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Somali word for please?

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Fadlan is Arabic. Whats the Somali word/phrase? E.g.

Hold the door, please.
Kadinka/Iridka/Ilinka iga qabo, adigoo raali ah.

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Yup, you got it. The only one I could think of (well, after the Arabic one you mentioned above) is 'adigoo raali ah'.

PS: Are you writing some kind of Somali book/articles? I remember you asking another Somali translation of an English word/phrase a while ago.
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Iga qabo = from me (as if it's in your way if you're carrying something or about to hit you). You should say ii qabo if it's for holding it open FOR you to walk through :up:

What happened to arbaabka ii qabo?
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baryo? tuugso?
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Grant wrote:baryo? tuugso?
Waan ku tuugiya ee albaabka iga fur :lol: :lol: :russ: :deadrose:
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This is actually a good question would like to know aswell.
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Grant wrote:baryo? tuugso?
No and no.

My question was for Somali members only, thank you. If I have a question about English vocabulary I will let you know.
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YummyMummy wrote:Iga qabo = from me (as if it's in your way if you're carrying something or about to hit you). You should say ii qabo if it's for holding it open FOR you to walk through :up:

What happened to arbaabka ii qabo?
In this instance the door would othwise have hit me (a swinging door).

Albaab is an Arabic loanwod. The Somali words for door are kadin and irid, but ive heard people use ilin as well.
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Twist wrote:Yup, you got it. The only one I could think of (well, after the Arabic one you mentioned above) is 'adigoo raali ah'.

PS: Are you writing some kind of Somali book/articles? I remember you asking another Somali translation of an English word/phrase a while ago.
Im expanding my Somali vocab sxb.

Unfortunately my Somali isn't that advanced that I could write a book. Perhaps one day I will, who knows.
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What we want we take there is NB no please in our language. No baaryio..
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That's true, it is a loanword. However, Kadinka means doorway (the area under the door and around it) and irid means the opening in the wall which is designated as a doorway.

I don't think there is an actual somali word for a door (that rectangular wooden or metal piece) because in Aqal Somali therearen't doors, just lots of openings from one space/room to another. Cultures develop languages from what they have in their surroundings and what they use. Hence if we don't have that word, we outsource it from a neighbouring country. At some point it stops bring a loanword if a group of people use nothing else except that.
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There is no somali word for happiness either only sadness.
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YummyMummy wrote:That's true, it is a loanword. However, Kadinka means doorway (the area under the door and around it) and irid means the opening in the wall which is designated as a doorway.

I don't think there is an actual somali word for a door (that rectangular wooden or metal piece) because in Aqal Somali therearen't doors, just lots of openings from one space/room to another. Cultures develop languages from what they have in their surroundings and what they use. Hence if we don't have that word, we outsource it from a neighbouring country. At some point it stops bring a loanword if a group of people use nothing else except that.
Irida soo xidh miyaanu odaygaagu ku odhan for a quicky.
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YM Aqal Somali doesnt have wooden doors but it does have a doorway (kadin/irid) and a covering (abjid?) with the same function. So these words are I think the nearest Somali words to Al Baab. Kadinka xidh is a legitimate use of the word.
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