Compare your ENglish and SOmali. which is stronger?

[Navy9]

I rarely write in Somali, i hate the double vowels thing and sometimes I was told I add extra letters to Somali words when I speak, other than those few things, my Somali is as good as my English.

[Lillaahiya]

With reading and writing, I'm pretty well at both. When it comes to speaking, English hands down.

[Faranacab]

That is fascinating. I would suggest you teach those around you.

[metamorphosis]

That is fascinating. I would suggest you teach those around you.

sxb I can speak and write both languages quite well, but I ain't a linguist. My brother is though. English shaqal lasaarayo weligaa maad maqashay?

[Kukri]

af soomaaliga iskuul uma galin laakiin ari-anglaiga dhigadheeruhu keenay wale wuu dhaama.

i can write and read af soomaali alxamdulilah

when it comes to english my writing i have to say is no where near to when i speak calaashan english camal aan ugu hadla noh

[Faranacab]

@ English shaqal lasaarayo..

@dhigadheere ,..

Meta, you just need to teach the BTJX.. , and let the person fish the rest..

[OliveOil]

I am fluent in both, alxamdulilaah

WOW....she is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nabeela]

My English far exceeds my Somali. I can speak Somali (informally) with no problems but when it comes to reading it, because of all the different ways people write, it tends to be a nightmare. I used to speak Arabic but I am losing it too.

If this is your English and you think it exceeds your Somali, then indeed your Somali is horrible.

[Samatr]

My English far exceeds my Somali too, but I speak better Somali than most people who grew up in the west.
what little French and Arabic I learned throughout the years has dwindled away sadly.

[Amethyst]

Dream and curse, in English. Speak and write good enough in Somali, though.

[Cumar-Labasuul]

I don't think most of the people here are being honest with themselves.
Runtii my english far exceeds my somali, for the fact that I have lived in the UK for 21 years of my life and the rest of my life (3 yrs) I was in a somali speaking country.
My somali speaking is competent (pretty good for someone who never learnt somali in school or brought up in a somali speaking country) but not fluent. Reading and Writing are also competent, funnily I only learnt to write somali within the last 10 years, reading is also decent up to when I read songs and poems that's when I can't understand zilch

finally, this is the score I would give myself (1 being lowest, 5 being highest):

------------ English ------ Somali
Reading ---- 5 --------------- 3.5
Writing ----- 5 --------------- 4.5
Speaking ---- 5 ---------------- 4

Total -------- 15 -------------- 12

[Lamagoodle]

I speak/write several languages. If I limit my analyses to the Somali and English languages, I am of the opinion that I suck at both of them. My spoken Somali transcends dialect boundaries and depends on whom I am addressing and in the process becomes incomprehensible. My English suffers from the liability of being too" academic" and too influenced by the East african way of speaking it. When I visit the UK, the only people that I can converse with are academics (read: upper echelon of society).

[anonymousfaarax]

I would say I'm fluent in both English and Somali; though I need to work on my Somali vocabulary. Reading Somali is getting easier for me but I found it very difficult at first. It took me a year to learn to speak english properly including having the local accent. Now you wouldnt be able to distinguish me from someone who was born here.

[yungnfresh]

Written: English slightly better than Somali

Understanding: English moderately better than Somali

Spoken: English way better than Somali

[Rabshoole]

Yung, dhaqancelis aya u baahantahay hadii arimahid herkaas ay marayaan.
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My English has the upper hand speaking wise, however when it comes to writing it, I'd say their just about the same.