Beginner Question: Difference Between "Waan", "Waxaan", "Ayaan", "Miyaan" and "Baan"
Ahlan, I was just practicing and reading books/internet and have a problem with "Waan", "Waxaan", " "Miyaan", Ayaan" and "Baan" for the first person singular.

In english texts and online sources, they call these focus markers, pronoun helpers, or statement markers. They don't explain these all too well I feel. When trying to make sentences, I still don't know which to choose. With my guess, it seemed "ayaan" and "baan" were used when replying to someone and confirming or denying something, making something more stronger/in focus, but i am really struggling to see what is used where. I also thought "miyaan" is for questions, but I saw an example like "xagee ayaad ka timid?", and got more confused as it is not in the "miyaad" form.

What are the difference between the 5, and can you give an example in context for each?

Waad mahad santahay,

Andrew

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Beginner Question: Difference Between "Waan", "Waxaan", "Ayaan", "Miyaan" and "Baan"
Ahlan,  I was just practicing and reading books/internet and have a problem with "Waan", "Waxaan", " "Miyaan", Ayaan" and "Baan" for the first person singular.

In english texts and online sources, they call these focus markers, pronoun helpers, or statement markers. They don't explain these all too well I feel. When trying to make sentences, I still don't know which to choose. With my guess, it seemed "ayaan" and "baan" were used when replying to someone and confirming or denying something, making something more stronger/in focus, but i am really struggling to see what is used where. I also thought "miyaan" is for questions, but I saw an example like "xagee ayaad ka timid?", and got more confused as it is not in the "miyaad" form.

What are the difference between the 5, and can you give an example in context for each?

Waad mahad santahay,

Andrew

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thank you Abdul, it is very helpful.

Answer

waa means "is" and wax means (thing)
 
The preverbal subject pronoun possesses two forms, that we respectively named "transitive" and "untransitive", depending on whether the verb is followed by a complement or not.
1st pers. sing.>	-aan (root)	waan(Untransitive)	waxaan(Transitive)
Anigu waan cunayaa: I am eating (the verb is not followed by any complement)	
Anigu waxaan cunayaa furin: I am eating bread (the verb is followed by a complement )

2nd pers. sing.>	-aad(root)	waad(Untransitive)	waxaad(Transitive)
Adigu waad cunaysaa: you are eating  (the verb is not followed by any complement)	
Adigu waxaad cunaysaa furin: you are eating bread (the verb is followed by a complement )

I used this website (http://hooyo.web.free.fr/E_chap09.html)

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