Explore the examples below at your own pace. Choose a small set, recall it without looking, and return to it in your next practice session.
Andfi
Underjala / gajjallaa
Beforedura
Afterbooddee / booda
Insidekeessa
Outsideala
Withwajjin
Butgaruu
Forf
Fromirraa, ittii
Toitti
Inkeessa
Questions and Adverbs
What?maal?
Who?eenyu?
How?attamitti?
Why?maaliif?
Where?eessa?
Nevermatuma
Rarelydarbee darbee
Sometimesgaaffii gaaf
Usuallyyeroo baayyee
Alwaysyeroo hunda
Verybaayyee
Iani
Youati
Heinni
Sheisheen
Wenuhi
Theyisaan
Myko / kiyya / tiyya
Yourke / te
Hisisaa
Herishee
Ourkeenya / teenya
Theirisaanii
Grammar in a sentence
I speak Englishingiliffa nan dubbadha
You speak Frenchafaan faransaayi dubbata
He speaks Germanafaan jarmanii dubbata
She speaks Italianafaan xaliyaani dubbatti
I visited Francebiyya faransaayi ndaawwadhe
I will drink milkbuna ndhuga
I understand youdubbiin ke naa gala
I don't understand youdubbiin ke naan ngalle
I don't speak Frenchafaan faransaayi hinbeeu
This is my housekun mana kooti
That restaurant is farmanni nyaataa sun fagoodha
No problemrakinni hinjiru