How many languages can you speak at the moment?

[FendiFanatic]

I can speak Somali English and Amharic

 

[Apollo]

I can speak Somali English and Amharic

Why learn Amharic. Are you from Ethiopia?

 

[FendiFanatic]

Why learn Amharic. Are you from Ethiopia?

I lived in Addis Ababa until I was 6 it’s my first language and then my dad got a Canadian passport

I can also speak Oromo but it’s broken asf right now. If I brushed up for a month I’d be in good shape

 

[Apollo]

I lived in Addis Ababa until I was 6 it’s my first language and then my dad got a Canadian passport

I can also speak Oromo but it’s broken asf right now. If I brushed up for a month I’d be in good shape

I used to think almost all diaspora Somalis came from Mogadishu or Hargeisa.. but some of you guys have odd backstories.

 

[.279]

I used to think almost all diaspora Somalis came from Mogadishu or Hargeisa.. but some of you guys have odd backstories.

My parents come from "hargeisa"

 

[Qarboosh]

I can speak Somali English and Amharic

Amarinya tecalalla

 

[FendiFanatic]

Amarinya tecalalla

awo ifets imalehu

Anite?

 

[Apollo]

My parents come from "hargeisa"

Around 1985-1995 most ''modernized'' Somalis lived in those two cities, the rest were rural hicks.

 

[.279]

Around 1985-1995 most ''modernized'' Somalis lived in those two cities, the rest were rural hicks.

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[Qarboosh]

awo ifets imalehu

Anite?

aayi

 

[Radical]

Are you multilingual? If the answer is Yes, how many and state them.
For me I can speak 3 to 4 languages
Somali
Swahili
English
Afjini---local language that I used to speak with my friends if you know you know

I can understand Hindu, can't speak it that much
Similarly to spanish, but I wanna completely learn Spanish Inshallah one day

I don't like french too much
and yeah can understand amharic sometimes
@Emily you're welcomed

Edit: I can understand Arabic too, but don't speak it that much as I don't have Arab friends

How good is your swahili?

 

[Dalmoor]

How good is your swahili?

Actually I feel like I'm forgetting it, but O don't know. Maybe 7-10 or 8-10. Hbu? Do you speak Sawhili?

 

[Radical]

Actually I feel like I'm forgetting it, but O don't know. Maybe 7-10 or 8-10. Hbu? Do you speak Sawhili?

Hii lugha mina kwanga mkali nayo

 

[Dalmoor]

Hii lugha mina kwanga mkali nayo

Nina* waishi wapi? Nadhani Kenya ama Tanzania? Kweli au uongo/laa? Mimi nipo marekani US sasa hivi:siilaanyolaugh: Unanikumbusha maisha ya sekondari kule Kenya

 

[Radical]

Nina* waishi wapi? Nadhani Kenya ama Tanzania? Kweli au uongo/laa? Mimi nipo marekani US:siilaanyolaugh:

LMFAO why you speaking with that Tanzanian accent?

you're definitely on Google translate

 

[Radical]

But naishi hapo Kenya kwa isich

 

[Dalmoor]

But naishi hapo Kenya kwa isich

I swear I would've changed it but I thought you could be from TZ that's why I typed that shit uno. Waishi/unaishi but don't you know that waswahili wa pwani pale kenya wanaongea vivyo hivyo?

 

[Dalmoor]

But naishi hapo Kenya kwa isich

Kuzuri kwako, nilidhani ulitoka tz. Hiyo ndio sababu ambayo nilitumia dialect za waswahili wenye lughA sanifu. Ile ya kenya ni sheng tu, vile wanakoroga kimombo na swahili ungeshangaa that's why tz yao ndio poa. Lakini nilisikia ya tz ni lina upole sana mpaka wantumianga/wanatumia tafadhali mara kadhaa What kind of bullcrap is that?

 

[diana amna]

french somali english

 

[Radical]

Kuzuri kwako, nilidhani ulitoka tz. Hiyo ndio sababu ambayo nilitumia dialect za waswahili wenye lughA sanifu. Ile ya kenya ni sheng tu, vile wanakoroga kimombo ma swahili ungeshangaa that's why tz yao ndio poa. Lakini nilisikia ya tz ni lina upole sana mpaka wantumianga/wanatumia tafadhali mara kadhaa What kind of bullcrap is that?

Mtu anapoishi katika coast (Mombasa) anaye uwezo wa kuongea swahili namna hiyo but here in Nairobi we like to keep it simple.

Walahi swahili and English mix together like bread and butter they'll never know about the satisfaction of switching between different langs in order to make the sentences more simpler, like for example:

"Maziwa yamepatikana kwa chini ya kitanda" sounds pretty rough on the tongue, instead you could switch it up for "maziwa iko chini ya bed"