Somali Language News Vocabulary
Welcome to an other learn Somali post. Today we will focus on Somali Language News Vocabulary. These Somali vocabulary will help you if you are learning Somali and you want to practice reading the news in Somali. We made the Somali language News vocabulary so random that we did not even categorize the terms. Since many of the media agencies broadcast negative news (in my opinion) the list vocabularies has words about war, fighting and so on. In the example columns for both the Somali and the English, Some of the sentences are not complete sentence. They are partial sentence but still they make sense as these words come in full sentence when reading the news.
Somali Language News Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | English example | Somali meaning |
| News/War(s) | Urgent news | War dag dag ah |
| News/Warar(p) | Different news | Warar kala duwan |
| Media/ Warbaahin | The media revealed | Warbaahinta oo shaacisay |
| Website/Websayd | Do you know a good Somali website | Ma taqaanna Soomaali websayd fiican |
| Breaking news/ War dagdag ah | It was reported in a breaking news | Waxaa lagu soo wariyay war dagdag ah |
| Report/ Warbixin | Full report | Warbixin buuxda |
| Reporter/ Wariye | Our reporter | Wariyeheenna |
| Reporting / waramaya | Reporting from | Kasoo waramaya |
| Eyewitness/Goobjooge | There were no eyewitnesses | Ma jirin wax goobjooge ah |
| witness/Markhaati | They witnessed the crime | Dambigii ayay markhati ka ahayeen |
| Coming from/Naga soo gaaraaya | The news that is coming from Somali | Wararka naga soo gaaraya Soomaaliya |
| Insider/ Xog ogaal | Insider reporter | Wariye xog ogaal ah |
| Event/ Dhacdo | Very sad event | Dhacdo aad u murugo leh |
| Interview/ Waraysi | He gave an interview | Wuxuu waraysi siiyay |
| Debate/ Dood | An interesting debate | Dood xiiso leh |
| Source/ cidda laga soo xigtay | I cannot reveal my source | Ma sheegi karo cidda aan ka soo xigtay |
| Sourced/ xigtay | Sourced from Wikipedia | Ka soo xigtay wikibiidhiya |
| Ambush/ weerar | They carried an ambush | Waxay qaadeen weerar |
| Invasion/ ku Duulid | Their invasion was a mistake | Ku duulidoodu waxay ahayd khalad |
| Protest/ MudaharaadDemonstration/Mudaharaad | The protest continues even though the weather is bad. | Mudaharaadku waa socdaa iska kastoo ay hawadu xuntahay |
| Continue /Socda | The police chase continued for a while | Cayrsiga booliisku wuxuu socday cabaar |
| Violence/rabshado | The violence continued for days | Rabshaduhu waxay socdeen maalmo |
| Uprising/ kacdoon | The Arab uprising | Kacdoonkii Carabta |
| Conference/Shir | Participated in a conference | Ka qayb galay shir |
| Clash /Iska hor imaad | The police and the rebels clashed | Booliiska iyo fallaadaga oo iska hor imaaday |
| Rebel/Fallaago | The rebels abducted him | Fallaagada ayaa afduubatay |
| Abduction/Abduub | Who was behind the abduction is still unknown | Cidda kadambaysay abduubka wali lama oga |
| Meeting/ Kulan | Participated in a meeting | Ka qayb galay kulan |
| Press releases/ War saxaafadeed | The Press release of the White House | War saxaafadeedka Aqalka Cad |
| Participating/ /Ka qayb galaya | I am not participating | Ka ma qayb galayo |
| Some of/ Qaar ka mid ah | Some of the delegates | Qaar ka mid ah waftiga |
| Delegate/WafdiDelagates/ Wufuud | I am one of the delegates | Waxaan ka mid ahay Wufuudda |
