iska warran walaal

waxaan jeclahay inaan af soomaaliga baranayo.

Sentence particles

Simple Somali sentences require certain particles to be used to show whether what is being sdaid is :

1) a statement   = waa

2) a question  =  ma

3) question = miyaa

All these particles can be fully conjugated / declined with the appropriate personal pronouns.

some examples

gurigu waa weyn yahay      the house is large

or

gurigu wuu weyn yahay (with conjugated personal pronouin for "he", since house is masculine).

shimbirtu waa quruxsan tahay

or

shimbirtu way quruxsann tahay  (way = she, because bird is feminine)

 

What kind of arabic?

Arabic is such a diverse language - it is confusing in a way.

What i mean is that unless you want to learn FusHah - you are learning about 12 different languages really, because of the differences in vocabulary (e.g. where  ayna, fen, wayn etc).

So is there a form of arabic that is used in daily life that is a sort of standard. (I don't mean egyptian, even though it is widely understood.)

merHaban kullunaa!

 

How does anyone learn Turkish - It's impossible!

I have never come across such a difficult language in my life!

How does anyone learn turkish?

So many verbal nouns and participles and -mis, and wor order - phew!

Introducing myself - in somali waxaan ahay nin wales (UK) ka yimi waxaanna jecel ahay inaan afaf baranayo. waxaan jecel ahay dad badan waxaanna jecel ahay inaan afafkeeda baranayo. Af mid ka mid afafafkan waa af soomaali. Afafka afrika waa aad u xiiso leh yihiin - wacaal badan internet ku ma jiirto sidaas darteed waxaan doondoonayaa nin / naag u hadalaa / hadashaa af soomaaliga inay ii caawin doonaan. Waxaan rajaynayaa inaan heli karo cid. fadhlan, "warya" ii sheega! aad u mahadsanid

simple sentences.

how do I make simple sentences:
 

eg.

the house is big
the garden is beautiful

the house is not big
the garden is not beautiful

is the house big?
is the garden beautiful?

Sağ ol

interpr8er's notebook entry: Jan 27, 2011 so near and yet so far - Have i found my family yet?

terve kaikki olen haydn (hejden) - hauska tutustua.
mina opin puhua somea mutta ajatelen etta tarvitsen hiukan auttua parantamaan suomeksi.

hoitakaa istestanne!

Myanmar zagar without the script I know a little myanmar but I can not write the script.. Does anyone know how to transliterate Myamar zaga using english letters.

for example:

nei kaun dha lar?       means how is your health = how are you. 

chei zu thin bar dae    means  thank you

any more help (especially from Myanmar lu) would be appreciated.