Alphabet · Alifbeetada · Vowels

U

U

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The sound

U Short u is like the u in "put". Long uu is like the oo in "food", held longer, and is written with two letters.

Example words

Gurihouse (short u)
Buugbook (long uu)
Suuqmarket (long uu)

Teaching the letter U

Say the letter with a short a after it, "ua", the way Somali children chant the alphabet, then say each example word slowly and let your child find the letter in it. Somali spelling is completely regular, so once a child knows the sound of U they can read it in any word.

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