Ku saabsanAbout
Markii aan internetka ka raadiyey buugaag Soomaali ah, ma helin meel wanaagsan oo aan ku akhriyo. Kuwa yar ee aan helay waxay ahaayeen iskaanno hore: way adkaayeen in la helo, waxayna ka sii adkaayeen in la akhriyo. Qaar badan oo ka mid ah waxay ahaayeen buugaag aan jeclaa.
When I went looking for Somali books online, I couldn’t find a good place to read them. The few I found were old scans, hard to find and harder still to read. Many of them were books I loved.
Dal ma degno, af baan degnaa. Ha khaldamin: afka hooyo waa dalkeenna dhabta ah.We do not inhabit a country; we inhabit a language. Make no mistake: our native tongue is our true fatherland.
Erayadaasi way ila joogeen, waxayna igu dhaliyeen inaan si fiican u barto af Soomaaliga. Waxaan ku bilaabay buugaag dugsiyeed oo fudud, waxaanan ogaaday in akhrisku yahay mid ka mid ah siyaabaha ugu wanaagsan ee af lagu nooleeyo ereyadana lagu kordhiyo. Meelo badan oo internetka ah ayaa Soomaali lagu dhegaysan karay, laakiin ma jirin meel si fudud loogu akhriyo.
Sidaas ayaan u dhisay Kayd: mashruuc yar oo hiwaayad ah, iyo maktabaddii aan jeclaan lahaa inay jirto. Waa meel deggan oo loogu talagalay qof kasta oo doonaya inuu barto, akhriyo, oo ilaaliyo afkiisa hooyo. Buug buug ayaan ugu sii darayaa.
Those words stayed with me, and made me want to learn Somali properly. I began with simple school primers, and found that reading is one of the best ways to keep a language alive and to grow your vocabulary. There were plenty of places online to listen to Somali, but none where you could easily read it.
So I built Kayd: a small hobby project, and the library I wish had existed. A quiet place for anyone who wants to learn, to read, and to hold on to their mother tongue. I’ll keep adding to it, one book at a time.
AkhriskaReading
Fur buug, kadibna bogagga ku rog furayaasha fallaarta, adigoo taabanaya cidhifyada bogga, ama adigoo far ku jiidaya. Tusmada ayaa ku geynaysa cutub kasta.
wuxuu qoraalka agtiisa dhigaa bogga sidii loo daabacay. Taabo si aad u weyneyso oo aad ugu dhowaato, kadib dooro Halkan ka akhri si qoraalku bogaas kuu geeyo. Bogga buug kasta waxaa sidoo kale ku yaal Eeg asalka.
wuxuu beddelaa midabka bogga, farta, cabbirka iyo kala-fogaanshaha. Kayd wuxuu xasuustaa meesha aad ka joogsatay, qalabkan oo keliya.
Open a book and turn its pages with the arrow keys, by touching the edges of the page, or by swiping. Contents takes you to any chapter.
sets the page as it was printed beside the text. Touch it to see it large and look closer, then choose Read from here to carry the text to that page. Every book’s page also offers View the original.
changes the colour of the page, the typeface, its size and spacing. Kayd remembers where you stopped, on this device only.
XuquuqdaRights
Kayd waxaa si bilaash ah loo wadaagaa si loo akhriyo loona barto. Buugaagta qaarkood xuquuqdooda weli way jirtaa, waxayna u yihiin qoraayaashooda iyo daabacayaashooda. Haddii aad leedahay xuquuqda buug halkan yaal oo aad rabto in la saaro, iigu soo qor @Zivkii X (Twitter), waana la saari doonaa.
Kayd is shared freely, for reading and study. Some of these books may still be in copyright, and remain their authors’ and publishers’. If you hold the rights to a book here and would like it taken down, write to @Zivkii on X (Twitter) and it will be removed.
Soo dir buugSend a book
Ma haysaa buugaag Soomaali ah oo hore, iskaan ama PDF ah? Iigu soo qor X (Twitter). Buug kasta oo la soo diro waa hadiyad maktabadda loo geeyay.
Do you have old Somali books, scanned or as PDFs? Write to me on X (Twitter). Every book sent is a gift to the library.
kayd
m. (Af Soomaali)n. (Somali)
- Wax la dhigtay oo loo hayo maalin dambe.A store; something put by for later.
- Sahay; wax loo kaydsado baahi.A reserve; provisions kept against need.
- Eeg sidoo kale: kaydi, in wax la dhigto oo la ilaaliyo.See also: kaydi, to save, to keep safe.