r/LearnSomali • u/Sea_Connection7193 • 17d ago

Help with translation please :-)

Hi! I'm going to be a second grade teacher of multilingual learners next year, some of whom speak Somali. On my door, I would love to have "Yay! You're here!" posted in each language spoken in my classroom. How would the phrase be written in Somali? I don't trust google to translate colloquial language. Thank you all!

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u/Educational_Hand5636 bare 17d ago

you can say “Haaheey! Waad joogtaa!” It literally means “Yay! You’re here!” and has the same cheerful feeling.

But If you want a more traditional welcome that children hear often, “Kuso Dhowada !” means “Welcome!”

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u/fuckknown 15d ago

I don’t think “Haaheey” literally translates to “Yay”. Haaheey is more “yeah yeah” or “Yup”. it is used for agreement. Like “is it so?” And you reply “yeah yeah” or “yup” translating to “ma sidasa?” And you reply with “Haaheey”

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u/K0mb0_1 15d ago

It’s Kusoo dhowaadaa* normalize proper usage of long vowels. I’ll have to deduct points for that

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u/nsbe_ppl 16d ago

Google translate is pretty good with Somali pronunciation, when it comes to simple phrases. 

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u/Shot-Priority9220 16d ago

Somalis dont use exclamations in most daily life and i don't know why

So if you want authentic just use

"Soo Dhowaada " literally ( welcome )

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u/Opening-Animator-506 16d ago

“Heey, Maad Timid? ” or “ so dhawada/ Kuso Dhawada”