Intro (D3) Flashcards
iyo
and [for nouns]
maanta
today
waa
is (v.)
Immisa jir baad tahay?
How old are you?
Sannadkee baad dhalatey?
In what year were you born?
Waa immisa?
How many/much?
Waxaan ahey…(sano) jir?
I am … (years) old?
Waxaan dhashey sannadkii…
I was born in the year…
eber / sifir
zero
kow
one
laba (labo)
two
saddex (seddex)
three
afar
four
shan
five
lix
six
toddoba (toddobo)
seven
siddeed
eight
sagaal
nine
toban
ten
labaatan
twenty
soddon
thirty
afartan
forty
konton
fifty
lixdan
sixty
toddobaatan
seventy
sideetan
eighty
sagaashan
ninety
boqol
hundred
kun
thousand
toban kun
ten thousand
boqol kun
hundred thousand
milyan
million
bilyan
billion
tiriliyan
triliion
shandad
bag, suitcase
boorso
bag, purse
gobol(ka)
state, region
shaqal gaaban
short vowel
shaqal dheer
long vowel
bad
sea
baad
fodder, pasture
xalay
last night
biririf
break [northern dialect only]
geel
camel (collective noun)
dhamman
complete
laba boqol oo kun
two hundred thousand
guri
house
ama
or
waa imisadii?
what time is it? (northern dialect)
waa meeqa saac? (meeqa saac waaye?)
what time is it? (souther dialect)
dhiib
give, hand (v.)
ku dhufo
multiply, times (lit. “hit it with”)
u qaybi
divide
ka jar
subtract (lit. “cut from”)
ku dar
add (add to)
sax
correct
jawaab(ta) / jawaabo/a(ha)
answer/s
labiyo toban
twelve
kobiyo toban
eleven
hayso
to have for yourself (v.) [3]
dhigo
learn (v.) [3]
dhig
teach (v.) [1]
ínan / inán
boy / girl (stress in not written, only pronounced)
fasal(ka) / fasallo/a(da)
class/es
immisa / meeqa
how many/much (north/south)
yiil (yaal)
locate, situate (v.) [irregular]
Xaggee bay musqushu ku taal?
Where is the bathroom located?
Musqushu waa xaggee?
Where is the bathroom? (lit. “Bathroom is where?”)
éy / eý
dog/s
xeer
Somali traditional (local) laws
diya
weregild (blood price)
ka ku xiga
next (lit. “the one following it”)
toddobaad
seventh, week
laakiin
but
hase yeeshe
but, however
dhibic(da) / dhibco(ha)
point, period, drop
qado
lunch
qad
go hungry (v.)
qaad
take (v.)
qof (qofood)
people
gees(ka) / geeso/a(ha)
horn
hadda
now (southern)
immika
now (northern)
middi minddi
knife
qalinjabiyay
graduated
dugsi(ga)
school
sare
high
shaqo/a(da)
job
jir
exist
aqal
house