Colloquial Somali Unit 4
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- tegi doonaa
- he will go to
- doon
- to want, also auxiliary verb for future tense
- gees
- m, d1, horn
- macallin
- m, d2, teacher
- dhig
- conj 1, to teach
- af
- m, d4, language
- ingriisi
- m, English
- af ingriisiga
- the English language
- imminka
- now
- se
- but
- bartaa
- he learns
- baro
- conj 3B, to learn
- waayo
- because
- laba
- two
- bil
- f, d1, month
- bilood
- months in genitive fm
- laba bilood ka dib
- in two months
- ka dhigi doona
- he will teach at
- dugsi
- m, d2, school
- magaalo
- f, d6, town
- waqooyi
- m, north
- dal
- m, d4, country
- ku taal
- which is in (f.)
- carruur
- f, d1, collec, children
- waxbari
- conj 2A, to teach
- macallinkiisu
- his teacher (subj.)
- la yidhaahdo
- called (lit. which one says)
- saaxiibkiisa
- his friend
- jeer
- m, d4, time, occasion
- todobaadkiiba
- each week
- toddobaad
- m, d2, week
- la kulmaa
- he meets with (gen pres of kulan)
- kulan, kulmaa
- conj 1, to meet
- kulan la
- to meet with
- hadal, hadlaa
- conj 1, to speak
- hadal la
- to speak with
- hadal ku
- to speak in
- adag
- difficult, hard
- wuxuu yidhaahdaa
- he says
- wuxuu ku celiyaa
- he replies (gen pres)
- ku celi
- to reply
- maya
- no
- walaal
- f, d1, sister
- fudud
- easy
- qoslaan
- they laugh (gen pres)
- qosol, qoslaa
- conj 1, to laugh
- decl 6
- stress on penultimate vowel, sg fem, pl masc, ends in o in sg, add oyin in pl
- hooyo
- mother
- hoyooyin
- mothers
- waddo
- f, d6, street, road
- waddooyin
- roads
- waddada
- the road
- waddooyinka
- the roads
- sheekooyin
- stories
- dawo
- medicine
- magaalooyin
- towns
- shaneemo
- film
- kiilooyin
- kilos
- ayeeyo
- grandmother
- decl 7
- sg stress on penult, pl no stress, sg masc, pl fem, sg ends in e, pl deletes e, adds ayaal
- aabbe
- father
- aabbayaal
- fathers
- bare
- teacher
- barayaal
- teachers
- baraha
- the teacher
- barayaasha
- the teachers
- oday
- old man, elder
- odayaal
- old men, elders
- biyo
- water
- biyayaal
- waters
- biyaha
- the water
- biyayaasha
- the waters
- fure
- key
- danjirayaal
- ambassadors
- xoghaye
- secretary
- golayaal
- committees
- waraabayaal
- hyenas
- madaxweyne
- president
- samee
- conj 2B, to do, make
- safee, sifee
- conj 2B, to clean
- cashee
- conj 2B, to eat dinner
- Sameeya!
- Make it (pl)!
- Casheeya!
- Have dinner (pl)!
- sameeyay
- conj 2B I/he made
- sameysay
- you/she made
- sameynay
- we made
- sameyseen
- yall made
- sameeyeen
- they made
- ee+consonant-->
- ey
- y+t-->
- s
- e+a-->
- eya
- sameynayaa
- I am making, he is making
- sameynaysaa
- you are making, she is making
- sameynaynaa
- we are making
- sameynaysaan
- yall are making
- sameynayaan
- they are making
- malee
- conj 2B, to suppose
- caddee
- conj 2B, to explain, make white, make clear
- cawee
- conj 2B, to spend the evening
- kexee
- conj 2B, to drive (camels)
- dhammee
- conj 2B, to finish
- qadee
- conj 2B, to have lunch
- Shaqada ka warran.
- How is work?
- Qoyska ka warran,
- How is the family?
- Carrurta ka warran.
- How are the children?
