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English to Somali dictionary

feel in Somali

To experience a sensation or emotion

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Reviewed August 25, 2026Review record: Codex source audit

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Translation

Somali meanings

dareemaa[1][2][3]

To experience a sensation or emotion

dareen[1][2]

Feeling, sense, or sensation as a noun

Useful combinations

Common phrases with feel

to feel

dareemaa[1][3]

what do you feel?

maxaad dareentaa?[2]

feeling or sense

dareen[1][2]

Real usage

Example sentences

What do you feel if you don't get enough sleep?

grammar example

Maxaad dareentaa haddii aadan helin hurdo kugu filan?[2]

The new girl did not feel alone again.

workbook example

Gabadhii cusbayd ma aysan dareemin cidlo mar dambe.[3]

I feel happiness today.

learner sentence

Maanta waxaan dareemayaa farxad.[1]

Grammar

Grammar notes

Verb and noun forms

Dareemaa is the learner verb form for feels or senses. Dareen is the related noun meaning feeling, sense, or sensation. In negative past-subjunctive patterns, Nilsson shows dareemin after ma aysan.[1][2][3]

Questions

Questions about feel in Somali

How do you say feel in Somali?

The verb feel is dareemaa in Somali. The noun feeling or sense is dareen.

Evidence

References checked

[1] Somali-English Dictionary (R. David Zorc)
Checked dareen as feeling or sensation and as a verb meaning sense, suspect, doubt, feel; checked farxad as happiness.
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[2] Learner's Somali Grammar (Morgan Nilsson, University of Gothenburg)
Checked Maxaad dareentaa haddii aadan/aanad helin hurdo kugu filan? and the dareen/dareensiiyaa vocabulary note.
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[3] Beginner's Somali Workbook Part 3 (Morgan Nilsson, University of Gothenburg)
Checked dareemaa, dareentaa as feels, senses and Gabadhii cusbayd ma aysan dareemin cidlo mar dambe as a negative example.
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