Soo dhawow to another post in the series Essential Somali Vocab helping you learn more Somali along with me! In this post, I hope to help learners like me learn the days of the week.
Before we get started, let’s recap the words day, today,yesterday, tomorrow, week, month and year in Somali
Day – Maalin
Today – Maanta
Yesterday – Shalay
Last night – Xalay
Tomorrow – Berrito
Week – Toddobaad
Month – Bil
Year – Sanad
Days of the Week
The days of the week in Somali are derived from Arabic. Friday and Saturday come from the words Al-Jumuah (Friday prayer) and As-Sabt (Sabbath) but from Sunday to Thursday, the names come from the Arabic letters 1 to 5 and is adapted to Somali pronunciation.
Sunday – axad (1)
Monday – isniin (2)
Tuesday – talaado (3)
Wednesday – arbaco (4)
Thursday – khamiis (5)
Friday – jimco (day of the Friday prayer)
Saturday – sabti (sabbath day)
In my next post, I’ll go over the names for the month in Somali! Nabad gelyo!
Without knowledge there is no light
Iftiin Learns 
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