Af Somaali - let's agree on the standard

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

You should look left and right before you cross the road


Maxa waaye in aad bidix iyo midig iska fiirisid inti aadan jidka goynin


Is that correct? Or

Waxaa weye - is this a northern dialect? Or standard Somali?

I would say intaadan jidka goynin waa inaad bidix iyo midig fiirisid.

@ Jidka goynin & fiiri

LOOOL whats wrong with that sxb?

[Hawdian]

Why is what Warsheekh said funny? It looks correct


Warsheekh I think I need to start thinking in afka ad adag, reer Xamar/ciyaalka xafada af Somaali wan ku wareerey when it comes to writing

Qado should be qado with only one vowels for sure.

I meant the one with two vowels to mean take not lunch.

I would point out if you are talking about morning or afternoon because that is customary in Somali. Sadex saac to me means 3 hours... its quite confusing and definitely not standard.

Haa thats correct qaado = take, qado = lunch (in my honest opinion it should be qaddoo, if you pay close attention we say the letter D twice qad-doo).

[FarhanYare]

Waad mahad santahay.

Ma fahamsani dadka shiisheyaha sida ey af Somaaliga uu bartaan, luqad oo grammar rules qabto ilama aha. Or maybe I just need to go to Somali school.

You wlc. LOL there is grammar rules ee buuga iyo qaliinka lasoo bax ..

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

Warsheekh I think I need to start thinking in afka ad adag, reer Xamar/ciyaalka xafada af Somaali wan ku wareerey when it comes to writing
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Haa waa ceynkaas, reer xamar/ciyaalka xaafada is more of a slang, reer Mudug/waqooyi accent is the correct one to write in.

[BlackVelvet]

Waa inaad bidix iyo midigba iska eegtid intaadan wadada ka talaabin.

waqooyi accent

That's also a dialect

[CilmiDoone]

If you were writing an official document in Somali how would you say the following phrases:


1. The office opening times are: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

2. There will be a meeting held on the third Monday of every month in the conference room on the third floor


Also now I am unsure about the Q/Kh damn you


So I have to ask:

Qaado or Khaado
Waqti or Wakhti
Qolka or Kholka

Lets go through the easy one first and by no means am I an expert on Somali linguistic but let me add my labo shilling.

Qado should be qado with only one vowels for sure.

Waakhti

Qoolka

Qado = Lunch
Qaado = Take it
Qaado = Spoon
Root word, Qaad = take

Its Wakhti and not Waakhti.
Its Qolka and not Qoolka.

1: Xafiisku wuxu fuuran yahay Isniinta ila Jimcaaha waakhtiiyada 9ka subaaxnimo ila 5ta galaabnimo.

2: Shir aya la qabaan doona Isniinta sadeexaad biil kastabaa kaas oo lagu qaban doona hoolka shiiraarka ku yala daabaqa sadeexaad.

Becareful though because people in southern Somalia use military time or 24 hour clock system...9ka subaaxnimo is very precise I believe but if you simply said 9 saac that would 3 in the afternoon in the normal world hehehehe

You are enunciating extra vowels that aren't there. For example you're saying:

Fuuran instead of Furan (root word Fur)
Jimcaaha instead of Jimcaha (jimco)
Qaaban instead of qaban (root word is qabo, not qaabo).
Biil instead of bil.
Sadeexaad instead of sadexaad (sadex)
etc.

[BlackVelvet]

Waad mahad santahay.

Ma fahamsani dadka shiisheyaha sida ey af Somaaliga uu bartaan, luqad oo grammar rules qabto ilama aha. Or maybe I just need to go to Somali school.

You wlc. LOL there is grammar rules ee buuga iyo qaliinka lasoo bax ..

Waa runtiis hee af Somaaligeyga waa iska tacbaan

[CilmiDoone]

I would say intaadan jidka goynin waa inaad bidix iyo midig fiirisid.

@ Jidka goynin & fiiri

LOOOL whats wrong with that sxb?

lMAO

1. Jid/jidka to me = rough unpaved path or route/direction, originally used in the nomadic context. In the urban context it could be used for dirt tracks, unpaved roads, pathways, alleyways etc. Waddo, laami, dariiq etc. to me = a proper road, paved road.

2. And then there is goynin. How do you cut a road? It just seems the wrong word and I would not use it. Talaab = cross and thats the word I would use.

3. Fiiri to me = slang. Eeg=look is the proper word nooh?

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

Cilmidoone,



Now you made me unsure waraa xariif baan isku heystay

[Enlightened~Sista]

If you were writing an official document in Somali how would you say the following phrases:


1. The office opening times are: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm


2. There will be a meeting held on the third Monday of every month in the conference room on the third floor




Also now I am unsure about the Q/Kh damn you


So I have to ask:

Qaado or Khaado
Waqti or Wakhti
Qolka or Kholka

1. Xafiiska waqtiyada uu furanyahay waa Isniinta- JImcaha 9-5

2.Shir baa la dhigayaa isniinta sadexaad ay bil kasta waxaana lagu dhigayaa qolka shirirka ay ku yaala dabaqa sadexaad.

We reer waqooyi people have both Q and KH so those words would be Waqti, Qado and Qolka. Now here's something I'm genuinely confused about, do Reer Koonfur people have the letter KH in their lingo.

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

If you were writing an official document in Somali how would you say the following phrases:


1. The office opening times are: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm


2. There will be a meeting held on the third Monday of every month in the conference room on the third floor




Also now I am unsure about the Q/Kh damn you


So I have to ask:

Qaado or Khaado
Waqti or Wakhti
Qolka or Kholka

1. Xafiiska wakhtiyada uu furanyahay waa Isniinta- JImcaha 9-5

2.Shir baa la dhigayaa isniinta sadexaad ee bil kasta waxaana lagu dhigayaa qolka shirarka oo ku yaala dabaqa sadexaad.
.

Fixed

We reer waqooyi people have both Q and KH so those words would be Waqti, Qado and Qolka. Now here's something I'm genuinely confused about, do Reer Koonfur people have the letter KH in their lingo

Yeah we got KH in our lingo like, Wakhti, warsheekh( a town in somalia) etc.

[Hawdian]

Jid = route
dariiq = pathway (foot path, dariiqa toosan - the right path)
wado = road
dhaabada = ally (bet most reer Konfur never heard of this one hehehe).

Reer Xamarku way qasbaan af Somaliga dee even Oromo speak more legit Af-Somali despite their heavy accent.

Most foreigners who learn af-Somaliga they easily pick up the Waqooyi accent.

Check this video, the interviewer has Konfur accent and dialogue but the girl has waqooyi accent notice her strong DH and KH.

BTW xuman kama waado.

[Enlightened~Sista]

It's actually Waqt from the arabic Waqt. If we're going to pinch words at least let's pronounce it right. It's hardly a task to say WaQt.

[InoCabdi]

It's actually Waqt from the arabic Waqt. If we're going to pinch words at least let's pronounce it right. It's hardly a task to say WaQt.

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[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

It's actually Waqt from the arabic Waqt. If we're going to pinch words at least let's pronounce it right. It's hardly a task to say WaQt.

ma ceynkaa baa?