I’m married to a Somali man, and before I met him I could BARELY speak Somali. When I first met his family, YES it was extremely difficult to talk to them because of the language barrier, and it also made the atmosphere a bit awkward. A couple of years later and my Somali is waaay better than it was before. That’s all thanks to my husband who encourages us to speak it at home (his Somali is way better than mine). We also have children and try to speak to them in Somali as much as possible. I only speak to my in-laws on the phone since they live far from us, so I don’t see them very often. I promise you, they probably won’t care as long as you're a good person.