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Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:25 am
by ToughGong
Caanaan caboo
Biyo kama daba
Kaban karo
Abtigey dixdii
Hoos weyne
kol i wad
Kol is wad
Subag yar oo
Sumal oo
Kulul oo
Kidi hoos tii yaal
Shimbirbaa socotoo...
etc,etc etc....
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Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:28 am
by Hyperactive
walal what he is talking about?
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:30 am
by ToughGong
^
It's the equivalant of a military drill for the Somali tongue
Try getting your laughing gear round that lot hyper
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:50 am
by SultanOrder
taa music marka lagu garaaco wa ba rap
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:43 am
by ToughGong
Perfect_Order wrote:taa music marka lagu garaaco wa ba rap
Waa runtii dee
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:47 am
by fisabililah
Since you lot seem to be the somali linguists on this site, what is the best way to improve my somali vocab quickly... is there any websites, books available ?. any help would be appreciated inshallah.
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:02 am
by ToughGong
fisabililah wrote:Since you lot seem to be the somali linguists on this site, what is the best way to improve my somali vocab quickly... is there any websites, books available ?. any help would be appreciated inshallah.
I was in the same predicament as you some time back
My solution was a long stint in the motherland,by long I mean at leas one and a half years
Nothing like been thrown in ti the the thick of it
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:43 am
by Cumar-Labasuul
seemeyer wrote:Caanaan caboo
Biyo kama daba
Kaban karo
I have heard this one before, but a little different:
Nin kalluun cunay
Caano Kama daba
kaban Karo
Also this is another one I know - btw, I might have totally said it incorrectl ama spelt it wrong, markaas qofkii garanaya ii saxa
:
Naylyahow hanoosoo
dhudhu hore,
dhudhu dambe
Dhulku kunaflayn
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:06 am
by Arabischer
seemeyer wrote:Abtigey dixdii
What does dixdii means?
Re: Somali tongue twister/Carab leyli
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:23 am
by ToughGong
Arabischer wrote:seemeyer wrote:Abtigey dixdii
What does dixdii means?
Abtigey
dixdii Hoos weyne
Dixdii goes with Hoos Weyne and means the Sandy
Which means the Sandy bed of Hoos Weyne (river)
It doesn't go with Abti