Somali dialect and grammars

[Jaamac1975]

Gedo girl,

Somalis are divided with in those to accents , check Jabuuti or even Jigjiga they have the same accent as those in somaliland , see you are confusing the term "north " with its political use in the south , in politics north measn somaliland but in culture north means those who use the northern accent , and that even includes 70% of Absame , Ciise , and even Sheekhaal.

Ina Geel Wase,

If this was a decent place you should have been banned with that kind of a nickname , you sound like your name indeed , so keep farting kid , i could care less if you think iam your father never mind x this and x that. Calling people murtad and kuffar in cyber forums is ok, but if you said those words to my face i would slapp you good and teach you something your sexy single mother mom never taught you.

[CaynabaX]

^ What's so weird about that? All you did was put a question mark at the end.

It's the koonfurian version difference is arag/arkin.

1- Maan arag = I didn't see
2- Maysan arag? = Didn't they see
3- Miyaadan arag Didn't you see? (singular)
4- miyeeydnaan arag? didn't you see? (plural)

[Khalid Ali]

1- yidhi/ yiri , generally the most used in all of Somali area.

Past.

A- Wuxu yidhi = he said
B- Waxay tidhi = she said
C- Waxay yidhahdeen = they said

Present.

A- Wuxu odhanayaa = he is saying
B- Waxay odhanaysaa = she is saying
C- Waxay odhanayaan = they are saying

The South:

past

A- Wuxu dhahay
B- Waxay Dhahd'ay
C- Waxay dhaheen.

Presnt tense

A- Wuxu dhahayaa
B- Waxay dhahaysaa
C- Waxay dhahayaan???

Does Waxay Dhahayaan used?? in this last case most southerners switch to northern dialect and use " odhanayaan/oranayaan"

Koonfurians in the last say waxay dhaheen instead of waxay dhahayaan and when its past they say wuxu dhahayey

[TheblueNwhite]

I entered a wrong thread again.

[Jaamac1975]

Dhaheen is past though, the question is how can that verb used in the persent tense like "odhanayaan" it should be "dhahayaan" not dhaheen which is past.

[TeAmo]

Your accent depends on your tribe also, within Hawiye different sub clans have different accents. Other clans such reer xamars have different accents.

Also the "southie" accent is the more posh understandable and straight forward accent and way of speaking. Just like the South accent in England is the more understandable and posh, as in London but people in Birmingham speak funny coz they're from up north.

Have you also realised Somali politicians ( except in Somaliand) when they speak they speak in a south accent for example the Djbouti president, Somali president etc because that is the more understandable accent. When I hear north accents it just never gets through to me even though I myself have a Somali accent I find the southie accent to be more understandable.

[Jaamac1975]

Temo,

Care to eloberate and prove your point , when most somalis speak in BBC or in public or even write books, articales , nobody uses southern accent , they just exchange the "dh" sound to "r" the rest is 99.999999% no different then the north.

[TheblueNwhite]

1- yidhi/ yiri , generally the most used in all of Somali area.

Past.

A- Wuxu yidhi = he said
B- Waxay tidhi = she said
C- Waxay yidhahdeen = they said

Present.

A- Wuxu odhanayaa = he is saying
B- Waxay odhanaysaa = she is saying
C- Waxay odhanayaan = they are saying

The South:

past

A- Wuxu dhahay
B- Waxay Dhahd'ay
C- Waxay dhaheen.

Presnt tense

A- Wuxu dhahayaa
B- Waxay dhahaysaa
C- Waxay dhahayaan???

Does Waxay Dhahayaan used?? in this last case most southerners switch to northern dialect and use " odhanayaan/oranayaan"

Koonfurians in the last say waxay dhaheen instead of waxay dhahayaan and when its past they say wuxu dhahayey

Wuxuu dhahay not wuxuu dhahayey.

[TeAmo]

Temo,

Care to eloberate and prove your point , when most somalis speak in BBC or in public or even write books, articales , nobody uses southern accent , they just exchange the "dh" sound to "r" the rest is 99.999999% no different then the north.

Haven't you ever watched universal TV, SNA etc all the presenters and news anchors have a southie accent.

[Jaamac1975]

southei accent like what?/ tell me ,

[Khalid Ali]

Temo,

Care to eloberate and prove your point , when most somalis speak in BBC or in public or even write books, articales , nobody uses southern accent , they just exchange the "dh" sound to "r" the rest is 99.999999% no different then the north.

Haven't you ever watched universal TV, SNA etc all the presenters and news anchors have a southie accent.

Not true Ridwaan is from sheikhaash clan in galbeed and his accent sounds pretty Somalilandish

[TeAmo]

southei accent like what?/ tell me ,

Southie accent as in the accent that is most spoken in the south. Look at all the previous Somali politicians they all had a southie accent. Sh.Sharif, Abdullahi Yusuf AUN, Gaas, Farmajo, MSB AUN, even the new president. It's just the more dominant accent and easier to understand. When a konfurian person speaks to a waaqoyi person they understand them but when a waaqoyi speaks to a konfurian it is a bit more difficult to understand. Even on Snet when I read the Somalanders writing in Somali it's hard to understand.

[CaynabaX]

Abdulaahi Yusuf and Gaas speak/spoked with a thick reer Mudug accent which isn't a southern dialect but comparable to with those Somalis in Somali Galbeed and parts of Waqooyi.

For example, the difference is

Waxaa waaye
Waxaa weeye

[Jaamac1975]

Teamo,

You can believe in flying cows , but the problem is proving there are flying cows, Now you keep talking with no real example, give us an example if what you think is true. Tell us an example of this Waqooyi accent that Southies don't understand , at least 1 sentense lool

[TeAmo]

Abdulaahi Yusuf and Gaas speak/spoked with a thick reer Mudug accent which isn't a southern dialect but comparable to with those Somalis in Somali Galbeed and parts of Waqooyi.

For example, the difference is

Waxaa waaye
Waxaa weeye

I'm not talking about the pronunciation of words I'm talking about how they generally sound when they speak it sounds the same as how people in Mogadishu, galgadood, mudug to all the way Kismayo speak. And it is very understandable and straight forward.