Rip Somali Language

[HusseinHassan]

[LoveandLight]

Wallee gabdheheennu wey dadaalayyaan, ilaahay ha taageero cidduu khair ku ogyahay, aamiin

Aamiin. Perhaps they do really want to help their community. That is admirable.

[LobsterUnit]

theyre good considering they were either born there or came as a child. just need a holiday to the homeland, by a month they'll be fluent.

My isaaq kneegrow of forty plus has never set foot in somalia.he speaks fluent somali yet his friend who was born in the same place (east africa) speaks little somali.somali comes from the parents.
Anyway, good luck to these xalimos.

[Jabuutawi]

Well done ladies. I am truly proud of you. Somali-Canadians in Toronto you heard these young ladies, go out and vote on 10/27/2014.

[WARSAN2015]

Mashallah I am proud of them. They speak decent Somali

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

The TV host says "waan gartay" " sii fiicaan baad u..."

Anigaa ordaayo... qeybta kalena .. baa ordeeyso (direct translation of run)



The irony is that their parents were perhaps calling ppl like me "sijui" a few decades ago

sii daacad baan uu qoslay when she said waxaan uu ordaya election-ka
I can with confident say the best somali speakers are those born and raised in scandinavia. Mareykan iyo ingiriiska waa lagu ba'ay walahi.

anyways good initiative from the girls allah ha uu sahlo.

[Marques]

You won't find many girls who speak better Somali given similar circumstances tbh but they grasp the main scope of speaking which is good enough. Hadii la fahmaayo Oo eryaha badankoda ayna qaldeeyn dee intaas aa ku filan.

[Tuushi]

I love their confidence.But very cringyworthy.

[0sman]

The TV host says "waan gartay" " sii fiicaan baad u..."

Anigaa ordaayo... qeybta kalena .. baa ordeeyso (direct translation of run)



The irony is that their parents were perhaps calling ppl like me "sijui" a few decades ago

[Navy9]

so what is the Somali word for "run" in this context?

[0sman]

In English run has many different uses (and one of them is the one in this example) but the better one for a Somali equivalent is 'campaign' which in Somali becomes 'u ololayn', I guess.

[Skippa]

so what is the Somali word for "run" in this context?

isku so sharaxay...has an approximate sense
u tartamayaa...i.e. running for or more broadly competing for (a position, a job etc...)

As for these 2 young ladies, I commend them both. I wish I lived in their wards and I'd happily/proudly vote for them

[AgentOfChaos]

I can with confident say the best somali speakers are those born and raised in scandinavia. Mareykan iyo ingiriiska waa lagu ba'ay walahi.

Not cool bro, not cool at all, true words, but still hurts bro, not cool.

Damn you Scandinavians for having MANY Somalis who were born and raised there who yet never lost their roots. Seriously, fuck you Scandinavians.

[ciddhartha]

Not to disparage the community or anything, but isn't Scandinavia a beacon for 'fugees. It used to be Denmark and Sweden, and, now that they've gotten tougher, it's Norway. I know Somali refugees are everywhere, but I have noticed the majority of academics and professionals chose to immigrate to UK, Canada and US. Academics and professionals, I believe, would prefer their children to speak better English than Somali and refugees would prefer better Somali than whatever the host nation speaks.

Anyways, I talk like those girls

USA born and bred

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

I can with confident say the best somali speakers are those born and raised in scandinavia. Mareykan iyo ingiriiska waa lagu ba'ay walahi.

Not cool bro, not cool at all, true words, but still hurts bro, not cool.

Damn you Scandinavians for having MANY Somalis who were born and raised there who yet never lost their roots. Seriously, fuck you Scandinavians.

Looool. We had somali classes though.


PS. Nacala i see i made a typo. I meant confidence.