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dawwa9 wrote:

surrender wrote:^How does learning Arabic improve Somali? (im not being negative but i really wona know)

Somalis who speak Arabic are the worst abusers of the Somali language. They use so many Arabic words in their Somali sometimes it gets incomprehensible if you don't speak Arabic. They don't even feel ashamed of it and most Somalis (who don't speak Arabic) just adore it / look up to it, lol.

yacni ,ukhti,akhi etc etc,

especially the religious ones

Halyeeyga wrote:

dawwa9 wrote:

surrender wrote:^How does learning Arabic improve Somali? (im not being negative but i really wona know)

Somalis who speak Arabic are the worst abusers of the Somali language. They use so many Arabic words in their Somali sometimes it gets incomprehensible if you don't speak Arabic. They don't even feel ashamed of it and most Somalis (who don't speak Arabic) just adore it / look up to it, lol.

yacni ,ukhti,akhi etc etc,

especially the religious ones

In the west only youth mix Somali and English/Swedish/Dutch whatever, in Arabic countries old people who came here as adults screw up both languages

I think it perhaps has to do with that Somalis in the Middle East are more willing and motivated to learn the language compared to let’s say Somalis in Germany or Sweden. Religious affiliation etc.

New Qaxootis become fluent in Arabic within 1 or 2 years while some Qaxootis that live in Europe won't learn the language even after 20 years of residency.

Many Somalis here speak even better Arabic than educated Arabs..

dawwa9 wrote:

surrender wrote:^How does learning Arabic improve Somali? (im not being negative but i really wona know)

Somalis who speak Arabic are the worst abusers of the Somali language. They use so many Arabic words in their Somali sometimes it gets incomprehensible if you don't speak Arabic. They don't even feel ashamed of it and most Somalis (who don't speak Arabic) just adore it / look up to it, lol.

so true-from what i have seen. ukhtii,akhii, xabiibtii, kayf kaalag bay kuhayaan, maxaa kudhacay, walaashiis, seetahay, nafta kawaran.

dawwa9 wrote:I think it perhaps has to do with that Somalis in the Middle East are more willing and motivated to learn the language compared to let’s say Somalis in Germany or Sweden. Religious affiliation etc.

New Qaxootis become fluent in Arabic within 1 or 2 years while some Qaxootis that live in Europe won't learn the language even after 20 years of residency.

yeah do you know some of them keep sayin yacni yacni . xalalkaada kobaad
and if some somali dont know arabic he will say dee xalakadee dee

maay maay inan barta we

Shirib wrote:maay maay inan barta we

This language should be banned. Like Kurdish is banned in Turkey.

dawwa9 wrote:

Shirib wrote:maay maay inan barta we

This language should be banned. Like Kurdish is banned in Turkey.

sure kid...