How to form the plural in Somali

How to form the plural in Somali

You want to learn how to use the plural in Somali? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Somali lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Somali.

Somali nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The are several ways to form the plural in Somali.

Examples

gabadhaha
girls
guryaha
houses
naagaha
women
kuraas
chairs
wiilasha
boys
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Somali belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Somali would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Somali

Learn to get by in Somali with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Somali, introduce yourself in Somali and even hold a conversation in Somali after you have met someone.

Ciid wanaagsán
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Maalín wanaagsán
Have a nice day !
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Step 5 : The plural in Somali

The plural is important in Somali when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns buug, kursi and albaab (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are buugaagta, kuraas and albaaba. Now learn how to use each of these Somali plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are buugaagta, kuraasta and albaabada (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Somali plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of buug, kursi and albaab, you can move on to Step 6 (Somali demonstrative pronouns).

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