Waa immisadii?
- What is the time?
- Waa kowdii.
- It is one o'clock.
- Waa shantii.
- It is five o'clock.
- Tobankii.
- Ten o'clock in the past
- Laba iyo tobankii
- 12 o'clock in the past
- rubuc
- one quarter
- badh
- half
- Waa afarta iyo badhka.
- It is half past four.
- Waa labada iyo rubuca.
- It is quarter past two.
- Waa koob iyo tobanka oo rubuc la'.
- It is quarter to eleven (eleven less a quarter).
- Janaayo
- January
- Febraayo
- February
- Maarso
- March
- Abriil
- April
- Maajo
- May
- Juun
- June
- Luulyo
- July
- Agoosto
- August
- Sebtember
- September
- Oktoobar
- October
- Noofembar
- November
- Disembar
- December
- shan iyo labaatanka Juun
- 25-Jun
- saddex iyo tobanka Disembar
- 13-Dec
- qadee
- 2b, to have lunch
- dhamee
- 2B, to finish
- macaan
- adj, sweet, good tasting
- ahaa
- it was
- fiicnaa
- it was good (from fiican+ahaa)
- yimmaada
- comes (reduced paradigm of yimi)
- canab
- m d2, grapes
- ii
- I+u, for me
- muus
- m, d4, banana
- macaanyihiin
- they are sweet
- beer
- conj 1, to cultivate, grow
- walaal
- f, d2, sister
- mar
- conj 1, to pass along
- heedheh
- interjection used to call so
- imminkaannu
- from imminka + baannu now we have, we have just
- midho
- m, collec, fruit
- ma doonayo
- I do not want it
- saddex koob oo shaah ah
- three cups of tea (oo is used because there is a number with koob)
- waa hagag
- right (lit it is straightness)