Intro (D5)

Question 1

Maxaad haysaa?

Answer 1

What’s up?

Question 2

waxba

Answer 2

nothing

Question 3

qof

Answer 3

person (gender neutral)

Question 4

qoor

Answer 4

neck

Question 5

Xaggeed ka soo jeedda?

Answer 5

Where are you from? (lit. “where do you face me from”) [considered somewhat rude; is asking for what tribe or region you are from.]

Question 6

Xaggeed ku dhalatey?

Answer 6

Where were you born?

Question 7

Gobolkeed ka soo jeedda?

Answer 7

What region are you from? [slightly more polite version, but still not common.]

Question 8

Ma reer Hargeysaad tahay?

Answer 8

Are you from Hargeysa?

Question 9

mise

Answer 9

or

Question 10

fiid

Answer 10

evening (more specifically, early evening)