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Waxaan ka imid...

I am from...

wa-HAAN ka I-mid
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Meaning

Waxaan ka imid... means i am from.... Waxaan is I (waxaa plus aan), ka means from and imid means came, so the phrase is literally I came from. Add a place to say where you are from: Waxaan ka imid Minneapolis. It is the natural answer to Xagee baad ka timid?, and it can mean where you have just arrived from as well as your home town. To say you are Somali by origin, people also say Waxaan ahay Soomaali (I am Somali).

In conversation

Waxaan ka imid Minneapolis.I am from Minneapolis.
Xagee baad ka timid? — Waxaan ka imid Hargeysa.Where are you from? — I am from Hargeisa.

Using Waxaan ka imid... at home

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