Submitted by EmilyPohl on December 1, 2008 - 11:17am
Many of the participants at my organization are Somalian and it would be benificial for me to learn some basic Somali. Perhaps there is someone who would be able to teach an intro class.
While my fellow classmates are asking about the proper conjugation of words, I am still trying to figure out if annagu is he or she. (Wait. I just checked. It’s actually “we” exclusive, a fascinating concept I have not yet run across in my HP0-S18 exam brief flirtation with other languages. My instructor is nice enough, but I just haven’t been able to hold interest after a certain point . . . with every language I have attempted. (As a matter of fact, this entry is being written during what will probably be my final Somali class for awhile.)What always quickly becomes apparent to me are the words most dear and used to those who are 646-046 exam natives of the language. Asalam walekum and walekum asalam, although Arabic, are used almost 100 percent of the time when greeting friends and strangers alike. Nabad, meaning simply “peace”, was one of the first Somali words I learned. As my students shared with me recently, if 83-640 exam things are going well, the first person shares peace with the second one. If things are possibly going poorly, the first person questions whether there is peace with the second person. Although I come from a country that has not recently come through a civil war, I still think it is a lovely way to greet people and I plan to incorporate it long after I have departed from Somaliland
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While my fellow classmates
While my fellow classmates are asking about the proper conjugation of words, I am still trying to figure out if annagu is he or she. (Wait. I just checked. It’s actually “we” exclusive, a fascinating concept I have not yet run across in my HP0-S18 exam brief flirtation with other languages. My instructor is nice enough, but I just haven’t been able to hold interest after a certain point . . . with every language I have attempted. (As a matter of fact, this entry is being written during what will probably be my final Somali class for awhile.)What always quickly becomes apparent to me are the words most dear and used to those who are 646-046 exam natives of the language. Asalam walekum and walekum asalam, although Arabic, are used almost 100 percent of the time when greeting friends and strangers alike. Nabad, meaning simply “peace”, was one of the first Somali words I learned. As my students shared with me recently, if 83-640 exam things are going well, the first person shares peace with the second one. If things are possibly going poorly, the first person questions whether there is peace with the second person. Although I come from a country that has not recently come through a civil war, I still think it is a lovely way to greet people and I plan to incorporate it long after I have departed from Somaliland
i would be interested if a
i would be interested if a somali class was offered.
somali
My fiancee is somali, and oddly enough its very difficult to find formal somali classes in this area. just looking for classes.
i would be interested in
i would be interested in learning some basic somali as well.