Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli

[ToughGong]

Caanaan caboo
Biyo kama daba
Kaban karo

Abtigey dixdii
Hoos weyne
kol i wad
Kol is wad

Subag yar oo
Sumal oo
Kulul oo
Kidi hoos tii yaal
Shimbirbaa socotoo...
etc,etc etc....



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[Hyperactive]

walal what he is talking about?

[ToughGong]

^
It's the equivalant of a military drill for the Somali tongue
Try getting your laughing gear round that lot hyper

[SultanOrder]

taa music marka lagu garaaco wa ba rap

[ToughGong]

taa music marka lagu garaaco wa ba rap

Waa runtii dee

[fisabililah]

Since you lot seem to be the somali linguists on this site, what is the best way to improve my somali vocab quickly... is there any websites, books available ?. any help would be appreciated inshallah.

[ToughGong]

Since you lot seem to be the somali linguists on this site, what is the best way to improve my somali vocab quickly... is there any websites, books available ?. any help would be appreciated inshallah.

I was in the same predicament as you some time back
My solution was a long stint in the motherland,by long I mean at leas one and a half years
Nothing like been thrown in ti the the thick of it

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Caanaan caboo
Biyo kama daba
Kaban karo

I have heard this one before, but a little different:

Nin kalluun cunay
Caano Kama daba
kaban Karo

Also this is another one I know - btw, I might have totally said it incorrectl ama spelt it wrong, markaas qofkii garanaya ii saxa :

Naylyahow hanoosoo
dhudhu hore,
dhudhu dambe
Dhulku kunaflayn

[Arabischer]

Abtigey dixdii

What does dixdii means?

[ToughGong]

Abtigey dixdii

What does dixdii means?

Abtigey
dixdii Hoos weyne

Dixdii goes with Hoos Weyne and means the Sandy
Which means the Sandy bed of Hoos Weyne (river)
It doesn't go with Abti