Somali Nouns
Welcome to the third Somali lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Somali to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes baradho |
tomatoes yaanyo |
onions basal |
carrots karooto |
fruits khudrad |
apples tufaax |
bananas moos |
oranges liin macaan |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Somali |
|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] caano ma haysaa |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] caano iyo qaxwo waan hayaa |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] wuxuu haystaa saddex tufaax |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] waxay haysataa hal tufaax kaliya |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] waxaan ku noolnahay guri yar |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] waan jeclahay quraacdeena |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread rooti |
milk caano |
butter subag |
cheese farmaajo |
coffee qaxwo |
sandwich rooti duuban |
meat hilib |
chicken digaag |
fish kalluun |
breakfast quraac |
lunch qado |
dinner casho |
Conversation in Somali
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Somali |
|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Somali)? ma ku hadashaa (ingiriis/afkaaga sheeg) |
| Just a little in yar un |
| I like Somali waan jeclahay afkaaga sheeg |
| Can I practice with you? ma kula kaashan karaa |
| How old are you? meeqo sanaad jirtaa |
| I'm thirty three years old waxaan ahay saddex iyo soddon |
| It was nice talking to you way wanaagsanayd inaan kula hadlo |
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