front 1 identification | back 1 aqoonsi an official document that shows or proves who you are EXAMPLE: I have to show my identification and my insurance card when I go to the doctor's office. |
front 2 ethnicity | back 2 qowmiyadeed belonging to a large group of people with shared culture, language, and history EXAMPLE: The students are from all over the world. They have many different religions and ethnicities. |
front 3 legal alien | back 3 shisheeyaha sharciga ah a person from another country who is here legally EXAMPLE: Maya is a legal alien. Our government allows her to live and work here although she is from another country. |
front 4 legal guardian | back 4 sharci ilaaliye a person who takes responsibility for a child when his parents cannot EXAMPLE: After the child's parents died, I became her legal guardian. |
front 5 race | back 5 jinsi the group of people a person belongs to due to physical characteristics, such as skin color EXAMPLE: Ming is from Japan. She looks like a typically Japanese person. Her race is Asian. |
front 6 declare | back 6 shaac ka qaadid (verb) to say something officially EXAMPLE: When I signed the form, I declared that everything I wrote on it was the truth. |
front 7 PO Box | back 7 Sanduuqa PO a mailbox at the post office, not outside the home EXAMPLE: Someone stole my mail out of my mailbox. I don't want that to happen again, so I rented a PO box at the post office. |
front 8 penalty | back 8 ciqaab a type of punishment for doing something against the law EXAMPLE: He lied on the form. His penalty was to pay a $10,000 fine. |
front 9 perjury | back 9 been sheegid the crime of telling a lie after you promised to tell the truth EXAMPLE: When she was in court, she lied to the judge. She committed perjury. |
front 10 response | back 10 jawaab celin an answer or reaction EXAMPLE: I asked him a question, but he gave me no response. |
front 11 select | back 11 xulasho (verb) choose EXAMPLE: There were many choices on the form. I needed to select one. |
front 12 signature | back 12 saxeex writing your name EXAMPLE: I needed to put my signature at the bottom of the form. |
front 13 skip | back 13 dhaafin (verb) to not answer a question on a form EXAMPLE: We had a test today. I didn't know the answer to one of the questions, so I skipped it. I did not answer that one. |
front 14 to the best of my knowledge | back 14 sida ugu fiican aqoonteyda truthfully, I think EXAMPLE: You want to know where your keys are. To the best of my knowledge, you left them on the table at home. |
front 15 unknown | back 15 aan la garaneyn not known, not familiar EXAMPLE: I don't know when I was born. My birthdate is unknown. |
front 16 voluntary | back 16 iskaa ah you can do it if you want to, but you don't have to EXAMPLE: The form asked about my race, but it said my answer was voluntary. I don't have to tell them my race if I don't want to. |
front 17 birth certificate | back 17 shahaadada dhalashada a document recording a baby's birth including such information as name, time, place, and parents EXAMPLE: My baby's birth certificate just arrived in the mail! This document shows all the important information about his birth. |
front 18 document | back 18 waraaqo a paper with information on it EXAMPLE: Certificates are important documents. Keep them in a safe place. You will need them in the future. |
front 19 proof of identity | back 19 caddeynta aqoonsiga something that shows who you are, like a driver's license or a birth certificate EXAMPLE: When I applied for a social security card, I had to provide proof of identity. |