Colloquial Somali (Colloquial Series)

This is one of the only books I’ve seen that is useful and breaks it down to make it easier.

The only course book I have found to teach the Somali Language. Also, companion Audio files (not an audio version of the book) can be downloaded FREE from the publisher's site.

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Great book for non-native speaking learning

I bought this book for someone who is learning this language. They let me know that this is the right book.

This Audio is NOT an Audiobook version of the Course Book. This is ONLY companion audio which is available free from the publisher's website.

My order only came with one cd instead of the two advertised.

If you're trying to learn Somali, this is one of the best books that you can find. It's one of the few English-language books that goes into depth about Somali grammar (such as conjugating verbs and proper syntax). As the Somali communities grow in places like the UK and US, hopefully someone will write a more advanced textbook. You will need a dictionary to go along with this book as the glossary is small. Additionally, it is EXTREMELY important to practice speaking with native Somali speakers and learn words and phrases from them.Somali is very much an oral language. Its spelling is also highly phonetic and, in my experience, the language is not particularly difficult to learn as long as you spend some time studying and practice with native speakers. I work with many Somali clients and have several Somali coworkers. In my experience, most Somalis are very helpful toward people trying to learn their language and are understanding if you have trouble pronouncing things correctly. Most Somalis will be presently surprised if a non-Somali person can great them with "Iska Warran?" ("What's the news?") or "Sidee ta haay?" ("How are you?") as few people try and learn anything in their language.

Good all around book to read Somali

This is probably the most comprehensive book I have on grammar and sentence structure in Somali. I've decided starting with it was slowing me down though. I do a lot better just learning words but this is awesome for trying to figure out how to conjugate something. When I get better, this book will be used much more and I'll pour over it and actually find it interesting.

Brilliant all the and more than I could ask only exoensive

would not recommend this to others. and that's all I can put but have to add this to satisfy the silly system that requires 19 words

OKand I should like to add that writing 19 words is a real switch off to responding to these reviews!