Quick Somali Test

[lander24]

Damn just goes to show we speak two different languages lol the only to similar ones are "door" and "grandma"

But your language was created by a man from Gedo ? Explain ?

[KingWaslawi]

Firinjeer? Maanta ayaa kalmadaa iigu horaysa, talaagada ayaa firinjeer ah.

Salt = Milix

Cusbo iyadu way kasii dhanaan tahay milixda, caruurta ayaa lagu cusbeeyaa.


Kalmadahan yaa maqlay?

Salaatooni
Jiinge
Roos
Karaaciin
Fara-cad
Harakoo
Mushakal
Turubo
Jamal-qac

[TheblueNwhite]

Mushakal - fruit juice oo mixed ah. I.e. Canbe, Qare, Isbaandheeys.

The rest --- idk.

[JamalAddow]

Salaatooni=fadhi carbeed
Roos=rice or cuscuc
Faracad=farxal?
Turubo=cards

[KingWaslawi]

Backnwhite

Mushakal waad garatay, inta kalena waa cunto Burco iyo Hargeysa ayaa laga yaqaan.

[KingWaslawi]

Salaatooni=fadhi carbeed
Roos=rice or cuscuc
Faracad=farxal?
Turubo=cards

Waar waxaan ka hadlayaa waa cunto, waa maxay waxan aad la shir timi adna.

[TheblueNwhite]

Salatoni waa appetizer. I had it in Ankara (a maqaayad in Xamarweyne).

[XimanJaale]

house= GURI
door= IRID/ALBAAB
kitchen= CHIKO
spoon= QAADO
bathroom= MUSHQUL
salt= CUSBO
friend= SAXIB
how you address a stranger= HAYE SXB/WALAAL ISKA WARAN
the colour red= GADUUD
grandmother= AYEEYO
refridgerator = FARINJIYEER
carpet= ROOG
stairs/staricase= JARANJARO

[whitehartlane]

house= Aqal/Guri
door= Irid/Albaab
kitchen= Jiko
spoon= Qaado/malqacad
bathroom= Suuli/Musqul
salt= Cusbo/Milix
friend= Saaxiib
how you address a stranger= peace love and pancakes
the colour red= Gaduud
grandmother= Ayeeyo
refridgerator = Furinjeer/Talaago
carpet= Roog
stairs/staricase= Jaranjaro


Btw some people got serious spelling and I am not kidding..someone spelt kitchen in somali as 'chiko'..thats simply sad

[TheblueNwhite]

Whats Talaago, Furinjeer? spelling errors you say, hmm.

[whitehartlane]

Honestly I've heard almost all of those different words/phrases , both the ones used by reer Konfur & reer wooqiye. Even If I don't use them i'd understand their meaning. Words like Suuli, Qaado, even words like timaaha iifeeray which in non-wooqiye accents would literally mean iron my hair I would get.

This is why I will never understand when people say they don't get a particular accent of standard Somali. The only accent I ever found difficult to understand was the accent one guy posted in here sometime ago was speaking, it seemed like a mixture of may-may and standard Somali. People over estimate how diverse Somali is. A person from Djibouti can easily still understand a Reer Garissa despite the huge distance between them geographically.

This right here, ..as puntlanders we may or may not use particular terms used in deep south or up in north..but we understand them perfectly alright..as matter of fact most puntlanders use the somali language depending on who they are talking to..

We dont apply the accent though.. at home mom could say malqacad where as dad might say qaado, or the other way around and dad might say cadceeda and mom might say qorax within the same conversation..war gabadha dhaaf or war inanta dhaaf.... you gotta admit, we unique in that perspective

[XimanJaale]

Ain't Talaago the freezer? and Firinjiyeer the fridge,

white,

Chiko, thats how I pronounce it ok

[whitehartlane]

Talaago is my mistake meant to write talaagad. However furinjeer is the right spelling..

Xjaale, ch as in CHARLES is none existing in the somali grammar therefore your 'CHIKO'is bollocks.. we use the 'j'for jacket to spell kitchen in somali..Jiko and not bloody your own made up 'ch'

[StormShadow]

Everyone spells the way they want in somali I wonder why.

[XimanJaale]

Actually you can say talaago as well. Also u spelled fridge wrong, I'm sure it is FIRINJIYEER, because thats how u pronounce it, though the word is a Italian loan word that was bastardised.

About chiko it is not proper Somali word so its spelling its not important for me, I just typed the way I pronounce it.