Friday 2 December 2011

ka...(adjective) - is more (adjective) than...

... ka (adjective) ... - is more (adjective) than...

Baabuurkaagu waa jabanyahay - Your car is cheap
Baabuurkaaga ka jaban baabuurkayga - Your car is cheaper than mine

Wiilkaagu waa asluubwacanyahay - Your son is well behaved
Wiilkaaga ka asluubwacan wiilkayga - Your son is better behaved than my son

Gurigiisu waa weynyahay - His house is big
Gurigiisa ka weyn kayga - His house is bigger than mine

Telefishonkeedu waa yaryahay - Her T.V. is smaller
Telefishonkeeda ka yar - Her T.V. is smaller

Fadumo wejigeedu waa quruxsanyahay - Fadumo's face is beautiful
Fadumo wejigeeda ka guruxsan Marian keeda - Fadumo's face is more beautiful than Marian's

Cabdi timihiisu waa badanyahay - Abdi's hair is big
Cabdi timihiisa ka badan kuwa Mohamed - Abdi's has more hair  than Mohamed(lit: Abdi's hair is more than those of Mohamed)
(In Somali, 'timo'  is kind of like a plural, like 'chevaux' in French.  So, you don't say that someone's hair is bigger than someone else's, you say that there are more of them than someone else's)


Af Soomaaligu waa adagyahay - The Somali language is difficult
Af Soomaaliga ka adag Af Ingriisiga - The Somali language is more difficult than English

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