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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Somali. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: In la arko |
| To write: In la qoro |
| To love: In la jeclaado |
| To give: In la bixiyo |
| To play: In la ciyaaro |
| To read: In la akhriyo |
| To understand: In la fahmo |
| To have: In la yeesho / la haysto |
| To know: In la yaqaano |
| To learn: In la barto |
| To think: In laga fakaro |
| To work: In la shaqeeyo |
| To speak: In la hadlo |
| To drive: In la kaxeeyo |
| To smile: In la dhoole cadeeyo |
| To find: In la helo |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: Waan ku arkey |
| I wrote with a pen: Waxaan ku qoray qalin |
| You loved apples: Waxaad jeclaatey tufaaxa |
| You gave money: Lacag baad bixisey |
| You played tennis: Teenis baad cayaartay |
| He read (past) a book: Buug buu akhriyey |
| He understood me: Wuu i fahmey |
| She had a cat: Mukulaal / bisad beey lahayd |
| She knew my friend: Waxeey taqaaney saaxiibkeey / saaxiibadeey |
| We wanted to learn: Waxaan rabnay inaan wax barano |
| We thought Spanish is easy: Waxaan u maleyney inuu af Isbaanish fudud yahay |
| You (plural) worked here: Ma halkaan baad ka shaqeeyseen |
| You (plural) spoke French: Ma af Faransiis baad ku hadashay |
| They drove a car: Gaari beey wateen |
| They smiled: Weey dhoola cadeeyeen |
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