Maxaad sameesaa? (Present habitual tense)

Markaad ku soo noqoto shaqada, maxaad sameesaa?
- When you come back from work, what do you do?
Buug baan akhriyaa
- I read a book

Roodhi iyo shaah baan ku quraacdaa
- I have a tea and bread for breakfast 


Maalin kasta wuu bukaa
- He's ill every day

In Somali, like in English, we use the present habitual to talk about things that happen regularly or to talk about states of being.

Aroortii, maxaad cuntaa?
What do you eat in the morning?

Roodhi baan cunaa.
I eat bread.

Xaggee baad ka shaqeysaa?
Where do you work?

Bank baan u shaqeyaa.
I work for a bank.

	conj.1	conj.2		conj.3
		2a	2b	3a	3b
Waan	cunaa	kariyaa	sameeyaa	joogsataa	dhageystaa
Waad	cuntaa	karisaa	sameesaa	joogsadaa	dhageysataa
Wuu	cunaa	kariyaa	sameeyaa	joogsataa	dhageystaa
Wey	cuntaa	karisaa	sameesaa	joogsadaa	dhageysataa
Waannu	cunnaa	karinaa	sameenaa	joogsanaa	dhageysanaa
Weynu	cunnaa	karinaa	sameenaa	joogsanaa	dhageysanaa
Waad	cuntaan	karisaan	sameesaan	joogsataan	dhageysataan
Wey	cunaan	kariyaan	sameeyaan	joogsadaan	dhageystaan