How often do you speak Somali?

[Mercury]

Usually when im home i speak it but when im with friends somali mixed with swedish cuz some of my friends are from xamar and its hard to understand at times.

 

[SuldaanSeven]

I speak somali every moment me and the guys are mindfucking a non-somali person or group of people

 

[Seoul]

I speak Somali every chance I get. I mix it up with some English sometimes.

 

[Apollo]

Usually when im home i speak it but when im with friends somali mixed with swedish cuz some of my friends are from xamar and its hard to understand at times.

lol @ not being able to understand people from Xamar.

Bullshit dude, your Somali just sucks. All Somali dialects are mutually intelligible.

 

[Duchess]

Not often. I only speak Somali to older relatives who don't understand English.

 

[Inactive]

Never. I hear it often but respond back in English or French

 

[Freebandz]

To my parents and older relatives outside of that I speak english only

 

[Queen Carawelo]

I speak Somali to my granny, or older relatives. I speak English most of the time.


***The priceless moment when an older relative comes over and thinks I can't speak in Afsomali, and I hit them with the Afsomali ***


Them:
Me: obamadatazz
Them:
Me:
Them:
Me:

 

[Zayd]

Both parents speak english to me and my siblings but I interchange when speaking to them with Somali sometimes just to refresh my Somali.

Need a break in the motherland to increase my vocab doe...

 

[Zuleikha]

I speak somali all the time except when I am at work. The thing about somali brits yeah they impress their somali roots unlike any other westerns countries.

 

[Apollo]

I speak somali all the time except when I am at work. The thing about somali brits yeah they empress their somali roots unlike any other westerns countries.

Us mainland Europeans have to speak local languages (Swedish, Dutch, Finnish etc.) at a native level and English to an advanced level. There is less room for Somali in our brains. You have it too easy with just English.

 

[Mercury]

lol @ not being able to understand people from Xamar.

Bullshit dude, your Somali just sucks. All Somali dialects are mutually intelligible.

My somali is ok i just dont know many ppl from xamar and when they say stuff like ano bello an ku jirna shit i never heard b4

 

[Mercury]

I agree with @Amun Brits got it easy only need to focus on English while we in europe and scandinavia gotta learn 2 languages and a 3rd one but thats more free will

 

[Geeljire]

Very often to just about every Somali i interact with.

 

[Shamis]

My somali is ok i just dont know many ppl from xamar and when they say stuff like ano bello an ku jirna shit i never heard b4

Belo (balaayo) aan (ayaan) ku jirnaa or 'we're in trouble' . Maybe you should call your friend lol

 

[Zuleikha]

Us mainland Europeans have to speak local languages (Swedish, Dutch, Finnish etc.) at a native level and English to an advanced level. There is less room for Somali in our brains. You have it too easy with just English.

It shouldn't be a problem if you already speak multiple languages.
What language do you guys speak with your parents?

 

[Apollo]

It shouldn't be a problem if you already speak multiple languages.

Very few people are trilingual or quadrilingual at equal levels. Usually one of the lesser spoken language starts becoming muddy.

What language do you guys speak with your parents?

Just Somali.

 

[John Michael]

I try my best to only speak somali with any somali I encounter.

Believe it or not I started learning somali later in life unfortunately so it's been a struggle.

 

[Geeljire]

I try my best to only speak somali with any somali I encounter.

Believe it or not I started learning somali later in life unfortunately so it's been a struggle.

That's no problem, just make sure you stick to it and you might soon amaze people & urself with your Somali linguistic skills.

 

[SomaliSteel]

I speak it with parents and other Somali folks. Thankfully i am fluent do to my parents.