A Somali proverb goes:

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If you are going to tell a lie, tell a believable lie or something along those lines

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l-facebook

[Xildiiid]

In this fucked up world anything is possible.

Ayrabs wax kasta way ka suurta gashaa. Waa xoolo even by Somali standards.

Dailymail though

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Indeed wax kasto ka filo

Lakin dailymail aya ka daran maxishoodaan

[Xildiiid]

Indeed ma xishoodan.

[COOL-MAN]

Xildiid,

Sxb for years I have been trying to perfect my Somali writing skills. I am not bad Alhamdulillah nin yohow(is that correct?) but
I keep making these small mistakes and honest to God I I have no clue on how to overcome them.

For example
I wrote
Maxishoodaan
You wrote ma xishoodan (correctly I think)

My problem is, I don't know when to use the double aa or ee or double ii or uu

I.e maxishoodaan
I have two oo correctly but then again proceeded to add aa as in ma xishoo- daan instead of -dan like you did

How do I get rid of this small mistakes without sitting in class to learn it from a proper teacher? I believe I don't need extensive tutoring but will go along your guidance if you say I need one.
You see other Somalis born in qurbaha but whose parents are born in Somali proper from my experience only need to learn the basic use of use of the letters c and its pronunciation in Somali alphabet ceyn and x for xa etc etc. that's all they need and they are home.

I am among the few sujus who can write and read Somali adequately but still lacking in some small areas like the above. Bal nin yohow talo keen.

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

coolman,
kill yourself dude. lool. nin yurub ku koray ayaa af somali kaga baadiyo. Ar ceeb badanaa

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War aboohod wasoyinkan they come here speaking no single Somali word and after two years they are writing reports in Somali

I remember few years back I thought I have perfected it then one day I was having a conversation here talking about the Somali stick tooth brush. I wrote and I quote "cadey" nabeela and likes laughed at it. Uqdadii berigaas igu dhacdey ilaa maanta kama so waaqsanin. Didnt even bother to learn the correct spelling.

Bal xar wa kaase warsheikh the correct spelling of somaali word the traditional stick tooth brush soo qor?

[Xildiiid]

COOL-MAN,

Bro, it's quite simple. It all depends on the vowels. As a kid I was taught to pronounce the word if I was in doubt and write as it sounds i.e if it was a long vowel I would write aa or ee or uu etc.

For instance Bar (teach, it can also mean wart) and Baar (a kind of tree common in riverine areas and wadis).

Your other example is two words, so you write it as two seperate words.

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

War aboohod wasoyinkan they come here speaking no single Somali word and after two years they are writing reports in Somali

I remember few years back I thought I have perfected it then one day I was having a conversation here talking about the Somali stick tooth brush. I wrote and I quote "cadey" nabeela and likes laughed at it. Uqdadii berigaas igu dhacdey ilaa maanta kama so waaqsanin. Didnt even bother to learn the correct spelling.

Bal xar wa kaase warsheikh the correct spelling of somaali word the traditional stick tooth brush soo qor?

Sxb dadaala wuu gaara. Niyada ya laga jebin. Horta aan ku saxo cuqdadii waaye not uqdadiidi. As for su'aashadii its caday ama rumi.

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Also there this story that happened in Somalia many decades back. Nin cadaan ah ayaa yiri afsomaaligii waan dhameeye. This is after learning the language for over thirty years. An old man said to him adeer ma hubtaa??
Odeygi cadaanka oozing of assured self confidence ayaa soo boodey oo yiri haa walle waan hubaa
He told him wait a minute summoned a young of ten seven years old. And said to both cagihiina wax ka daya. The little boy bolted out. Odeygi cadaanka intuu dhulka fariistey ayuu cagihiisa firiis u galay

Xildiid,

Thanks that helps. To write it as it sounds you say? Why haven't I thought of that beri hore? thanks

Bal the correct spelling of cadey explained above soo qor bal

Also how is my afsomaali above? Check and point out mistakes it will help alot

[COOL-MAN]

War aboohod wasoyinkan they come here speaking no single Somali word and after two years they are writing reports in Somali

I remember few years back I thought I have perfected it then one day I was having a conversation here talking about the Somali stick tooth brush. I wrote and I quote "cadey" nabeela and likes laughed at it. Uqdadii berigaas igu dhacdey ilaa maanta kama so waaqsanin. Didnt even bother to learn the correct spelling.

Bal xar wa kaase warsheikh the correct spelling of somaali word the traditional stick tooth brush soo qor?

Sxb dadaala wuu gaara. Niyada ya laga jebin. Horta aan ku saxo cuqdadii waaye not uqdadiidi. As for su'aashadii its caday ama rumi.

Caday kkkkk

We pronounce cadaey where I hail from.

Cuqdadii aha thanks see the small mistakes I am talking about?

Will get there inshaAllah some day soon

You guys have really helped you may not know but wallahi I learnt a great deal shukran.

Gotta go very late over here

[Xildiiid]

To be honest, I don't see anything wrong with your Somali and the only thing I can point out is 'Af Soomaaligii' and not 'AfSoomaaligii', since it's two words. If it's two words seperate them. Sometimes I write 'laysku' when I should write 'la isku'. On the forum I'm quite informal in my writing.

I would write Caday.

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Bingo!

I think I figured out where the major problem lies. Once that's sorted the rest is child's play.

Watch this space. Soon I will writing journals in af soomali

Thank you guys you have tonight converted a Somaali sujuu to a proper Somali.

Shukran.

[Xildiiid]

You're welcome bro.

[Jabuutawi]

And said to both cagihiina wax ka daya. The little boy bolted out. Odeygi cadaanka intuu dhulka fariistey ayuu cagihiisa firiis u galay

This same story was told to me by my grandfather, except the guy was a British soldier and the event happened in the north. Funny story though.

I would love to learn the Somali language, too. I put a bit of an effort to write a word or two in Somali here, but I got long ways to go. It is a rich language and I am not sure I can master it from here unless I submerge myself in the customs of the people by moving back. Even that, Djibouti-Somali is a bit of a suspect.

For example: I hate saying Huuno to guys, sounds feminine. Boy, do I love saying Huuno to girls .