Quick Somali Test

[XimanJaale]

what is the difference between: Bikeeri and Koob

I use bikeeri for glass and koob for cup.

[TheblueNwhite]

Firinjeer (Fridge), not Furinjeer. I never heard anyone calling a fridge, FURIN JEER.

[XimanJaale]

Firinjeer (Fridge), not Furinjeer. I never heard anyone calling a fridge, FURIN JEER.

Yes it is FIRIN and not FURIN.

[StormShadow]

Firinjeer (Fridge), not Furinjeer. I never heard anyone calling a fridge, FURIN JEER.

How about Filinjeer?

[TheblueNwhite]

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

Cuz they're lazy and Somali (unruly, never follow nidaam/procedure). They like to make their own rules to look cool. Just think of a camel's behaviour and you will understand.

Filin jeer (it is not a movie).

FRIDGE = FIRINJEER

[XimanJaale]

They spell it the way the want because some of these words are not Somali in origin but bastardised words. So people spell it the way they pronounce it. Which is reasonable

[Methylamine]

house guri
door albaab
kitchen jikeda or mabakh
spoon malgacad
bathroom mostly musqul, xamaam for some of my relatives
salt milix
friend saxiib
how you address a stranger ahlan wa sahlan?
the colour red casaan
grandmother ayeeyo
refridgerator talaagad, sometimes firinjeer
carpet roog
stairs/staricase jaranjaro

[StormShadow]

Filin jeer (it is not a movie).

FRIDGE = FIRINJEER

I use filin jeer cuz my tongue is too lazy to pronounce the r in firinjeer.

WTF is Xamaam never heard it wlhi?

[TheblueNwhite]

Just replace the R with DH then. It's simple, don't hurt your tongue.

[whitehartlane]

Somalinet folks do not represent the average somali. Far from it to be honestly..most of these people cant write one paragraph in somali without making a fool out of themselves..

There is a wrong way and a right way spelling of the somali language..standard somali.

For your information Blue, I havent heard nor use firinjeer. .furinjeerka not firinjeerta/ka..

It dont make sense, there is somali and there is the standard somali..firinjeer is somali just like shaanshi/reer marka/reer baydhabo/reer djibouti are somali..

Furinjeer is the standard somali..
THE fridge=furinjeerKA
and not firinjeerada

[Anarchist]

Carpet=Katiifad
Fridge=Firigiteer (Frigidaire)

[XimanJaale]

Whiteheart

You spelled it wrong when it comes to the average way Somalis pronounce it or spell it. Though Blue is right with FIRIN.

It is pronounced or spelled:

FIRINJIYEER or FIRINJEER.

[TheblueNwhite]

Fridge=Firigiteer (Frigidaire)

Going old school huh bruv. You know in Xamar, they don't even use firingeer, or firijiteer for fridge. I forgot the word. I blame the insomnia.

I remember shopping for fridge and I asked a local, "xagee ka helaa firinjeer weyn"? he was like "huh, what now".

[TheblueNwhite]

I remember it now, Qaboojiye they call it.

[Methylamine]

WTF is Xamaam never heard it wlhi?

Arabic for washroom, used by some Northerners