Activities · Hawlaha

Seexo

Sleep

SEE-ho · The x is a breathy h from deep in the throat, and the ee is long.
Seexo (Sleep): illustration from the Luuqad Activities lesson

Meaning

Seexo means sleep, or go to sleep; it is the command to one child, said at bedtime every night. The plural command is seexda, and I am sleeping is waan seexanayaa. Sleep as a noun is hurdo.

Tip: Seexo pairs with sariir, bed, from the House topic: sariirta tag, seexo.

Example sentences

Seexo!Go to sleep!
Waan seexanayaa.I am sleeping.

Using Seexo at home

Point at the real thing and say "Seexo" whenever it comes up, then let your child hear the native recording and say it back. One word used ten times in a day beats ten words drilled once. In the Luuqad app, Seexo is taught with a picture, tested in the Activities quiz.

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