| Trip/ socdaal | The president’s trip | Safarka madax waynaha |
| Convoy/ Kolonyo | A convoy of vehicles | Kolonyo baabuur ah |
| Situations/ Xaalad | The situation was back to normal | Xaaladu caadi ayay ku soo noqoyay |
| Country/Dal | Came back to the country | Ku soo laabtay wadanka |
| National/ Qaran | National holiday | Fasax Qaran |
| International/Caalami | International borders | Xuduud Caalami ah |
| Business/ Ganacsi | Business news | Wararka ganacsiga |
| Was not killed/Lama dilinKilled/ la Dilay | No one was killed.Someone was killed | Qofna lama dilin.Qof baa la dilay |
| Terrorism /Argagixiso | Fight against terrorism | La dagaalanka argagixisada |
| Suicide/ Naftiis hure | Suicide bomber | Naftiis hure is qarxiyay |
| Bomb /(Miino/Bumbo/bam | A bomb explosion | Qarax miino |
| Shelling/Duqayn | The shelling continued for hours | Duqayntu waxa socotay maalmo |
| Freelance reporter/ wariye madax banaan | We hired a freelance reporter | Waxaan shaqaalaysiinnay wariye madax banaan |
| Speaker/ Afhayeen | Parliament Speaker | Afhayeenka Baarlamaanka |
| News Agency Wakaalada wararka | Reuters news agency | Wakaalada wararka Royteris |
| Refugee/Qoxooti | The refugees fled their homes | Qoxootigii waxay ka carareen guryohoodii |
| Although /Inkastoo | He remained in the hospital although his condition is better | Isbataalka ayuu joogay inkastoo xaaladiisu ay roonayd |
| However/ Si kastaba ha ahaatee | There was a looting and shooting, however no one was arrested | Waxaa dhacday bililiqo, iyo is xabadayn, si kastabana aha ahatee cidna lama xirin |
| Mister/MudaneMadam/ Marwo | Mr AdamMrs Sahra | Mudane AdamMarwo Sahro |
| While he was there/Intii uu joogay | He met his fans while he was in center | Wuxuu la kulmay taageerayaashiisa intii uu joogay xarunta |
| Victory/Guul | The victory went to the underdog team | Guushu waxay raacday xoogta aan caanka ahayn |
| Prevent/ Looga hortagi karo | This vaccine can be used to prevent ebola | Talaalkaan waxaa looga hortagi karaa Ebola |
| Publish/Daabicid (n)Daabacday(Past) | The company published millionso f books | Shirkaddu waxay daabacday malaayiin buugag ah |
| Decision/ Go’aan | That was the final decision | Kaas wuxuu ahaa qo’aankii ugu dambeeyay |
| Truce/ Heshiis xabad joojin | When the truce between the two groups expired, they decided to reconcile | Markii uu dhamaaday heshiiskii xabad joojinta laba koox , waxay go’aan sadeen in ay heshiiyaan |
| Mediate/ Dhexdhexaad | The UN tried to mediate | UN ta ayaa isku dayday in ay dhexdhexaadiso |
| Corruption/Musuqmasuq | The corruption is illegal in the US | Musuqmaasuqa waa ka sharci darro dalka US |
| Border/Xuduud | Crossing the border | Xuduudka jaraya |
| First/ Ugu horeeyay | First thing | Waxa ugu horeeya |
| Explanation/Faafaahim | The government explained the new law | Dawladu way faahfaahisay sharciga cusub |
| Today/Maanta | Today’s news | Wararka maanta |
| Good News/ War fiican | Do you ever tell a good news | Marna ma sheegtaa war fiican |
| Sport/ CayaarSports/ Ciyaro | Sports team | Xoogda ciyaaraha |
| Soccer/ Kubadda Cagta | What is your favorite soccer team | Kooxdee ugu jeceshashay kubaddda cagta |
| Goalkeeper/ Gool haye | The best goal keeper this year | Gool hayaha ugu fiican sanadkaan |
| Coach/ Tababare | We got a new coach | Waxaan helnay tababare cusub |
| Win/ rayn | Who won? | Yaa raayay |
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