Similarities between Somali & other languages

[InaSamaale]

Lillaahiya, what am I banging together?

[Lillaahiya]

You tell me

[InaSamaale]

I have no idea. You're the one who mentioned wax isku dhufanayo. What does it mean in that context?

[Lillaahiya]

It means waad waalatay but I'm sure you already knew that

[InaSamaale]

I've honestly never heard that phrase. Waad khafiiftay/ waad isku buuxsamtay or buuqday even but never that.

[Lillaahiya]

I charge a flat rate of $29.99/hr for lessons.

[HooBariiska]

lilaaahi ahlan wasahlan

[Lillaahiya]

[HooBariiska]

waaxay qosolka noocaasii ma mid cusubaa

[BuuloXubeey]

Languages we have similarities:

Arabic
So many words like sacat, kursi, sariir etc

Italian
Few words such us Jalaato, Farmaajo, Armaajo, Katiibo etc

English
Little amount such as hoteel etc

Ancient Egyptian
Quite alot such as hibo, wabi, hees etc

Hindi
Quite a few such as gaari, baraf, dhukaan, etc

In terms of grammatical similarities I can't tell. But similar words that sound alike and have same meaning there are many such as those I mentioned above.

[Navy9]

I used to use the Arabic grammar rules in Somali, I do not now.

[Basra-]

Ni ha-waaa -da --fcuk --are you talking about?

[Arabman]

Haa (yes) is similar to the Japanese counterpart.


Maya (no) similar in two languages:
Ma - Maltese
Mai - Thai

http://www.wikihow.com/Say-No-in-Various-Languages

[samatar133]

I noticed a while back that Somali nouns have gender, it had never occurred to me before.

Example:

Kursigan
Buuggan

But

Shanladan
Waraaqdan


And
Kabtaan
Sariirtan

You finally learned that Somali nouns have gender

[InaSamaale]

Haa (yes) is similar to the Japanese counterpart.


Maya (no) similar in two languages:
Ma - Maltese
Mai - Thai

http://www.wikihow.com/Say-No-in-Various-Languages

That does sound similar. Asian languages are so interesting. Damn why did the Americans get involved in world war 2? I could have been fluent in Japenese.