I am sick
Waan xanuunsanahay means i am sick. Xanuun means pain or illness, xanuunsan means sick, and with waan and -ahay the sentence is I am sick. It covers anything from a cold to a real illness. The usual reply is Maxaa ku haya? (what is wrong with you?, literally what has hold of you), and relatives add the wish Alle ha ku caafiyo, may God heal you. To say where it hurts, name the body part: Madaxa ayaa i xanuunaya, my head hurts.
Use "Waan xanuunsanahay" in the moment it belongs to, not as a drill: say it, wait, and accept any answer in Somali or English. Children learn phrases from hearing them at the right time, and the native recording on this page gives you the model to copy.
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