Never assume others don't understand what you are saying

[waryaa]

that's a heart-felt brotherly advice from waryaa to all of u... lol. I just remembered some hilarious episode from last summer/ramadan lol

[XaliimoFarax]

Agreed.

Couple of months ago I was in the bus going home and the bus was full and stinky. Yuck anyways I was on the phone and this follow African boy comes and sits next to me and wallahi the smell coming from him yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Me and my big mouth switch to Somali and im like Allah the boy next to me smells.

I had a nice twenty minutes talk on the phone with my half Somali half English. As soon as I bought the phone down the boy is like ‘are you ogadeen cos you look ogadeen’ in Af Somali!

Let’s just say I learnt my lesson. He looked West African and I thought no worries but he turns out to be an Ethiopian Oromo. Those Oromo's are cheeky why is that every second one can speak Somali and hardly the other way round

[Cirwaaq]

Come back safely. --- Nagaan gali/galaa

Come in --- seen/seenaa

God bless you. --- Waaqayyo si haa eebbisu.

Good afternoon? --- Attam oolte / ooltan?

Good morning? --- Attam bulte/bultan?

Goodbye --- Nagaan turi / turaa

Have a good day. --- Guyyaa nagaa siif haa ta'u.

Hello --- Ashamaa

Hi --- Attam

How are you? --- Attam jirta/jirtu?

I am fine, Praise the Lord. --- Nagaa, galata Waaqayyoo

I am fine. --- Nagaa. / Fayyaa.

Please --- maaloo

Sit down --- taa'i/ taa'aa

Thank you. --- Galatoomi/ galatoomaa

Von voyage. --- Karaa nagaa.

Welcome --- baga nagaan dhufte/ dhuftan

Evening --- Galgala(gal=cover, gala=enter)

1 --- tokko
2 --- lama
3 --- sadii
4 --- afur
5 --- shan
6 --- ja'a
7 --- torba
8 --- saddeet
9 --- sagal
10 --- kudha
11 --- kudha-tokko
12 --- kudha-lama

If not for arrogance anyone who speaks Somali can learn Oromo without difficulty.

Point of Divergence of the two languages is not that long ago.

[Knight of Wisdom]

Agreed.

Couple of months ago I was in the bus going home and the bus was full and stinky. Yuck anyways I was on the phone and this follow African boy comes and sits next to me and wallahi the smell coming from him yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Me and my big mouth switch to Somali and im like Allah the boy next to me smells.

I had a nice twenty minutes talk on the phone with my half Somali half English. As soon as I bought the phone down the boy is like ‘are you ogadeen cos you look ogadeen’ in Af Somali!

Let’s just say I learnt my lesson. He looked West African and I thought no worries but he turns out to be an Ethiopian Oromo. Those Oromo's are cheeky why is that every second one can speak Somali and hardly the other way round

If he was Oromo, then you shouldn't be surprised. First, they look like Somali, so I'd assume a Somali is on the bus with me, secondly, most Oromos understand Af-Somali.

[waryaa]

lol@hal

I flew from Bosaso to Berbera last ramadan/summer. On the plane, we had an Indian guy who spoke Somali fluently and his somali (chick) coworker. They worked in Bosaso. He was going to India and she was going to Hargeisa.

@ the Berbera airport, she asked him if he had cigarettes in English. He said no. Still in English, she started whining and complaining about some nasty headache she gets if she doesn't smoke for a long time. From not far distance, I told her (in english) to get it from a Russian pilot who was smoking a few minutes ago. The girl was very light skin and she turned red before my eyes, saying walahi I don't smoke it was all joke, bla bla bla. I showed her a bottle of water I had with me and told her I am not fasting either and to chill out. She went straight to Russian guy who was in the plane (we were outside on the tarmac)

[St8OuttaDirree]

Come back safely. --- Nagaan gali/galaa

Come in --- seen/seenaa

God bless you. --- Waaqayyo si haa eebbisu.

Good afternoon? --- Attam oolte / ooltan?

Good morning? --- Attam bulte/bultan?

Goodbye --- Nagaan turi / turaa

Have a good day. --- Guyyaa nagaa siif haa ta'u.

Hello --- Ashamaa

Hi --- Attam

How are you? --- Attam jirta/jirtu?

I am fine, Praise the Lord. --- Nagaa, galata Waaqayyoo

I am fine. --- Nagaa. / Fayyaa.

Please --- maaloo

Sit down --- taa'i/ taa'aa

Thank you. --- Galatoomi/ galatoomaa

Von voyage. --- Karaa nagaa.

Welcome --- baga nagaan dhufte/ dhuftan

Evening --- Galgala(gal=cover, gala=enter)

1 --- tokko
2 --- lama
3 --- sadii
4 --- afur
5 --- shan
6 --- ja'a
7 --- torba
8 --- saddeet
9 --- sagal
10 --- kudha
11 --- kudha-tokko
12 --- kudha-lama

If not for arrogance anyone who speaks Somali can learn Oromo without difficulty.

Point of Divergence of the two languages is not that long ago.

Western dialect,
sounds horrible when spoken.