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A man, woman and boy walking through an airport.

ናብ ኖርወይ ምምጻእ Coming to Norway

Aamiina

Julie Cornelia van Walsum

Seyum

Loza Asgedom

Tigrinya

Level 5

A man, woman and boy walking through an airport.

ኣነን ክልተ ኣሕዋተይን ኣብ ታሕሳስ 2016 ናብ ኖርወይ መጺእና። ኣብ ኖርወይ ከምቲ ናይ ሶማልያ ሃሩር ኣየር እዩ ዝኸውን ኢልና ስለ ዝሓሰብና ናይ ሓጋይ ክዳን ተኸዲንና ነይርና። ይኹን እምበር ኣብ መዕርፎ ነፈርቲ ምስ በጻሕና በረድ ይዘንብ ነበረ። ቆሪርና እዩ ኔሩ ኩነታት ኣየር ውን ቁሪ እዩ ነይሩ። ዋላ እኳ ሒደት ሻንጣታት ሒዝና እንተመጻእና ናይ ሓጋይ ክዳውንቲ ጥራይ ኢና ሒዝና መጺእና።

My two brothers and I came to Norway in December 2016. We wore summer clothes because we thought it would be as warm in Norway as it was in Somalia. However, when we arrived at the airport, it was snowing. We were cold and the weather was chilly. Although we had brought a few suitcases, they only had summer clothes in them.

A woman hugging children.

ዋላ እኳ ቁሪ እንተነበረ ናብ ኖርወይ ምምጻእና ኣዝየ ተሓጒሰ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ምስታ ንሽዱሽተ ዓመት ዘይረኣኹዋ ኣደይ ዳግማይ ተራኸብኩ። ኣደይ ምስ ክልተ መሓዙታ ኮይና ረኺባትና። ምስ ረኣናያ ብሓጎስ በኸና። ብመኪና ናብታ ኣደይ እትነብረላ ንእሽቶ ከተማ ኬድና።

Even though it was cold, I was very happy when we came to Norway. I would finally meet my mum again, whom I had not seen for six years. My mum and two of her friends met us. When we saw her, we wept with joy. We drove to the small town where Mum lives.

A man, woman and boy shopping for clothes.

ኣብታ አደይ ትነብረላ ከተማ ኣብ መጀመርታ መዓልታት ኣዝዩ ንምልማዱ ዝኸብድ ነበረ። ቁሪን በረድን ስለ ዝነበረ ብዙሕ ዝርአ ነገር ኣይነበረን። እቲ ጎደናታት ምሉእ ብምሉእ ባዶ እዩ ነይሩ። እቶም ዝረኸብክዎም ውሑዳት ሰባት ዝሑላትን ናይ ምሕዝነት ባህሪ ዘይብሎምን ይመስሉ ነበሩ። ኣብ ሶማልያ ኣብ ኩሉ ቦታ ሰባት ስለ ዝነበሩ ኣብዚ ኩሉ ነገር ሓድሽ ኮይኑ ተሰሚዑኒ። ኣደይን መሓዙታን ገለ ህያባት ሂቦምና፤ ብድሕሪኡ ድማ ናይ ክረምቲ ክዳውንቲ ክንገዝእ ወሰደትና።

The first days in Mum’s town were very strange. It was cold and snowy and there was not much to see. The streets were completely empty. The few people I met seemed cold and unfriendly. In Somalia there were people everywhere, so everything felt unfamiliar here. My mum and her friends gave us some presents, and then she took us to buy winter clothes.

Three women sitting at desks.

ድሕሪ ናይ ልደት በዓል ኣብ ናይ ዓበይቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ናይ ቋንቋ ኖርወይ ትምህርቲ ምውሳድ ጀመርኩ። ኣብ ልሙድ ቤት ትምህርቲ ቅድሚ ምጅማረይ ንኽልተ ዓመት ኣብኡ ተማሂረ። ሕጂ ኣብ ናይ መወዳእታ ዓመት እየ ዘለኹ። ብዙሓት ሓደስቲ ኣዕሩኽ ድማ ረኺበ ኣለኹ። ኣዝየ ማሕበራዊ ሰብ እየ። ምስ ካልኦት ሰባት ምፍላጥ ድማ ኣዝዩ ደስ ይብለኒ።

After the Christmas holidays I joined a Norwegian course at the adult education centre. I studied there for two years before starting in an ordinary school. Now I am in my final year, and I have made many new friends. I am very sociable and enjoy meeting other people.

A woman using a sewing machine.

ድሕሪ ትምህርቲ ናብ ብዓርሰ ድሌት ዝካየድ ሓደ ማእከል እኸይድ እሞ ኣብኡ ድማ ዕዮ ገዛይ ኣብ ምስራሕ ሓገዝ ይረክብ። ኣብቲ ማእከል ናይ ስፌት ትምህርቲ እውን ይመሃር ኣለኹ።

After school I go to a centre run by volunteers where I get help with my homework. I have also joined a sewing course at the centre.

A woman studying in a library.

ኣብ ሶማልያ ብዘይካ ቤት ትምህርቲ ቁርኣን ናብ ካልእ ቤት ትምህርቲ ከይደ ወይ ዝኾነ ትምህርቲ ወሲደ ኣይፈልጥን። ምንባብን ምጽሓፍን ኣይፈልጥን ነይረ። ሕጂ ብቋንቋ ሶማልን ኖርወይን ከምኡ’ውን ካልእ ብዙሕ ትምህርቲ ከመይ ጌርካ ከም እትጽሕፍ ተማሂረ ኣለኹ። ብዘይ ትምህርቲ ሰብ ዘይኮንኩ ኮይኑ ተሰሚዑኒ ነይሩ። ሕጂ ግን ፈላጥን ሕጉስን ኮይኑ ይስምዓኒ።

In Somalia I never went to school or did any courses except Quran school. I did not know how to read or write. Now I have learned how to write in both Somali and Norwegian, and many other subjects. Without education I felt I was nobody. Now I feel knowledgeable and happy.

A woman reading with a boy and girl.

ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዓመት ካልኣይ ደረጃ ትምህርቲ ኣብ ክፍሊ ጥዕናን ልምዓት መንእሰያትን ክጅምር እየ። ኣብ መጻኢ ምስ መንእሰያት ክሰርሕ ይደሊ። ትምህርተይ ምስ ወዳእኩ ሕልመይ ቀዋሚ ስራሕ ምርካብ እዩ። ከምኡ ‘ውን መኪና ምዝዋር ክመሃርን ፍቓድ መዘወሪ መኪና ክረክብን እደሊ።

Next year I will start secondary school in the health and youth development section. In the future I want to become a youth worker. When I have finished my education, my dream is to get a permanent job. I also want to learn how to drive and get my driver’s licence.

A woman in a library thinking about a family.

ኣብ ሶማልያ እንተዝጸንሕ ነይረ ኣብዚ ሕጂ እዋን ኣደ ምኾንኩ ነይረ ይመስለኒ። ምናልባት ብዙሓት ቆልዑ ምወለድኩ ነይረ። ኣብ ሶማልያ እንተዝኸውን ከምዚ ሕጂ ዝረኸብክዎ ዕድላት ኣይምረኸብኩን። ኣብ ኖርወይ ምንባረይ ዕድለኛ እየ።

If I had stayed in Somalia, I think I would have been a mother by now. Perhaps I would already have many children. If I had been in Somalia, I would not have had the same opportunities as I have had now. I feel lucky to live in Norway.

Written by: Aamiina

Illustrated by: Julie Cornelia van Walsum

Translated by: Seyum

Read by: Loza Asgedom

Language: Tigrinya

Level: Level 5

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