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See halkaas loo tagaa?

How do you get there?

see hal-KAAS loo ta-GAA
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Meaning

See halkaas loo tagaa? means how do you get there?. See is a short spoken form of sidee (how), halkaas means there, loo is la plus u (one, to) and tagaa means goes, so the question is literally how does one go there? It is the way to ask for directions, and Sidee halkaas loo tagaa? is the full form. Answers name the transport or the route: Baska ayaa lagu tagaa (you go by bus), Waddadan raac (follow this road). The Ordering topic has Sideen halkaas u tagaa?, the I form of the same question.

In conversation

Sidee halkaas loo tagaa? — Baska ayaa lagu tagaa.How do you get there? — You go by bus.
Suuqa sidee loo tagaa? — Waddadan raac.How do you get to the market? — Follow this road.

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