Back to stories list

Two men standing at a bus stop.

La kulanka dadka Meeting people

Written by Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Illustrated by Aakanee

Translated by Mohamed Abdirashid

Read by Mohamed Iman Mohamed

Language Somali

Level Level 1

Narrate full story

Reading speed

Autoplay story


A man and woman walking towards each other.

“Salaam Calaykum!”

“Wacalay kuma Salaam!”

“Hi!”

“Hello!”


A man and woman waving and walking away from each other.

“Nabadgeliyo!”

“Nabadey!”

“Bye!”

“Goodbye!”


A woman standing between two men pointing to the man on her left.

“Kani wa Kama.”

“This is Kama.”


A woman standing between two men who are talking to each other.

“Salaama calaykum, waxaan ahay Kama.”

“Waan ku faraxsanahay inaan kula kulmo, Kama.”

“Hi, I’m Kama.”

“Nice to meet you, Kama.”


A mobile phone ringing.

Taleefanka ayaa dhacaya.

The phone is ringing.


A man talking on the phone.

“Assalamu calaykum.”

“Hello.”


A woman talking on the phone.

“Haa waa anigoo ah Sara.”

“Hi, this is Sara.”


Someone pressing a button on a phone.

Wuu xidhay.

He hangs up.


A woman opening the door to a man.

“Soo dhawoow!”

“Welcome!”


A man standing outside and a woman standing in the doorway pointing inside.

“Fadlan soo gal.”

“Please come in.”


A two-panel image of a man bumping into another man at a bus stop.

“Waan ka xumahay.”

“I’m sorry.”


Two men standing at a bus stop talking to each other.

“Dhib malahan.”

“No problem.”


A woman sitting using a laptop and a man tapping on her shoulder.

“Iga raali ahow, fadlan.”

“Excuse me, please.”


A man standing behind a woman who is sitting using a laptop with her hand in the air.

“Hal daqiiqo isug, fadlan.”

“One moment, please.”


A two-panel image of a man pointing to people in a photograph.

“Kani waa Ali.”

“Tana waa Leila.”

“This is Ali.”

“This is Leila.”


Written by: Espen Stranger-Johannessen
Illustrated by: Aakanee
Translated by: Mohamed Abdirashid
Read by: Mohamed Iman Mohamed
Language: Somali
Level: Level 1
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Options
Back to stories list Download PDF