Learn Somali Language Podcast

I'll be doing Somali Songs' vocals exclusively in the upcoming episodes. Understanding the song's composition is crucial. You may have noticed that one "letter" appeared repeatedly throughout the song, "DH," which functions like the letter "D." It's fascinating to observe how the song was written, in my opinion. Somali love songs have a strong presence...

We're focusing on a poem by renowned Somali poet Hadraawi in today's episode. Recently, Hadraawi passed away. May Allah grant him mercy. He was essentially the Somali people's Shakespeare, as I mentioned in the episode I am aware that poems can be challenging since poets must carefully select the words that best describe the situation they are describing. Therefore, don't worry if...

Interested in hearing a Somali poem? Here is a Somali poem. The poet is essentially exhorting everyone to do their best effort. Just Listen; don't worry about understanding everything. Insha'Allah (God willing), I will endeavor to locate and translate some excellent poems for you in the upcoming days.

Hello guys, welcome back to the Podcast! In today's episode, I teach you two new Somali Proverbs 1) Ballan darro waa diin darro To not fulfill a promise is the same as not believing in God 2): Ama talo keen ahow ama talo raac ahow Either propose something or agree to what's proposed by others That's all for today. Thank you for listening and have a wonderful day/night!

In this episode, I give you some recommendations on learning Somali Language faster. I'm well aware of the limited resources that come with learning our language, but that shouldn't be an issue. Everything is accessible online because we live in a technological era now. Recommendations go as follows: 1) Start Listening More Before you try speaking any given language, you need to listen to that spe...

In the Somali language, there are two we (s). One for exclusivity and the latter for inclusivity. By using these auxiliary verbs, you can both include and exclude someone from the discussion or gathering. Waxaanu (wahaanu) for exclusivity or Waxaynu (Wahaynu) for inclusivity Let's assume, for example, that you want to invite all of your friends to an event. You can say: "Waxaynu akhrin bu...

When someone is speaking to you, they would expect your full attention present. In today's episode, I teach you some of the phrases you can use to show your attentiveness. 1): Haye means "Okay", but it also serves the purpose of demonstrating your interest in hearing what the other person has to say rather than shutting them down. Husband: I want to go to London. Wife: Haye, what will you do in th...

In this episode, I respond to a recent query on whether to use the term "Somalians " or "Somalis" when referring to Somali people The correct term is simply Somalis because Somali is both our language and nationality. Although saying "Somalians" is grammatically incorrect, doing so wouldn't be harmful.

When asking questions, it's crucial to know the interrogative words like what, when, why, how, and where. Therefore, we'll go over those question words in today's episode while also utilizing them in complete sentences. (if it's easy for you to pronoun "h" instead of the "x" in Somali words, feel free to do so) Sidee = how  Maxay = what   why = sabab/maxaad who = kuma (for males) and tuma (for fem...

In today's episode, we've learned about 10 useful new phrases. As I have stated previously, learning new phrases is useful and can be become handy when in need. And most importantly you're learning new words within those phrases instead of learning them separately, which is a tremendous help because it would be hard to construct new phrases by just knowing random words. Where does the verb go? Whe...

Hooyo means mother, and within that word, we have "hoy" meaning home, a place of refuge. Without a " hoy" or "home", there is no life.  You just feel at home whenever you're with your mom since she's full of mercy and compassion.  Guur means two things simultaneously, marriage and move. Technically, you move when you get married.  if we take out the first letter in guur the "g" we're left with "uu...

Teachers are the community's backbone and students' second parents. However, they sometimes expect students to do things that they themselves are unable to do. As in the example above, the teacher was shocked and kicked out one of his students simply because he did not bring any of his books, even though the student did not specify whether he did so on purpose or not. Nonetheless, it was the...

