BEGINNING ENGLISH FOR SOMALI SPEAKERS
WITH SELECTED VOCABULARY
BARASHADA BILOWGA INGIRISKA
IYO ERAY-BIXINTIISA
By M. Ansell
Translated by S. Shabaab and K.
Einte
Copyright © 1992
This book, Beginning English for
Somali Speakers, was written for the benefit of Somali
speakers who are learning English. The first half of each chapter is
written in English, and the second half presents the same material in
the Somali language. Chapter 1 contains a brief introduction, Chapter
2 explains the pronunciation of the English consonants and vowels,
and Chapters 3 to 11 explain various aspects of basic English grammar.
The final chapter contains an
English-Somali and Somali-English
Vocabulary of around 600 commonly used English words.
Another English-Somali and Somali-English Vocabulary can be found
at mnic.net/~cdn.
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. PRONUNCIATION
The English
Consonants
The English Vowels
3. THE SIMPLE
PRESENT
The English Personal Pronouns
The Simple Present
of the Verb "Be"
The Simple
Present of the Verb "Have"
4. NOUNS
The Use of "The"
The Use of "A" and
"An"
The Use of
"It"
The Use
of " 's " and " ' "
5. ADJECTIVES AND
ADVERBS
Adjectives
Comparative
Form
Superlative Form
Irregular
Adjectives
"Many" and
"Much"
Adverbs
Irregular
Adverbs
6. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND THE
SIMPLE FUTURE
The Present
Continuous
The Simple Future
The Future
Continuous
Modal Auxiliary
Verbs
7. PRONOUNS
"Me", "You", "Him", "Her", "Us" and
"Them"
The Pronoun
"One"
The Pronoun
"It"
"My", "Your",
"His", "Her", "Our" and "Their"
"Mine",
"Yours", "His", "Hers", "Ours" and "Theirs"
"Myself",
Yourself", "Himself", "Herself", "Ourselves", "Yourselves" and
"Themselves"
"Each
other" and "One another"
"This", "That,
"These" and "Those"
"How", "What",
"When", "Where", "Which", "Who" and "Why"
"Who", "Which"
and "That"
Conjunctions
8. PAST TENSES
The Simple
Past
"Was" and "Were"
The Ending "ed"
Irregular Verbs
The
Past Continuous
"Used
to"
9. NEGATIVE STATEMENTS AND
QUESTIONS
Negative
Statements
The Simple Present
The Simple Past
The Verb "Be"
Short Forms
Questions
The Simple Present
The Simple Past
The Verb "Be"
Negative
Questions
10. FORMS OF THE VERB USED
AFTER THE AUXILIARY VERBS "HAVE" AND "HAD"
The
Present Perfect
Irregular Verbs
The Past
Perfect
The
Past Conditional
The
Passive Voice
11. FORMS OF THE VERB USED
AFTER THE WORDS "IF" AND "WISH"
"If"
"Unless"
"Wish"
"Could"
12. VOCABULARY
English to
Somali
The Days
of the Week
The Four
Seasons
The
Months
"What time is
it?"
"1, 2, 3, 4
... "
Somali to
English
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1. HORDHAC
2. HABKA AMA SIDA ERAYADA LOOGU
DHAWAAQO
Shibannayaasha Xarfaha
Ingiriska
Shakhal-Dheerayaasha Xarfaha
Ingiriska
3. QAAB XAALAD
SAHLAN
Magac-u-yaalo Ingirisi
Qaab Xaalad
Sahlan ee Falka "Be"
Qaab Xaalad
Sahlan ee Falka "Have"
4. MAGAC
"The"
"A" iyo
"An"
"It"
" 's " iyo " ' "
5. MAGAC TILMAAMAHA IYO FAL
TILMAAMAHA
Magac
Tilmaamaha
Qaabka Labaad ee Magac
Tilmaamaha
Qaabka Sedaxaad ee Magac
Tilmaamaha
"Bad", "Good", "Far" iyo
"Little"
"Many" iyo
"Much"
Fal
Tilmaamaha
"Badly" iyo "Well"
6. QAAB XAALAD SOCOTA IYO QAAB
XAALAD LA SAADALINAYO
Qaab Xaalad
Socota
Qaab Xaalad la Saadalinayo
Qaab Xaalad
Socota ee la Saadalin-Doono
Fal Gar-
Gaarayasha Sida "Can" iyo "Should"
7. MAGAC-U-YAALE
"Me", "You",
"Him", "Her", "Us" iyo "Them"
"One"
"It"
"My", "Your",
"His", "Her", "Our" iyo "Their"
"Mine",
"Yours", "His", "Hers", "Ours" iyo "Theirs"
"Myself",
Yourself", "Himself", "Herself", "Ourselves", "Yourselves" iyo
"Themselves"
"Each
other" iyo "One another"
"This",
"That, "These" iyo "Those"
"How", "What",
"When", "Where", "Which", "Who" iyo "Why"
"Who", "Which"
iyo "That"
Xidhiidhiyasha
8. QAABAB LA
SOODHAFAY
Qaab Xaalad
la Soodhafay
"Was" iyo "Were"
"ed"
Fal iyo Qaab Xaalad la
Soodhafay
Qaab Xaalad la
Soodhafay ee Socota
"Used
to"
9. WEEDHO DIIDMA AH IYO SU
'AALO
Weedho Diidma
ah
Qaab Xaalad Sahlan
Qaab Xaalad la Soodhafay
Falka "Be"
Qaababka Gagaaban
Su
'aalo
Qaab Xaalad Sahlan
Qaab Xaalad la Soodhafay
Falka "Be"
Su 'aalaha
Diidmada ah
10. QAABAB LA ISTICMAALAYO
FAL GAR-GAARE "HAVE" IYO "HAD" KA DIB
"The
Present Perfect"
Fal iyo Qaab Qaas ah
"The
Past Perfect"
Qaab Xaalad la Soodhafay ee
Shurudeysan
Qaabab-Cod-Quman
11. QAABAB LA ISTICMAALAYO
ERAYADA "IF" IYO "WISH" KA DIB
"If"
"Unless"
"Wish"
"Could"
12. ERAY-BIXIN
English to
Somali
Maalmaha
Asbuuca waa Tobodo
Xiliyadu waa
Afar
Bilooyinka
Sanadka waa Labo iyo Toban Biloodi
"Waa imisa
saacadu?"
"1, 2, 3, 4
... "
Somali to
English
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