#somalangsomali

LANGBLR MUSIC CHALLENGE

心跳声 - xīntiào shēng - heartbeat

享受 - xiǎngshòu - enjoy

这晕眩 - zhè yūnxuàn - this dizziness

闭上眼睛 - bì shàng yǎnjīng - close your eyes

自由坠落 - zìyóu zhuìluò - free fall (freedom fall)

漩涡 - xuánwō - whirlpool

正中 - zhèng zhòng - right in the middle

list from @malteseboy 

 Summer - XAGAA ☀️

June - bisha lixaad / juun

July - bisha todobodaad /  juulay/luulyo

August - bisha sideedaad / ogosto

nouns

sea - badda

beach - xeebta

sunlight - qoraxda

watermelon - xabxab

water - biyo

ice cream - jalaato

swimsuit - darka dabaasha

sunglasses - muraayadaha/ookiyaal  qorraxda

ocean - badweyn

enjoy - raaxaysin

sand - ciid

heat - kuleylka

weather - cimilada

temperature - heerkulka/heer kuleyl

holiday - fasax

sun - qorraxda

adjectives

hot - kulul

warm - diiran

sunny - qorrax leh

dry - qalalan

verbs

to swim - in la dabaasho

to fish - kalluumaysasho

inspired by @arabskaya-devushka & @organizedstudy

khamri - alcohol diseembar or bisha laabo iya tobonaad - december xaflad- party nabad - peace rash qarxin - firework janaayo or bisha koowaad - January shumis / mac - kiss jacayl - love faraxsan - happiness go’aan - resolution haben badh / habeenbarka - midnight  riyo - dream cusub - new sanad cusub - new year qorshaha - plan rabitaan - wish 

marka saacaddu ay saarto habeenbadhka - when the clock strikes midnight

here’s a list of links to info on somali grammar. i’ve looked at every link to make sure that the grammar is the same as what i am aware of and they are.

I’ve taken the list from this post so here’s some grammatical terms in somali

list mainly came from @apricotstudying but i cut some words out eg. halloween and thanksgiving since i couldn’t think of specific words since it’s not really celebrated in somalia.

plus, seasons in somalia aren’t like the ones we have but i will make another post about it.

here’s the audio to help you pronounce them hope this helps!

dayr -autumn/fall

Bisha Sagaalaad (month 9th) -september

Bisha Tobnaad (month 10th) - october

Bisha Kow iyo Tobnaad (month 11th) - november

note - this is usually how somalis communicate when talking about months. it’s a simple method but we also have specific month names that derived from italian

Sabteembar - september

Oktoobar - october

Nofeembar - november

pronounce it how it is written or you can just say the english months - it’s basically the same.

geeda - leaves 

it actually means tree/twigs (geed) since the word for leaves ‘caleen’ is used in the content of tea. i added an a at the end since it indicates more than one (plural) and there are more than one leaf on a tree.

 daruur - cloudy 

 dabaysha - windy 

(if you want to describe the wind such as a strong wind, you would say ‘dabeel’ xuun) ‘dabeel’ is used when you want to add an adjective

 khaboob - cold 

note - some people use a q instead of kh but that’s just because of dialects. i interchange between the two because they both sound the same

galoofis - gloves

fuunaanad (funaanad gacma deer) - sweater/shirt (shirt long arms if you want to be more specific)

busto - blanket

koodh - coat

kaxwo/qaxwo - coffee

beergooyska - harvest (cutting field)

since it’s getting towards the winter months, why not learn how to say that it’s cold? 

 somali word - qabob (cold) 

yeah, i know that they’re derived from italian since the somali language has had italian influences and it still exists within the vocabulary hence why i still used it.