Somali Present Continuous
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Hello and welcome to an other Learn Somali Language lesson. It has be a while since we posted a lesson and we apologize for the inconvenience. Today we will learn how to form Somali Present Continuous in sentences using the same verb for different pronouns. This is to show how these verbs change depending on what pronoun is used. The pronoun row in the table below obviously shows the pronouns.
Pronoun Indicators: In Somali language, the auxiliary verbs(am, is ,are ) are unique for each pronoun(Different from English which have (am for I/ -are for we/you and they- is for he/she) ) The second row shows these Indicators. Not only these are auxiliary verbs but it is also used alone without the actual pronoun. For example: Pronoun+Indicator+Verb ING= (Aniga waan baxayaa) which mean (I am leaving). Most of the time the pronoun is left and the indicator is used. For example: Indicator + verb ING= (Waan baxayaa) which still mean (I am leaving). The reason why pronouns are left is because the indicator is enough and shows exactly what pronoun it is and what form of the verb to use.
So form a Somali Present Continuous use one of these orders:
Indicator +Verb ING form (The is the COMMONLY used form) Example: Way Cunaysaa (She is Eating)
Pronouns | Aniga/I | Adiga/You | Asaga/He | Ayada/She | Anaga/ We | Ayaga/ They |
Indicator | Waan | Waad | Wuu | Way | Waan | Way |
Verb ING form (List) | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Baxayaa/Leaving | Baxayaa | Baxaysaa | Baxayaa | Baxaysaa | Baxaynaa | Baxayaan |
Cunayaa/Eating | Cunayaa | Cunaysaa | Cunayaa | Cunaysaa | Cunaynaa | Cunayaan |
Cabayaa/Drinking | Cabayaa | Cabaysaa | Cabayaa | Cabaysaa | Cabaynaa | Cabayaan |
Seexanayaa/Sleeping | Seexanayaa | Seexanaysaa | Seexanayaa | Seexanaysaa | Seexanaynaa | Seexanayaan |
Hadlayaa/Talking | Hadlayaa | Hadlaysaa | Hadlayaa | Hadlaysaa | Hadlaynaa | Hadlayaan |
Soconayaa/Walking | Soconayaa | Soconaysaa | Soconayaa | Soconaysaa | Soconaynaa | Soconayaan |
Qaadanayaa/Taking | Qaadanayaa | Qaadanaysaa | Qaadanayaa | Qaadanaysaa | Qaadanaynaa | Qadanayaan |
Siinayaa/Giving | Siinayaa | Siinaysaa | Siinayaa | Siinaysaa | Siinaynaa | Siinayaan |
Fiirinayaa/Looking | Fiirinayaa | Fiirinaysaa | Fiirinayaa | Fiirinaysaa | Fiirinaynaa | Fiirinayaa |
Sheegayaa/Telling | Sheegayaa | Sheegaysaa | Sheegayaa | Sheegaysaa | Sheegaynaa | Sheegayaan |
Shaqaynayaa/Working | Shaqaynayaa | Shaqaynaysaa | Shaqaynayaa | Shaqaynaysaa | Shaqaynaynaa | Shaqaynayaan |
Karinayaa/Cooking | Karinayaa | Karinaysaa | Karinayaa | Karinaysaa | Karinaynaa | Karinayaan |
Dhaqayaa/Cleaning | Dhaqayaa | Dhaqaysaa | Dhaqayaa | Dhaqaysaa | Dhaqaynaa | Dhaqayaan |
Dhibayaa/ Bothering | Dhibayaa | Dhibaysaa | Dhibayaa | Dhibaysaa | Dhibaynaa | Dhibayaan |
Qaylinayaa/Yelling | Qaylinayaa | Qaylinaysaa | Qaylinayaa | Qaylinaysaa | Qaylinaynaa | Qaylinayaan |
Ilaalinayaa/Watching | Ilaalinayaa | Ilaalinaysaa | Ilaalinayaa | Ilaalinaysaa | Ilaalinaynaa | Ilaalinayaan |
Qorayaa/Writing | Qorayaa | Qoraysaa | Qorayaa | Qoraysaa | Qoraynaa | Qorayaan |
Akhrinayaa/Reading | Akhrinayaa | Akhrinaysaa | Akhrinayaa | Akhrinaysaa | Akhrinaynaa | Akhrinayaan |
Duulayaa/Flying | Duulayaa | Duulaysaa | Duulayaa | Duulaysaa | Duulaynaa | Duulayaan |
Ciyaarayaa/Playing | Ciyaarayaa | Ciyaaraysaa | Ciyaarayaa | Ciyaaraysaa | Ciyaaraynaa | Ciyaarayaan |
Tukanayaa/Praying | Tukanayaa | Tukanaysaa | Tukanayaa | Tukanaysaa | Tukanaynaa | Tukanayaan |
Leexanayaa/Turning | Leexanayaa | Leexanaysaa | Leexanayaa | Leexanaysaa | Leexanaynaa | Leexanayaan |
Saxiixayaa/Signing | Saxiixayaa | Saxiixaysaa | Saxiixayaa | Saxiixaysaa | Saxiixaynaa | Saxiibaxayaan |
Booqanayaa/Visitng | Booqanayaa | Booqanaysaa | Booqanayaa | Booqanaysaa | Booqanaynaa | Booqanayaan |
Samaynayaa/Doing | Samaynayaa | Samaynaysaa | Samaynayaa | Samaynaysaa | Samaynaynaa | Samaynayaan |
Indicator +Verb ING form (The is the LESS commonly used form)Example Asaga Wuu Cunayaa (He is Eating).
Somali Present Continuous
He is an other version of the Somali pronouns
Pronouns | Anigu/I | Adigu/You | Asagu/Isagu/He | Ayadu/Iyadu/She | Anagu/ Inagu/We | Iyagu/ They |
-By looking at the table above you can see that (I and He) use the same continuous verb and so is (You and She). The other two (We and They )have their own verb ending is
Please remember the verb and pronoun/indicator agreement.
You can’t say (Ayada wuu) you have to say (Ayada way) Also
You can’t say (Ayada way cunayaan) you have to say (Ayada way cunaysaa).
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