somalis and time description

[StormShadow]

it's 2:30 pm and they're like "sideed saac iyo bar waaye"

[CaliQase]

lol waxaa laga xisaabiyaa inta qorraxdu soo jeedo

[WaaliCas]

That's in the south or Somalia. In Somaliland, Djibouti and Ethiopia including the kilil people say 2:30 (labadi iyo badh).

The southerners inherited that from the Italian army who used the 24 hour military time.

The 24-hour clock is the convention of time keeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, indicated by the hours passed since midnight, from 0 to 23. This system is the most commonly used time notation in the world today,[1] and is used by international standard ISO 8601.[2] In the practice of medicine, the 24-hour clock is generally used in documentation of care as it prevents any ambiguity as to when events occurred in a patient's medical history.[3] It is popularly referred to as military time in the United States, English speaking Canada,[4] and a handful of other countries[1] where the 12-hour clock is still dominant.

Even tho it was invented by the Egyptians, in the West, Italy was first to use it.

The earliest country to introduce the 24-hour system nationally was Italy, in 1893.

It's called the Wanlawein time. By the way, bar means to teach in the proper Somali spoken in the north. Badh means half. The south don't speak proper Somali at all. Their Somali is one level closer to proper Somali than say Afaan Borana and the Maay language. You have to always double check.

[PrinceDaadi]

Some people's ignorance is amazing!

In most countries and people I have seen have 12/12 hour which where in the English system we say 7 in the morning them they start 1 and ends in 12 in the evening then it starts again an other 12 hrs from evening to morning.

This Ethiopians ignorance is so amazing, this has nothing to do with Italy or 24 hrs system.

The 24 hrs clock system as well as the European's 12 hr one start at midnight but many communities through out the world have a dual system, a local one which starts in the morning and ending the evening in the form of 12 hrs as well as the European one which has become standard now.

If you ask some one from east africa in Ksawahili what time is it and he answers in Ksawahili and it is at 3 pm he will say ni sa tis'a which is sagaal saac in our Somali context. If you ask some one in Chichawa, Thai, Malay, Arabic or Chinese they will follow Same way we follow in Somali only when you ask them in English then they will go the European way.

[Based]

@Waali Cas, are you retarded?

What some Somalis would call sideed saac (2:00 PM) would be 1400 in military time

@OP feel free to correct me, but I think they start the day with hal saac at 7 AM, labo sac 8 AM, etc. until 7 PM rolls around and it's hal saac again.

I'm guessing sunrise is around 7 AM so might as well be the first hour

[WaaliCas]

Based,

That's the Wanlawein logic. Instead of saying 1400s, they use 8. We know they inherited from the Italian soldiers. Wanlawein logic never makes sense. The AM and PM system doesn't exist in their world. For them 2 sac means 8am. I know they are weird.

Even Wanlawein do not understand their madness.

[ManD333q]

Wallicas if you have ever set a foot in Ethiopia you'll know your beloved habashis used the same time discription as the so-called walaweyn time Do your home work bal.


http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/i ... check-time

[Based]

Based,

That's the Wanlawein logic. Instead of saying 1400s, they use 8. We know they inherited from the Italian soldiers. Wanlawein logic never makes sense. The AM and PM system doesn't exist in their world. For them 2 sac means 8am. I know they are weird.

Even Wanlawein do not understand their madness.

Are you really this dumb or are you trolling?

It is literally an AM/PM system.

hal saac subaxnimo- 7 AM
hal saac habeenimo- 7 PM

It has absolutely nothing to do with a 24 "Italian" military time.

[Based]

Wallicas if you have ever set a foot in Ethiopia you'll know your beloved habashis used the same time discription as the so-called walaweyn time Do your home work bal.


http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/i ... check-time

Watch him now say the angelic and infallible xabashis introduced this advanced system to the poor benighted Zoomalis

[ManD333q]

Wallicas if you have ever set a foot in Ethiopia you'll know your beloved habashis used the same time discription as the so-called walaweyn time Do your home work bal.


http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/i ... check-time

Watch him now say the angelic and infallible xabashis introduced this advanced system to the poor benighted Zoomalis

His xabashi masters must be very disappointed lol

[WaaliCas]

No in Ethiopia we use the normal time. That however maybe used by a small proportion of the population. It is not a standard nor nationwide thing.

Ethiopia uses the normal clock. The few in and around Addis maybe inherited from the brief occupation by Italy. I am guessing Eritrea uses that system more than us.

Sorry to burst your bubble Wanlawein. I wonder why Mandeeq is so defensive. She must be a cross breed of Wanlawein naag and reer Waqooyi.

[Sophisticate]

Hawadian how come you no longer discuss your political visions. I means it's either making the konfur Somalis into the boogeyman or speaking about Ethiopia ad nauseam, these days. It takes away from your novel ideas.

[WaaliCas]

Hawadian how come you no longer discuss your political visions. I means it's either making the konfur Somalis into the boogeyman or speaking about Ethiopia ad nauseam, these days. It takes away from your novel ideas.

Well I'm in the process of unveiling a modern forum for the Horn community. I plan to discuss my real vision for the region there and other mature venues.

Somalinet is good troll. You can't be serious on Snet.

Inyaar oon dhiiga ku kiciiyo uun ban ku so turta

[Itrah]

It is not military time... It is ''mirror'' time.

Day starts at 6:00 AM for them, the counting starts then. 7 AM is ''first hour, 8 AM ''second hour'' etc.

[Sophisticate]

Hawadian how come you no longer discuss your political visions. I means it's either making the konfur Somalis into the boogeyman or speaking about Ethiopia ad nauseam, these days. It takes away from your novel ideas.

Well I'm in the process of unveiling a modern forum for the Horn community. I plan to discuss my real vision for the region there and other mature venues.

Somalinet is good troll. You can't be serious on Snet.

Inyaar oon dhiiga ku kiciiyo uun ban ku so turta

I figured this was just a persona. Walaal, so when can we expect it's launch.