Translating

[1_londoner]

Do you folks ever forget simple words in af soomaali when you're translating?

Iv been teachin my aunt English Once a week for the past couple of weeks and lately I end up forgetting even the basic somali words.

Like yesterday I went round to her house and I was teaching her what to say and how to respond when theres a problem....Phrases like... 'This ticket machine doesn’t work, 'I cant find my passport', 'Im lost' etc. And suddenly I couldn’t remember what the Somali word for 'Problem' was. So I had to wait until she brought it up while i was teaching her all about the different scenarios in which there might be 'A problem'. Lol. Luckily there were pics on her worksheets that helped me out so didnt really need to use the word 'Dhibaato'.

The week before that I forgot how to say 'Word' in somaali. Ceeeeeeb badanaa Again I had to wait before she said the word 'kalmed' and I was like...'Oh yeaaaaaaaaah'.

Sad because I know my af soomaali waa faantaastik

On another note - Whop, Whop...My 1_londoner nick has returned!

[DisplacedDiraac]

This used to happen to me all the blooody time when I used to work as a interpreter.. waa proper ceeb espeically when you aint related to the person.
I used to avoid taking looong pauses (which I was known for) and I sometimes used to beat around the bush and describe the damn word to them .. uff them were the days

[SultanOrder]

I got better at it

[1_londoner]

Shawty...Wale its embarrassing sometimes... but I mean, it could be worse.....At least we're not a regular Somali-Yank like Perfect Order, having to say the usual 'Somali ma-garnee-yo' to any somali passerby asking for directions.

[LobsterUnit]

Just say Yacni when you are stuck.

[ciyaal_warta]

loooooooool it happens 2 me all time...even thou ma somali is perfect LOL

the other day i forget wat 2 say in somali "warning" i had 2 translate in arabic then the guy said u mean "digniin" i was like oh yeah

[SultanOrder]

abayoo waan ka badiya soomali I don't forget simple words like kalmad ama eray, or dhibatoo ama mushkilad, besides on the phone conference a few days ago your somali was atrocious


On the real tho, in downtown dumb cab drivers just call out waryaa from the other side of the street and I turn and they just be like oh ma somali ba tahay, I'm like yeah, and they're like oh ok waan iska arkayey

[1_londoner]

Gaajo....Thats a good one...I actually kept on saying 'eeeen methalen.......'

[SultanOrder]

warta atleast you got arabic as a backup, using an arabic word just makes you look like you know high somali and 80% of the time they will understand you perfectly

[1_londoner]

Perfect....Haye...You dont look somali miya? Is that how you get away with somalis approaching you with their 'dhibaatos'?

Ps - I wasnt at the conferences a few days ago, mala waad ku riyootey.

[grandpakhalif]

ayo blud can you bung me a fag am itchin for it innit

[ciyaal_warta]

warta atleast you got arabic as a backup, using an arabic word just makes you look like you know high somali and 80% of the time they will understand you perfectly

yh man...most of da time arabic and somali use da same word....lakin mararka qaar baa shaqo kale noqoneysaa

[SultanOrder]

Perfect....Haye...You dont look somali miya? Is that how you get away with somalis approaching you with their 'dhibaatos'?

Ps - I wasnt at the conferences a few days ago, mala waad ku riyootey.

No blud, its just they bored, and one was like man your the first somali I seen working at this hotel good job, and in my head I was like... and its just a damn hotel, you aint got to be rocket scientist to work here

Even other africans know I'm somali

[SultanOrder]

warta atleast you got arabic as a backup, using an arabic word just makes you look like you know high somali and 80% of the time they will understand you perfectly

yh man...most of da time arabic and somali use da same word....lakin mararka qaar baa shaqo kale noqoneysaa

How many countries you lived in man?

[HELWAA]

When i translate for others i usually skip most of it..i dont translate every word..waxa kaga daran kilmad kasta kuma heli kartid af soomali...afkeenu ma badana.Marka sheekada dhan so gaabi marka dadka oo turjumeysid..hadalka lama sii badiyo.