'oo' (and)

In English you can use 'and' with both verbs and nouns, but in Somali when you want to connect nouns you use 'iyo', and when you want to connect verbs you use 'oo'.


'Naag iyo nin'  - a woman and a man

but

'Cun oo cab' - Eat and drink
Guriga soo gal oo jiifso - Come inside the house and lie down
U sheeg oo soo noqo - Tell him and come back