Languages: False friends in English and Afsoomaali

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False friends in English and Afsoomaali

Afsoomaali	English	Afsoomaali Meaning
Sun	Sun	Poison
Run	Run	Truth
Food	Food	Forehead
Like	Like	Eatable sweat mushroom
Bun	Bun	Coffee
Bus	Bus	Soft soil
Bar	Bar	Teach, spot, mold
Tin	Tin	Single hair
Tar	Tar	to do something, to be productive
Is	Is	Self
An	An	Me
Mood	Mood	Thought , guess
Fur	Fur	Open
Fan	Fan	Art
War	War	News
Show	Show	So, oh you were
Door	Door	Role , selection
Dig	Dig	Warn , inform
Car	Car	I Dare you
Bad	Bad	Sea
See	See	How
If	If	Light, worldly
Ad	Ad	You
Bed	Bed	Security, well-being, protection
Beer	Beer	Lung
Far	Far	Finger
God	God	Hole
In	In	Some
Lab	Lab	Male
Sad	Sad	Gift
Seed	Seed	Body part ? Not on time, to missed.
Tag	Tag	Leave
Tab	Tab	To missed someone

 

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What is false friends ?

False friends are pairs of words in different languages that appear or sound similar, but have different meanings. These words can be confusing for language learners or speakers, who may mistakenly use one word when they intend to use another, based on the similarity in form or sound. False friends can cause miscommunications in both written and spoken language, and can lead to humorous or awkward situations. It is important to be aware of false friends when learning or using a new language, and to take care to verify the meaning of unfamiliar words before using them in conversation or writing.

 

[Ruqiya]

Nice list. I found one mistake change beer to liver.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

False friends in English and Afsoomaali

Afsoomaali	English	Afsoomaali Meaning
Sun	Sun	Poison
Run	Run	Truth
Food	Food	Forehead
Like	Like	Eatable sweat mushroom
Bun	Bun	Coffee
Bus	Bus	Soft soil
Bar	Bar	Teach, spot, mold
Tin	Tin	Single hair
Tar	Tar	to do something, to be productive
Is	Is	Self
An	An	Me
Mood	Mood	Thought , guess
Fur	Fur	Open
Fan	Fan	Art
War	War	News
Show	Show	So, oh you were
Door	Door	Role , selection
Dig	Dig	Warn , inform
Car	Car	I Dare you
Bad	Bad	Sea
See	See	How
If	If	Light, worldly
Ad	Ad	You
Bed	Bed	Security, well-being, protection
Beer	Beer	Lung
Far	Far	Finger
God	God	Hole
In	In	Some
Lab	Lab	Male
Sad	Sad	Gift
Seed	Seed	Body part ? Not on time, to missed.
Tag	Tag	Leave
Tab	Tab	To missed someone

Very nice.
A couple of suggestions:
Seed - tendon, sinew.
Seeg - miss, or not on time.

Postscript:
A few others spring to mind:
Cal, Lug, Leg, Gad, Afar.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

A few others:
Gun, gob, wad, ban, gar, sin, boor, lag, dal, fad, fin, gal.

 

[Burqad]

Car isn’t pronounced like the English version, should it count?

 

[Som]

Beer means liver not lungs
Lungs is sambabada

 

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False friends in English and Afsoomaali

Afsoomaali	English	Afsoomaali Meaning
Sun	Sun	Poison
Run	Run	Truth
Food	Food	Forehead
Like	Like	Eatable sweat mushroom
Bun	Bun	Coffee
Bus	Bus	Soft soil
Bar	Bar	Teach, spot, mold
Tin	Tin	Single hair
Gun	Gun	Bottom, low caste
Is	Is	Self
An	An	Me
Mood	Mood	Thought , guess
Fur	Fur	Open
Fan	Fan	Art
War	War	News
Show	Show	So, oh you were
Door	Door	Role , selection
Dig	Dig	Warn , inform
Car	Car	I Dare you
Bad	Bad	Sea
See	See	How
If	If	Light, worldly
Ad	Ad	You
Bed	Bed	Security, well-being, protection
Beer	Beer	Liver
Far	Far	Finger
God	God	Hole
In	In	Some
Lab	Lab	Male
Sad	Sad	Gift
Seed	Seed	Sinew
Tag	Tag	Leave
Tab	Tab	To missed someone
Cal	Cal	?
Lug	Lug	Leg
Leg	Leg	Type of insect ?
Gad	Gad	Sell
Afar	Afar	Four
Gob	Gob	The Gob trees
Was	Was	Intercourse
Ban	Ban	PRAIRIE
Gar	Gar	Beard
Sin	Sin	Hip
Boor	Boor	dust
Lag	Lag
Dal	Dal	Country, land
Fad	Fad
Fin	Fin	Pimple
Gal	Gal	Enter
Wad	Wad	Drive, guide
Tar	Tar	To be productive, to do something

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Lag (To move slowly) - as in 'lagga jecli, xaydha jecli'
lug ( pull, or carry a heavy load),
Fad - Wanting as in that popular, if humurous expression 'fad ama ha fadin',
Cal - is similar to fodder to feed cattle, as in 'cal xoolaad'.