- fog
- far
- dhow
- near
- culus
- heavy
- xidh
- conj 1, to close
- xidhan
- closed
- fur
- to open
- furan
- open
- gub
- to burn
- guban
- burned
- balladh
- broadness
- balladhan
- broad
- gaab
- shortness
- gaaban
- short
- farax
- to be happy
- faraxsan
- happy
- dhereg
- to be satisfied, full
- dheregsan
- satisfied, full
- qurux
- beauty
- quruxsan
- beautiful
- cadho
- anger
- cadhaysan, cadhosan
- angry
- guri cusub
- a new house
- shimbir yar
- a small bird
- albaal cas
- a red door
- guriga cusub
- the new house
- shimbirtii yar
- the little bird
- albaabka cas
- the red door
- Adj+i=
- subject marker
- Ninku waa tagay.
- The(subj) man went.
- Ninka dheeri waa tagay.
- The(abs) tall(subj) man went.
- qurquruxsan
- beautiful (pl)
- fudfudud
- easy, light (pl)
- ad'adag
- difficult, hard (pl)
- gaaggaaban
- short (pl)
- laaban
- folded
- laallaaban
- folded (pl)
- jaban
- broken
- jajaban
- broken pla
- dheer
- long, tall
- dhaadheer
- long, tall (pl)
- weyn
- big
- waaweyn
- big (pl)
- cuscusub
- new (pl)
- yaryar
- small (pl)
- adj with first syll ending in b
- repeat first syll w/o consonant and double consonant following it
- genitive stress tone
- always on final or only vowel
- gen fem sg nouns not ending in o
- add eed or yeed
- xanuun lugeed
- foot pain (lit pain foot)
- af shimbireed
- bird mouth, beak
- dhar nageed
- women's clothes
- dhar naag
- a woman's clothes
- gen fem sg nouns with pl o add
- od
- midabka shimbirood
- the color of birds
- gen nouns for domestic animals add
- aad, not eed or ood
- harag lo'aad
- cow's hide
- lo'
- cattle
- caano riyaad
- goat's milk
- riyo
- goats
- ri
- f, d1, goat
- genitive form is only used w/o
- definite article or suffix on noun
- qalinka cusub ee macallinka
- the new pen of the teacher
- qalinka macallinka cusub
- the pen of the new teacher
- kow
- fem, 1, for counting
- kaba
- fem, 2
- saddex
- fem, 3
- afar
- fem, 4
- shan
- fem, 5
- lix
- fem, 6
- toddoba
- fem, 7
- sideed
- fem, 8
- sagaal
- masc, 9
- toban
- masc, 10
- nouns with numbers are in----case
- gentive
- nouns with numbers are sg unlessā¬¦
- noun is from decl 1,2,3; then it is pl
- afar dal
- four countries
- laba kabood
- two shoes
- saddex buug
- three books
- toddoba nin
- seven men
- sagaal riyaad
- nin goats
- laba naagood
- two women
- saddexda buug
- the three books
- toddobada nin
- the seven men
- hal
- number one for modifying a noun
- hal buug
- one book
- hal naag
- one woman
- mid
- one as demonstrative pronoun
- Mid bay cuneen.
- They ate one.
- dukaan
- m, d2, shop
- dukaammo
- shops
- waan fiicanahay
- I am well
- shaqo
- f, d6, work
- subaxdii
- in the morning (lit the morning)
- tagsigayga
- my taxi
- tagsi
- m, d2, taxi
- watay
- I drove
- iibis
- m, d2, trade
- wax
- m, thing
- waxyaabo
- m, things
- soo iibsadeen
- they bought
- maanta
- today
- dad badan ayaa yimi
- many people came
- badan
- many
- qasacad
- f, d1, can
- khudrad
- f, d1, collec, vegetables
- iibi
- conj 2A, to sell
- weli
- yet
- waa yahay
- right (lit it is)
- ma qadeyn doontaa
- do you want to have lunch?
- waan gaajeysanahay
- I am hungry
- makhaayad
- f, d1, restaurant