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This is a list of verbs in the present tense in Somali. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the present 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 present tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I see you: Waan kuu jeedaa |
| I write with a pen: Waxaan wax ku qoraa qalin |
| You love apples: Tufaaxa baad jeceshahay |
| You give money: Lacag baad bixisaa |
| You play tennis: Teenis baad ciyaartaa |
| He reads a book: Buug buu akhriyaa |
| He understands me: Wuu i fahmaa |
| She has a cat: Bisad / Mukulaal beey leedahay |
| She knows my friend: Waxeey taqaanaa saaxiibkeey / saaxiibteey |
| We want to learn: Waxaan rabnaa inaan wax barano |
| We think Spanish is easy: Waxaan ku fakarnaa in ay luuqada Isbaanishka fududahay |
| You (plural) work here: Ma halkaan baad ka shaqeeysiin? |
| You (plural) speak French: Ma af Faransiis baad ku hadashaa |
| They drive a car: Waxeey wataan gaari |
| They smile: Weey dhoola cadeeyaan |
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