How do you say these words in somali?

[angrycat]

Instead/of

Except

there were more but cant think of them. I have a hard time with conjunctions and filler words in general

 

[Hafez]

Instead of = badalkiis
Except = reeb or ka reeb

You can use ilaakin as well.

 

[Vision]

I think except is 'mooyee' example: all of you except her would be kuligiin iyada mooyee.

And instead of is 'intii' for example: take this instead of that would be kan qaado intii aad kaas qaadan lahayd. At least thats how we say them in the occuppied somali territory

 

[Vision]

Actually 'intii' is more like 'rather than'

 

[Adam]

Actually 'intii' is more like 'rather than'

I think reeb is closer ex anigu hablaha ma jecli marka laga reebo xamdia

 

[Adam]

Instead of ex maqaaxdi ayan wakhtigi ku lomiyay halki shaqu radin laha

 

[angrycat]

@Vision mooyee sounds like maay, is it?

also, no offense but I prefer the southern/mudug dialect if possible, just because it would sound weird if I inserted random waqoyi sounding words in my sentence

 

[Adam]

@Vision mooyee sounds like maay, is it?

also, no offense but I prefer the southern/mudug dialect if possible, just because it would sound weird if I inserted random waqoyi sounding words in my sentence

How dare you?

 

[Vision]

I think reeb is closer ex anigu hablaha ma jecli marka laga reebo xamdia

Laga reebo would be "minus xamdia"

 

[Vision]

@Vision mooyee sounds like maay, is it?

also, no offense but I prefer the southern/mudug dialect if possible, just because it would sound weird if I inserted random waqoyi sounding words in my sentence

Its not maay. Its from kililka shanaad. I dont know how it would be said in your prefered dialect tho

 

[Zak Jingo]

How do you say Please in Somali.

 

[Adam]

Laga reebo would be "minus xamdia"

Potato potato

 

[Hafez]

How do you say Please in Somali.

Waa ku tuugaa

 

[angrycat]

Its not maay. Its from kililka shanaad. I dont know how it would be said in your prefered dialect tho

lol true, I used to know a lady from there and she used those kinds of words

 

[canjeeroiyoshah]

How do you say Please in Somali.

Wa ku barya

 

[canjeeroiyoshah]

Waa ku tuugaa

Reer xamar is the funniest accent by far lmao. I enjoy listening to it.

 

[angrycat]

Waa ku tuugaa

But thats if your reallllllly asking. How do you say it in casual conversation? fadlan sounds too formal. I guess you just say it nicely lol as in abaay, kis yar dhinacaas u siko

 

[Zak Jingo]

Ku barya

That's I beg you.

 

[canjeeroiyoshah]

That's I beg you.

Wa ku barya is the closest thing to please imo. What else can you translate it to?

You really can't translate some words from english to somali.

 

[Zak Jingo]

Let's make a word for 'Please' in Somali. The British use that word 5 billion times a day. It has potential.