| Masculine Indefinite Noun Ending | What do you do? (instead of using KA) | Indefinite Noun Example | Definite Noun (not already known) | Definite Noun (already known) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
C,H,Q,KH,X | 
Only add an "A" to the end | 
Shaah  
(tea) | 
Shaaha  
(the tea) | 
Shaahii | 
| 
G,W,Y,I | 
Change "KA" to "GA" | 
Guri  
(house) | 
Guriga  
(the house)  | 
Gurigii | 
| 
E | 
Change "E" to "A" and then add "HA" | 
Aabbe  
(father) | 
Aabbaha  
(the father) | 
Aabbihii   
(vowel harmony) | 
| 
O | 
Change "O" to "A" and then add "HA" | 
Ilmo  
(child, baby) | 
Ilmaha  
(the child/baby) | 
Ilmihii | 
I am currently studying the Somali language and this is a way to share what I have learned. I don't actually find studying Somali to be that bad. I call it "Somali Hell" because that's my weird sense of humor in dealing with learning a foreign language. There really isn't much out there to help learn this language so I have been pulling material wherever I can get it. I hope it helps you too.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Definite Article for Masculine: "A" noun becomes "THE" noun
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