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Somali Body Parts

This is a list of body parts in Somali. This can enable you describe parts of the human body with ease. We focused on the main used ones.

Mouth: Af
Nose: San
Tongue: Carrab
Teeth: Ilko
Ear: Dheg
Eye: Il
Face: Waji
Head: Madaxa
Neck: Sur (luqun)
Arm: Dhudhun
Shoulder: Garab
Chest: Xabad (laabta)
Back: Dhabar
Fingers: Faro
Feet: Cago(Lugo)
Hair: Timo
Hand: Gacan
Heart: Wadne
Leg: Lug
Stomach: Calool(Uur)

These samples show how body parts are used in Somali. You will learn how to use nouns (parts of the body) with adjectives and prepositions (such as the preposition "with").

She has beautiful eyes: Waxeey leedahay indho qurxoon
You hear with your ears: Dhagahaaga ayaad wax ku maqashaa
We see with our eyes: Indhaheena ayaan wax ku aragnaa
I smell with my nose: Sankayga ayaan wax ku uriyaa
He feels with his hand: Gacmahiisa ayuu wax ku dareemaa
She tastes with her tongue: Carabkeeda beey wax ku dhadhamisaa

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