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Lacagta inaan bixiyo ayaan rabaa

The bill, please

la-'AG-ta i-NAAN bi-HI-yo a-YAAN ra-BAA
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Meaning

Lacagta inaan bixiyo ayaan rabaa means the bill, please. Lacagta means the money, inaan bixiyo means that I pay (bixi is to pay), and ayaan rabaa means I want, so the sentence is literally I want to pay the money. It is the polite way to ask for the bill at a Somali restaurant, where you often go up to the counter rather than wait for a slip. The reply is the amount: Waa toban doolar (it is ten dollars). Some people simply say Xisaabta, fadlan (the bill, please).

In conversation

Lacagta inaan bixiyo ayaan rabaa. — Waa hagaag, waa toban doolar.I would like to pay. — All right, it is ten dollars.
Mahadsanid, lacagta inaan bixiyo ayaan rabaa.Thank you, I would like to pay.

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