I am surprised
Waan yaabanahay means i am surprised. Yaab means wonder or surprise, yaaban means surprised, and with waan and -ahay the sentence is I am surprised. It covers both a nice surprise and a shock. To ask what surprised someone, say Maxaad la yaabtay? (what are you surprised at?), because la yaab is the verb to be surprised by something. You may also hear Waan la yaabay, I was surprised by it.
Use "Waan yaabanahay" 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.
Waan faraxsanahay, Waan ku jecelahay, Waan iga farxisaa, Waad qurux badantahay, Waxaa tahay saaxiib wanaagsan, Waan murugeysanahay and more. Then take the quiz.