Waan Yaabyahay

[Grant]

I attended a meeting at the Convention center in San Diego this weekend and was startled at the names on many of the cabs. They all looked like brand-new Yellow Cabs, but the names were "Israel", "Eritrean", and a lot of "Shebelle". Clearly, Somalis are making their presence felt down there. If I had had more time I would have looked around for Advo.


Taksiileh ha noolato!

[The-Screw]

Grant,
it's Waa Yaabanahey or Waa Yaabay. Yaabyahey sounds like you're just learning the language (well, duh of course you are) but still i consider you to be a regular somali so mistakes like that is not expected of you!

[shaamboo]

loooooooool @ the titel waan yaabyahay
kid adigu ma cafar baa wax kuu galeen mise reer baraawe ahahaha

[Voltage]

Grant, you used the correct term but in the wrong form. "Yahay" is used to signify the third-party, male. For example "wuu yabanyahay"..he is surprised. Wuu ka xunyahay ..he is apologetic.

To make it the first person, you have to take out the "y". Waa yaabanahay..I am surprised (present tense).


Yahay = is (he, present tense)

Tahay = is (she, presen tense)

Ahay = am (first person, present tense)

You used the correct pronoun though.

Wuu = he

Wey = she

Waa/n = I

[shaamboo]

V ,
he is barwaani sxb ahhah

[Voltage]

V ,
he is barwaani sxb ahhah

I know you are not the most brightest person in the forum (in fact you are in the lowest 2% percentile) but Grant is white, American, and was a peace corp volunteer to Somalia in the 60's.

[Voltage]

Point proven.

[Advo]

loool@grant


I am surprised u didnt spot any "ogaadeen" cab, but if u plan to be in SD this summer, let me know, we can have coffee somewhere.

[Voltage]

loool@grant


I am surprised u didnt spot any "ogaadeen" cab, but if u plan to be in SD this summer, let me know, we can have coffee somewhere.

Lol @ coffee in the summer, you trying to kill him.

[Grant]

This is my usual stick foot in mouth and try to learn from the experience approach. In Jilib I didn't have many opportunities to learn. Somali was not yet written and we did not have even the dictionaries and grammars we have today.

Thanks guys.

[black velvet]

This is my usual stick foot in mouth and try to learn from the experience approach. In Jilib I didn't have many opportunities to learn. Somali was not yet written and we did not have even the dictionaries and grammars we have today.

Thanks guys.

You go white guy

Some idiot Somali kids can't even be bothered to learn their own language uff

[Hyperactive]

This is my usual stick foot in mouth and try to learn from the experience approach. In Jilib I didn't have many opportunities to learn. Somali was not yet written and we did not have even the dictionaries and grammars we have today.

Thanks guys.

man dont feel bad.
you're way better than majority of us who born or raised outside somalia.