Muuse traveled to London to see one of his buddies. Muuse and his friend appear to be wonderful friends since they help and advise one another. "That is absolutely something to be thankful for," Muuse stated. Nowadays, making genuine and trustworthy friends is really difficult.  Muuse's English name is "Moses" 

We don't really think much about our birthdays. In actuality, neither I nor the majority of Somalis are sure of our exact birthdate. We don't utilize the Gergorian calendar when calculating age, as I mentioned in the episode. We use seasons instead—weird, huh? We simply use season to season to have a whole year rather than waiting until May to May.

Four seasons: Gu' (spring) Xagaa (summer) jiilaal or diraac (diraa') (winter) dayr (fall or autumn)  Spring is really a season of celebration for the nomads. However, people in the rural area don't really care about alternating weather conditions. They can have their celebration anytime they want.  The way we calculate someone's age is based on how many springs they've lived. weird, righ...

Macagayu (maga'aygu) waa (insert your name) waxaan (wahaan) ku noolahay wadanka (insert the country you live in). Da'daydu waa (insert your age) waxaan (wahaan) waxbarshada ku bartaa jaamacada (insert your uni) Xaafadananu way  badan yihiin alx (an abbreviation of (alhamdulilaah) (praise be to God.  waxaan (wahaan) ka koobanahay (insert the number of your family memebrs) (insert number of kids) an...

The definite article in Somali is a not a separate word but a suffex (added at the end) guri (house/ a house) guriGA (the house)    guri cad = a white a house       guriga cad = the white house wiil (boy/ a boy) wiilKA (the boy)              wiil yar = a young boy     &...

Aroorta = in the early morning saaka = this morning galibta = this evening/afternoon Maanta = today shalayto = yesterday halayto = last night habeen hore = the night before last shalay galab = yesterday evening doraad or daraad = the day before yesterday isho hore/ isho dhaweyd = the other day berrito = tomorrow berri aroortii = tomorrow morning saa danbe = the day after tomorrow saakuun (sakoon)...

In today's episode, I will teach you some great useful and handy phrases.  1): Waxaan rabaa biyo. * I want some water. 2): Biyo ii keen. * Bring me some water. I know some of you are like "but you didn't say Please in there" you're acting like you have some authority over  the person, I would like to say the word "Please" is understood and you don't have say it! (We've got you covered!)&...

Leeyahay and haystaa are synonyms and you're more than welcome to use them interchangeably. As I've mentioned in the episode the word leeyahay shows an absolute ownership whereas haystaa indicates a temporary ownership. But that's only if you want to take a look at the equation from one angle. Technically, they mean the same thing! Thanks for listening!

We do not pluralize when it comes to money. You know how in English you must add the "s" to satisfy the quantity of dollars you are talking about. For instance, you ought to say, "I have a dollar and I have two dollars and 10,000 dollars with the "s" if it's more than a dollar. Somali is quiet the different. It does not matter how much money you are talking about. You would still say dollar or pou...

Generosity is something that every nation needs to have in order to help its people and it does indeed bring people together.  Our generosity is kinda special though. You might see someone traveling throughout the country (Somalia) without comprehensive provision knowing  that strangers along the way are more than happy to support them throughout their journey.  

Somali naming usually goes like this. Your first name, your father's first name and your grandfather's first name. For instance, Khadar (my first name), Muktar (my father's first name) and Osman (my grandfather's first name). And this is why I was saying when you call out for a somali person, always call out their first name. They are more likely to respond to that. And I feel like last names are...

In today's episode, we'll take a look some phrases that would help you kick-off mini conversation with any Somali person.  Always start with "ASALAAMU'ALAYKUM" Peace be upon you. It does not matter if they are a bunch of people or a single person.  As I have mentioned in the eposide, that greating is timeless any precious. You can use it at any given moment. They would more likey respond...

In Today's eposide, we will take a closer look at when Somali langauge was written and why it took so long to put the language into a written form.  When you have a written language, history will be preserved. Somali language was written in 1972 to 1973 by Said Barre's administration. Although it was a military government and run the government for 21 years. One of the most important thing th...